A Literary History of the ArabsThe Arabs during a thousand years or more produced one of the richest and most extensive literatures of the world, embracing fine poetry (of the fierce desert life equally with the sophistication of royal courts), belles lettres (learned essays, satires, de arte amoris), religious, mystical and philosophical writings, and huge compendia of history, biography and geography. For sixty years, the best account in English of this vast output has been, by universal consent, R.A. Nicholson's Literary History of the Arabs; its supremacy will long remain unchallenged. That it is a book full of erudition and high critical judgement goes without saying; its author is also a poet-translator of rare excellence. |
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PREISLAMIC POETRY MANNERS AND RELIGION | 71 |
IV | 129 |
THE PROPHET AND THE KORAN | 141 |
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Abbasid Abdu Abdulláh Abí Abú Abú Bakr Abu l-'Alá Adí Aghání Alí Almoravides ancient Arabian poetry Arabs Baghdad Banú Başra Bedouin Book Buwayhids Caliph called camels celebrated century Christian Damascus death Dhú Divine Díwán doctrine dynasty Egypt Empire famous Farazdaq father Ghassanids Goldziher Ḥamása Hárith Hárún Himyar Himyarite Híra Hishám honour Ibid Ibn Khaldún Ibn Khallikán Ibn Qutayba Ibnu Imám inscriptions Islam Ka'ba Khárijites Khidásh Khurásán king Kitábu Koran Kremer Kúfa l-Dhahab l-Dín language literature lived Manichæan Manşúr Mecca Medína Moslem Mu'awiya Mu'tazilites Muḥammad Muḥammadan Mundhir Murjites Mutanabbí mystical Nöldeke Nu'mán Nuwás odes origin pagan period Persian philosophical poems poet Pre-islamic prince Prophet Qays Quraysh regarded reign religion religious Sabæans Sayfu l-Dawla says Shi'ites Slane's translation Spain Súfi Súfiism Súras Syria Tabarí Taghlib thee thou tradition tribe Umar Umayyad Uthmán verses Vizier words writing Yemen Zayd Zindiqs