A History of Arabic LiteratureKhayats, 1966 - 478 pages |
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... famous for his great ode , the Lamiyyat al - Arab , or poem rhyming in 7 , of which Silvestre de Sacy and Fresnel have given us fine translations . Doubt has been felt as to whether the famous poem was really written by Shanfarâ , and ...
... famous for his great ode , the Lamiyyat al - Arab , or poem rhyming in 7 , of which Silvestre de Sacy and Fresnel have given us fine translations . Doubt has been felt as to whether the famous poem was really written by Shanfarâ , and ...
Page 52
... famous of these was that with Ferazdaq , who was backed by Akhṭal . ' Ubaid , who was called " the camel - herd , " because he had written five lines describing these creatures , the nomad's inseparable comrades , had sided with ...
... famous of these was that with Ferazdaq , who was backed by Akhṭal . ' Ubaid , who was called " the camel - herd , " because he had written five lines describing these creatures , the nomad's inseparable comrades , had sided with ...
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... famous under the name of Lectures ( Maqâmât ) . A preacher at the court of Saif al - daula at Aleppo was IBN NUBATA ( 946-984 ) , who was born at Mayyâfâriqîn in Mesopotamia , and died in his native town . He is called Al - Khatib , the ...
... famous under the name of Lectures ( Maqâmât ) . A preacher at the court of Saif al - daula at Aleppo was IBN NUBATA ( 946-984 ) , who was born at Mayyâfâriqîn in Mesopotamia , and died in his native town . He is called Al - Khatib , the ...
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