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Title:Night and horses and the desert : an anthology of classical Arabic literature / Robert Irwin.
Author: Irwin, Robert, 1946-
Publisher: London : Allen Lane, 1999.
Pages:xviii, 462 p.
ISBN:0713991534
Notes:Contains 58 translated poems.Author has used translations by academics, poets and private scholars for poetry and prose.c1999 by Robert Irwin.Includes index.
Bibliographic Note:Bibliography: p.xv-xviii.
Author as Subject: Imru al-Qays, 6th cent.al-Shanfara, d. ca. 550Ta'abbata Sharran, 1st half 6th cent.?al-Khansa', d. aft. 644al-Akhtal, Ghiyath ibn Ghawth, ca. 640-ca. 710Ibn 'Atiyya, Jarir, ca. 653-729al-Farazdaq, ca. 64Ibn Ma'mar, Jamil, d. 701al-Mutanabbi, ca. 915-965al-Khatib, ibn Nubata, d. 984-5Ibn Sina, d. 1037al-Suli, d. ca. 946al-Mas'udi, ca. 896-956al-Hariri, 1054-1122al-Hallaj, 857-922Abu Tammam, ca. 805-845al-Buhturi, al-Walid ibn 'Ubayd, ca. 821-897 or 8Ibn al-Rumi, 836-896Ibn al-Nadim, d. between 990-1 and 998al-Tanukhi, 940-994al-Tawhidi, ca. 927-1023al-Hamadhani, Badi' al-Zaman, 968-1008 al-Hudhhali, Abu Dhu'ayb, d.649?al-Tirimmah, ca. 670-728Ibn Washiyya, Abu Bakr Ibn al-Muqaffa', early 8th cent.al-Jahiz, ca. 776 or 7-868 or 9Ibn Qutayba, 828-889Bashshar ibn Burd, d. 783 or 4Ibn al-Ahnaf, 'Abbas, d. 803 or after 808?Abu al-'Atahiya, Isma'il ibn al-Qasim, 747 or 8-826al-Isfahani, 'Imad al-Din, 1125-1201al-Maqarri, Shihab al-Din, ca. 1577-1632Ibn Zamrak, d. after 1393Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, 1213-1286Ibn Khaldun, 1332-1406al-Hamdani, Abu Firas, 932-968al-Sanawbari, b. before 888, d. 945-6Kushajim, d. ca. 970-1Ziryab, ca. 789-845Ibn Hazm, 994-1064Ibn Shuhayd, 992-1035Ibn Zaydun, 1003-1070Ibn Zuhr, Abu Bakr Ibn Quzman, d. 1160Ibn Khafaja, 1058-1138 or 9Ibn Tufayl, 1110-1185Ibn al-'Arabi, 1165-1240Zuhayr, Abu al-Fadl, 1186-1258Ibn al-Athir, 1163-1239Ibn al-Farid, 1181-1235al-Busiri, 1212-ca. 1294 'Usama ibn Munqidh, 1095-1188al-Gharnati, Abu Hayyan, 1256-1344Ibn Daniyal, d. 1310al-Gharnati, Abu Hamid, d. 1169-70
Descriptors: Anthology Translated poems Qur'an Poetry, Ancient -- Court Poetry, Ancient -- 'Abbasi Fiction -- Tales --Kalila and Dimna Belles-lettres Wine poetry Poetry, Ancient -- Artifice Innovation, Rhetorical Fiction -- MaqamaMuwashshahat Poetry, Ancient -- Zajal Culture, Ancient -- Court Literature, Ancient -- Court
Location: Bodleian, Oxford. BOD Bookstack: MOO.EO 7073
 

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