A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... chief ; and according to tradition , he was the first to make fixed rules for poetic composition . When the messengers came to tell him of his father's death , he was drinking wine and throwing the dice . He went on with his game , and ...
... chief ; and according to tradition , he was the first to make fixed rules for poetic composition . When the messengers came to tell him of his father's death , he was drinking wine and throwing the dice . He went on with his game , and ...
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... chief of the tribe of ' Abs , waged bitter war against his enemies . ' Antara was the rhapsodist of these long fights . He sang the battle of Al - Farûq , at which the prowess of the Absites saved their women from slavery . He had sworn ...
... chief of the tribe of ' Abs , waged bitter war against his enemies . ' Antara was the rhapsodist of these long fights . He sang the battle of Al - Farûq , at which the prowess of the Absites saved their women from slavery . He had sworn ...
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... chief virtues of the pagan Arab , valour and generosity . Last of all comes the appeal for vengeance . AL - KHANSÂ won fame by her elegies in this style . Her name was Tumâḍir . The surname by which she is known signi- fies " The wild ...
... chief virtues of the pagan Arab , valour and generosity . Last of all comes the appeal for vengeance . AL - KHANSÂ won fame by her elegies in this style . Her name was Tumâḍir . The surname by which she is known signi- fies " The wild ...
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... chief cities , and had converted certain tribal chieftains to their faith - and the Syrians and Mesopotamian Christians - whose propa- ganda had found a singularly useful supporter in such a poet as Umayya ibn Abî'l - Salt , who told ...
... chief cities , and had converted certain tribal chieftains to their faith - and the Syrians and Mesopotamian Christians - whose propa- ganda had found a singularly useful supporter in such a poet as Umayya ibn Abî'l - Salt , who told ...
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... chief proof of his mission put forward by Mahomet . Small wonder that the history , coming in so indirect a fashion , should be incorrect and full of legends . A third period , that of argument , is marked by the more prosaic nature of ...
... chief proof of his mission put forward by Mahomet . Small wonder that the history , coming in so indirect a fashion , should be incorrect and full of legends . A third period , that of argument , is marked by the more prosaic nature of ...
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