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The poet Zū ' r - Rumma composed a number of splendid poems in praise of Bilāl , and in the following verse , addressed to his camel , he alludes to him also : When thou reachest Bilal the ( grand ) son of Abū Mūsa ( thy toils are at an ...
The poet Zū ' r - Rumma composed a number of splendid poems in praise of Bilāl , and in the following verse , addressed to his camel , he alludes to him also : When thou reachest Bilal the ( grand ) son of Abū Mūsa ( thy toils are at an ...
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( See Schulten's Historia Ioctanidarum , p . 37. ) ( 9 ) M. de Sacy says , in his Anthologie Grammaticale , p . 399 , that this ancient poet's real name was Rabia Ibn Aamir Ibn Onaif ; but at - Tabrizi says in his commentary on the ...
( See Schulten's Historia Ioctanidarum , p . 37. ) ( 9 ) M. de Sacy says , in his Anthologie Grammaticale , p . 399 , that this ancient poet's real name was Rabia Ibn Aamir Ibn Onaif ; but at - Tabrizi says in his commentary on the ...
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... and a fine poet . His verses are remark- able for the elegance of their turn and the beauty of their thoughts . Poetry became his ruling passion , and it was to it that he owed his reputation . poetical works are all of great merit ...
... and a fine poet . His verses are remark- able for the elegance of their turn and the beauty of their thoughts . Poetry became his ruling passion , and it was to it that he owed his reputation . poetical works are all of great merit ...
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66 66 When the sharif read these verses , he immediately undertook to provide for the poet's wife , and he furnished her with every thing she required as long as her husband was absent . As for Ibn Asaad , he went to Egypt and recited ...
66 66 When the sharif read these verses , he immediately undertook to provide for the poet's wife , and he furnished her with every thing she required as long as her husband was absent . As for Ibn Asaad , he went to Egypt and recited ...
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( 6 ) This verse is rather enigmatical , but as the poet has just hinted that his mistress resembled a willow or a reed by the thinness of her waist ; he most probably means here that her waist was too thin to be clasped ; in short ...
( 6 ) This verse is rather enigmatical , but as the poet has just hinted that his mistress resembled a willow or a reed by the thinness of her waist ; he most probably means here that her waist was too thin to be clasped ; in short ...
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| Title | Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Ibn Khallikān Volume 57 of Oriental Translation Fund Volume 57 of Publications (Oriental translation fund) |
| Author | Ibn Khallikān |
| Translated by | William MacGuckin baron de Slane |
| Publisher | Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 616 pages |
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