A History of Arabic Literature

Abbâsid Abdallah ibn abridged Abû Abû Abdallah Abû Bakr Abû'l Abû'l-Hasan Aḥmad ibn al-daula al-dîn Aleppo Alî ibn ancient appointed Bagdâd Bassora belonged Beyrout born Bûlâq Caliph called century Christian collection commentary Constantinople Damascus death devoted dictionary died Egypt Egyptian famous father Governor grammar hadith Hanbalite Hârûn Hegira honour ibn Abî ibn Umar Ibrâhîm Imâm Irâq Ishâq Islam journey jurisprudence Khurâsân Kitâb Koran Kûfa learned Leyden Library literary literature lived Mahomet Mâlikite manuscript Mecca Medina Moslem Mosque Mosul Mu'tazilite Muḥammad ibn mystic native town Nîshâpûr Omeyyads panegyrics Persian pilgrimage poems poet poetry praise Prince printed at Cairo Prophet published pupil qâdî returned rhymed prose Saif al-daula Saladin Shâfi'ite Shaikh Shi'ite Silvestre de Sacy studied Sulaimân Sultan surnamed Syria tion traditions translated into French travelled treatise tribe Turkish verses vizier volumes writing written wrote Wüstenfeld Yahyâ Yemen Yûsuf Zaid