Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, Volume 1Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey Taylor & Francis, 1998 - 857 pages This reference work covers the classical, transitional and modern periods. Editors and contributors cover an international scope of Arabic literature in many countries. |
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Abd Allah ibn Abū adab Aḥmad ibn al-'Arabi al-Andalus al-Dawla al-Din al-Hasan al-shi'r anthologies Arabian Arabic literature Arabic poetry Baghdad Bakr Basra became bedouin Beirut biographical Born Buyid Cairo century classical Arabic collection commentary composed contemporary cultural Damascus Diwan early Islamic Egypt Egyptian exegesis fakhr famous Fatimid fiction Further reading G.J.H. VAN GELDER genre ghazal grammar ḥadīth Hebrew Husayn Ibn Abi Ibn al-Nadim ibn Muḥammad Ibrahim important Iraq Ishaq Islamic Kitāb known Koran Kufa language later Lebanese Leiden literary criticism London Mamluk medieval Modern Arabic Poetry Mu'tazili Muḥammad Muḥammad ibn Muslim mystical narrative novel panegyrics Paris period Persian philosophy poems poet poetic political pre-Islamic Prophet prose published qaşida religious rhetorical Sa'id scholars Shi'i shi'r short stories studied style Şüfi Sufism survived Syria Ta'rikh Tammām Text editions Diwan themes tion tradition trans translation tribe Umar Umayyad verse vizier Wiesbaden writing written wrote Yusuf