A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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Page 4
... traditions betray some cross breeding with African races . At a very early period the slave - trade had carried negroes to Arabian soil . It is a curious fact that the Arabs themselves ascribe pure Arab blood to the Yemen populations ...
... traditions betray some cross breeding with African races . At a very early period the slave - trade had carried negroes to Arabian soil . It is a curious fact that the Arabs themselves ascribe pure Arab blood to the Yemen populations ...
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... 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 not till it was finished ...
... 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 not till it was finished ...
Page 28
... 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 ARABIC LITERATURE.
... 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 ARABIC LITERATURE.
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... traditions concerning the vanished tribes of ' Âd and Thamûd . In the oldest of the Meccan sûras , the sentences have a rhythmic connection , although there is no regular metre ; prosodic forms occur but very seldom , and only in short ...
... traditions concerning the vanished tribes of ' Âd and Thamûd . In the oldest of the Meccan sûras , the sentences have a rhythmic connection , although there is no regular metre ; prosodic forms occur but very seldom , and only in short ...
Page 52
... was carrying on , though with lowered vitality , the tradition of the desert poets . Ferazdaq complained that he was too fond , like the ancient authors , of descriptions of forsaken encampments , of camels 52 ARABIC LITERATURE.
... was carrying on , though with lowered vitality , the tradition of the desert poets . Ferazdaq complained that he was too fond , like the ancient authors , of descriptions of forsaken encampments , of camels 52 ARABIC LITERATURE.
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