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| Document Type: | Article of a journal |
| Title: | Observations on the various texts and translations of the so-called "Song of Meysun" : an inquiry into Meysun's claim to its authorship and an appendix on Arabic transliteration and pronunciation / J.W. Redhouse. |
| Author: | Redhouse, J.W. |
| Summary: | Includes Arabic text and five different English translations of an Arabian song attributed to Maysun, mother of the Caliph Yezid; appendix contains a system of Arabic transliteration. |
| Author as Subject: | Maysun Caliph Yazid, d. 683 |
| Descriptors: | Translated poem Biography Ancient poetry Transliteration |
| Source: | Journal of the Royal Asiatic society. (New series)18: 2 (1886), p. 268-322 |
| Source Type: | Serial |
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