A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... Abû Zaid Anşârî , had gathered more or less complete collections of its words . The struggle with Musailima , the false prophet , had cost the lives of many of the chosen depositaries of the original text , when Abû Bekr , impelled by ...
... Abû Zaid Anşârî , had gathered more or less complete collections of its words . The struggle with Musailima , the false prophet , had cost the lives of many of the chosen depositaries of the original text , when Abû Bekr , impelled by ...
Page 66
... ABÛ DULÂMA Zand ibn al - Jaun , an Abyssinian negro , who had fought against the Omeyyads , and was per- mitted to entertain the Caliphs Manşûr and Mahdî . He was the favourite of Mansûr , to whom he cer- tainly rendered good service by ...
... ABÛ DULÂMA Zand ibn al - Jaun , an Abyssinian negro , who had fought against the Omeyyads , and was per- mitted to entertain the Caliphs Manşûr and Mahdî . He was the favourite of Mansûr , to whom he cer- tainly rendered good service by ...
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... Abû Dulâma got his doctoring for nothing . One day , when he had alluded in verse to a supposed relationship between himself and the Caliph , Al - Mahdi , greatly enraged , in- quired to whom he traced this kinship . " To Adam and Eve ...
... Abû Dulâma got his doctoring for nothing . One day , when he had alluded in verse to a supposed relationship between himself and the Caliph , Al - Mahdi , greatly enraged , in- quired to whom he traced this kinship . " To Adam and Eve ...
Page 72
... Abû Nuwâs , where will you find another ? " The only woman he ever really loved was a slave , Janân . She was well taught and witty , learned both in history and poetry . She started on pilgrimage to Mecca , and the poet followed her ...
... Abû Nuwâs , where will you find another ? " The only woman he ever really loved was a slave , Janân . She was well taught and witty , learned both in history and poetry . She started on pilgrimage to Mecca , and the poet followed her ...
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... Abû Nuwâs found fault with his ex- treme facility , which permitted Abû'l - Atâhiya to pro- duce one or two hundred lines a day . He , too , gave up writing poetry , in his old age , probably from pious motives , but this step led to ...
... Abû Nuwâs found fault with his ex- treme facility , which permitted Abû'l - Atâhiya to pro- duce one or two hundred lines a day . He , too , gave up writing poetry , in his old age , probably from pious motives , but this step led to ...
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