alnasir until now none of them are blond traced back to their mothers until it has become a natural trait in them except for sulayman alzafir may god have mercy on him for i saw him with black hair and beard. as for alnasir and alhakam almustansir may god be pleased with them the minister my father may god have mercy on him and others told me that they were blond and fairskinned and so were hisham almuayyad muhammad almahdi and abd alrahman almurtada may god have mercy on them for i have seen them many times and entered upon them and i saw them blond and fairskinned and so were their children brothers and all their relatives. i do not know whether this is a common liking in all of them or a tradition that their ancestors had about that and they became immoral with it. this is apparent in the poetry of abd almalik ibn marwan ibn abd alrahman ibn marwan ibn amir almuminin alnasir who is known as altaliq and he was the most eloquent poet among the people of andalusia in their time and he often wrote about blond hair. i have seen him and sat with him.
الناصر إلى الآن فما منهم إلا أشقر، نزاعا إلى أمهاتهم، حتى قد صار ذلك فيهم خلقة، حاشا سليمان الظافر رحمه الله، فإني رأيته أسود اللمة واللحية. وأما الناصر والحكم المستنصر رضي الله عنهما فحدثني الوزير أبي رحمه الله وغيره انهما كانا أشقرين أشهلين، وكذلك هشام المؤيد ومحمد المهدي وعبد الرحمن المرتضى رحمهم الله، فإني قد رأيتهم مرارا ودخلت عليهم فرأيتهم شقرا شهلا، وهكذا أولادهم وإخوتهم وجميع أقاربهم، فلا أدري أذلك استحسان مركب في جميعهم أم لرواية كانت عند أسلافهم في ذلك فجروا عليها. وهذا ظاهر في شعر عبد الملك بن مروان بن عبد الرحمن بن مروان بن أمير المؤمنين الناصر وهو المعروف بالطليق ، وكان أشعر أهل الأندلس في زمانهم وأكثر تغزله بالشقر، وقد رأيته وجالسته.