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Document Type:Book
Title:The seven odes : the first chapter in Arabic literature / A.J. Arberry.
Added Author: Arberry, A.J. (Arthur John), 1905-1969
Publisher: London : George Allen and Unwin, 1957.
Pages:258 p.
Language:English
Notes:This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.Contains original translations by Arberry of 7 complete poems.Includes biography of each poet.Includes index.
Author as Subject: Imru al-Qays, 6th cent.Tarafa ibn al-'Abd, mid-6th cent.Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma, d.609Labid ibn Rabi'a al-'Amiri, d.c.661'Antara ibn Shaddad, 6th cent.'Amr ibn Kulthum, fl. 6th cent.al-Harith ibn Hilliza, 6th cent.Hammad al-Rawiya, 695-772'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'a, 644-712 or 721Ibn Khallikan, 1211-82Yaqut, 1179-1229al-Mufaddal ibn Muhammad al-Dabbi, d. after 780Abu 'Ubaydah Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna, ca. 728-824Ibn Qutayba, 828-89Abu Zayd 'Umar ibn Shabba (Zayd) al-Basri Ibn Kaysan, d.912 or 932Ibn al-Nahhas al-A'sha, Maymun ibn Qays, d. ca. 629al-Nabigha al-Dhubyani, 6th cent.'Abid ibn al-Abras, 6th cent.
Descriptors: Translated poems Poetry, Ancient -- Long poem Mu'allaqat Biography
Location: Oriental Inst., Oxford. OIL PJ7642 ARB
 

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