Arabic Literature: An Introduction |
Contents
THE ARABIC LANGUAGE | 6 |
THE HEROIC AGE c A D 500622 | 13 |
THE AGE OF EXPANSION A D 622750 | 32 |
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Abbasid Abū ad-Din ancient Andalusian Arabia Arabic literature Arabic poet Arabic poetry Baghdad Başra bedouin biographical Book Buwaihid Caliph centre centuries of Islam chief Christian circles civilization collection compiled contemporary court critical culture dialects dictionary dynasty earlier early East eastern Egypt expression famous Fatimid favour genius ghazal Greek Hellenistic High Arabic historians Ibn Khaldun Indian influence interest Iraq Islamic Khwārizm known Koran language later learning linguistic literary activity Madīna Mamluk Maqāmāt Mecca medieval Mu'tazilite Muḥammad Muslim world muwashshaḥ mystical natural nomads odes original orthodox panegyric Paris period Persian philo philological philologists philosophical poems poetic poets political popular pre-Islamic poetry produced Prophet qaşīda R. A. Nicholson rāwīs religious remained rhymed prose scholars secretarial Semitic Semitic languages Shi'ites Spain Spanish style subjects Sufi Syria themes theologians theology tion tradition translation treatises tribal tribes Umayyad verse Viziers western writers
