A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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Page 12
... belonged to a tribe from the neighbourhood of Mecca , was a town - dweller . We find him at Hîra - a half - Persian , half - Arab city - during the reigns of the Kings Al - Mundhir III . and Al - Mundhir IV . This town became a literary ...
... belonged to a tribe from the neighbourhood of Mecca , was a town - dweller . We find him at Hîra - a half - Persian , half - Arab city - during the reigns of the Kings Al - Mundhir III . and Al - Mundhir IV . This town became a literary ...
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... belonged , was powerful on account of its numerous fighting men , of the fame of ' Âmir , son of Zarib , who was accepted by every Arab of Qais blood as his Ḥakam , or supreme arbiter , and of its peculiar prerogative , that of ...
... belonged , was powerful on account of its numerous fighting men , of the fame of ' Âmir , son of Zarib , who was accepted by every Arab of Qais blood as his Ḥakam , or supreme arbiter , and of its peculiar prerogative , that of ...
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... clear the banks of the Euphrates of these marauders ; but they would not believe their poet's warnings , and were all surprised and put to the sword . Aus ibn Hajar , of the tribe of Tamîm , belonged to 24 ARABIC LITERATURE.
... clear the banks of the Euphrates of these marauders ; but they would not believe their poet's warnings , and were all surprised and put to the sword . Aus ibn Hajar , of the tribe of Tamîm , belonged to 24 ARABIC LITERATURE.
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Clément Huart. Hajar , of the tribe of Tamîm , belonged to the far - off province of Bahrain . He was a wandering bard , who travelled through Northern Arabia and the countries watered by the Euphrates , whither the court of Hîra ...
Clément Huart. Hajar , of the tribe of Tamîm , belonged to the far - off province of Bahrain . He was a wandering bard , who travelled through Northern Arabia and the countries watered by the Euphrates , whither the court of Hîra ...
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... belonged to a prominent family of the Beni - Jafar . His father , Rabia , had earned by his generosity the sobriquet of " Rabi'a of the needy . " Born about 560 , he lived to a great age , till the beginning of the Caliphate of Muâwîya ...
... belonged to a prominent family of the Beni - Jafar . His father , Rabia , had earned by his generosity the sobriquet of " Rabi'a of the needy . " Born about 560 , he lived to a great age , till the beginning of the Caliphate of Muâwîya ...
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