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Document Type:Article of a journal
Title:Four poems by Ta'abbata Sharra, the brigand-poet /Sir Charles Lyall.
Author: Lyall, Charles James, Sir, 1845-1920
Notes:Read [by the author] January 8, 1918.Includes one complete translated poem form the Mufaddaliyat, and some translated verses from the Hamasa.
Summary:Contains geographical background of Mecca, biographical information about Ta'abbata Sharran.
Author as Subject: Ta'abbata Sharran, Thabit ibn Jabir, d. ca. 540
Descriptors: Ancient poetry Translation, ancient poetry Biography Poetry, Ancient -- Long poem Nasib
Source: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society ; (1918), p. 211-227
 

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