A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... Christian era , is proved by monuments now in ruins , in Yemen and Hadramaut , and by inscriptions in Himyaric characters , surveyed by J. Halévy and Glaser . Northwards , Syrian civilisation had early reached the Arabian oases , and ...
... Christian era , is proved by monuments now in ruins , in Yemen and Hadramaut , and by inscriptions in Himyaric characters , surveyed by J. Halévy and Glaser . Northwards , Syrian civilisation had early reached the Arabian oases , and ...
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... Christianity as well , and made proselytes such as would hardly have been expected , seeing the nature of the gospel they set out to preach . The most ancient remnants of this primitive Arab poetry are fragments of poems relating to the ...
... Christianity as well , and made proselytes such as would hardly have been expected , seeing the nature of the gospel they set out to preach . The most ancient remnants of this primitive Arab poetry are fragments of poems relating to the ...
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... Christians , " and who , nevertheless , remained a pagan till he died , in 630 , eight years after the Hegira . Towards the ... Christian ideas . He may be looked on as a pre- cursor of Mahomet . In one of his poems he called the Day of ...
... Christians , " and who , nevertheless , remained a pagan till he died , in 630 , eight years after the Hegira . Towards the ... Christian ideas . He may be looked on as a pre- cursor of Mahomet . In one of his poems he called the Day of ...
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... Christian associates , whether of the ' Ibâds of Hira , who sold him wine , or of his friend the Bishop of Najrân in Yemen . His verse is praised for the variety of its metre , and the art of its panegyric and its satire . His ...
... Christian associates , whether of the ' Ibâds of Hira , who sold him wine , or of his friend the Bishop of Najrân in Yemen . His verse is praised for the variety of its metre , and the art of its panegyric and its satire . His ...
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... CHRISTIAN POETS In the towns in the north of Hijâz there dwelt Jews , who may possibly have left Palestine during the wars of Titus and Hadrian . But local tradition asserts that they came into the country soon after the death of 28 ...
... CHRISTIAN POETS In the towns in the north of Hijâz there dwelt Jews , who may possibly have left Palestine during the wars of Titus and Hadrian . But local tradition asserts that they came into the country soon after the death of 28 ...
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