A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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Page 45
... Bassora , remarkable for the political part he played in connection with the Caliph ' Alî , whose partisan he was ; he fought at his side through that long battle of Șiffîn , which was the prelude to the misfortunes of the ' Alids . To ...
... Bassora , remarkable for the political part he played in connection with the Caliph ' Alî , whose partisan he was ; he fought at his side through that long battle of Șiffîn , which was the prelude to the misfortunes of the ' Alids . To ...
Page 50
... to the tribe of Tamîm . He was born at Bassora towards 641. Caliph ' Alî advised him to learn the Koran instead of running after poetry , and the young man is said to have fastened chains to his own 50 ARABIC LITERATURE.
... to the tribe of Tamîm . He was born at Bassora towards 641. Caliph ' Alî advised him to learn the Koran instead of running after poetry , and the young man is said to have fastened chains to his own 50 ARABIC LITERATURE.
Page 52
... Bassora , and turned the anger of his own tribe against him . Jarîr and Ferazdaq died in the same year , 728 . The first - named poet had returned to his own tribe , the Yamama , towards the end of his life . At the same period ...
... Bassora , and turned the anger of his own tribe against him . Jarîr and Ferazdaq died in the same year , 728 . The first - named poet had returned to his own tribe , the Yamama , towards the end of his life . At the same period ...
Page 67
... Bassora , whither his father had been carried into slavery ; his grandfather had been made a prisoner of war in Tukhâristân , far away in Khurâsân . He was a skilful worker in clay , although he was born blind . Later in life he ...
... Bassora , whither his father had been carried into slavery ; his grandfather had been made a prisoner of war in Tukhâristân , far away in Khurâsân . He was a skilful worker in clay , although he was born blind . Later in life he ...
Page 68
... Bassora , his birthplace , and partly at Bagdad : He made the acquaintance of the theologian Wâşil ibn ' Ațâ , the founder of the school of the Mu'tazi- lites , who ascribed the demoralisation of Bassora to his poems , and remained a ...
... Bassora , his birthplace , and partly at Bagdad : He made the acquaintance of the theologian Wâşil ibn ' Ațâ , the founder of the school of the Mu'tazi- lites , who ascribed the demoralisation of Bassora to his poems , and remained a ...
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