A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... called rajaz , a sort of very simple chant , two long syllables , followed by a short , and then another long from that time Arab poetry had an actual exist- ence , although this , according to native feeling , is not a true prosodic ...
... called rajaz , a sort of very simple chant , two long syllables , followed by a short , and then another long from that time Arab poetry had an actual exist- ence , although this , according to native feeling , is not a true prosodic ...
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... called al - Sumût , " the necklaces of pearls . " The poets whose masterpieces have received the honour of being thus grouped together are Imru'u'l - Qais , Tarafa , Zuhair , Labîd , ' Amr ibn Kulthûm , ' Antara , and Al - Ḥârith ibn ...
... called al - Sumût , " the necklaces of pearls . " The poets whose masterpieces have received the honour of being thus grouped together are Imru'u'l - Qais , Tarafa , Zuhair , Labîd , ' Amr ibn Kulthûm , ' Antara , and Al - Ḥârith ibn ...
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... called Dhû'l - Khalaṣa , in the town of Tabâla , because destiny forbade him to pursue his vengeance for his father's death . With the poet - king we must mention , as a creator of the qasida , Muhalhil , whose surname has generally ...
... called Dhû'l - Khalaṣa , in the town of Tabâla , because destiny forbade him to pursue his vengeance for his father's death . With the poet - king we must mention , as a creator of the qasida , Muhalhil , whose surname has generally ...
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... called Jarîr , the son of ' Abdal - Masîḥ ( or , according to Ibn Qutaiba , of ' Abdal - Uzzâ ) . He was surnamed Mutalammis , " he who seeks earnestly , " be- cause he had spoken , in a celebrated line , of the blue fly that pries ...
... called Jarîr , the son of ' Abdal - Masîḥ ( or , according to Ibn Qutaiba , of ' Abdal - Uzzâ ) . He was surnamed Mutalammis , " he who seeks earnestly , " be- cause he had spoken , in a celebrated line , of the blue fly that pries ...
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... called after Al - Mufaḍḍal al - Dabbî , who collected them into one volume for his pupil , Prince Al - Mahdî , in the eighth century - a beginning of the publication of these was made by Thorbecke ; the Jamharat Ashar al - Arab ...
... called after Al - Mufaḍḍal al - Dabbî , who collected them into one volume for his pupil , Prince Al - Mahdî , in the eighth century - a beginning of the publication of these was made by Thorbecke ; the Jamharat Ashar al - Arab ...
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