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Illustration from Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs), 1216–20, by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, a collection of songs by famous musicians and Arab poets. It was the early poems' importance to Islamic scholarship which led to their preservation.
List of Arabic language poets, most of whom were or are Arabs and who wrote in the Arabic language. Each year links to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article ...
Abū al-Farāj claimed to have taken 50 years in writing the work, which ran to over 10,000 pages and contains more than 16,000 verses of Arabic poetry.It can be seen as having three distinct sections: the first deals with the '100 Best Songs' chosen for the caliph Harūn al-Rashīd, the second with royal composers, and the third with songs chosen by the author himself. [3]
The Jamharat Ash'ar al-Arab claims that two of the most competent ancient authorities on Arabic poetry, al-Mufaddal (d. c. 790) and Abu ʿUbaidah (d. 824 CE), had already assigned to the "Seven" (i.e. "the seven Mu'allaqat") a poem each of al-Nabigha and al-A'sha in place of those of 'Antara and Harith.
An illustrated headpiece from a mid-18th century collection of ghazals and rubāʻīyāt. The ghazal [a] is a form of amatory poem or ode, [1] originating in Arabic poetry [2] that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love.
Arabic [1] O Night على باب الهيكل: Al-Funoon: New York: June 1913: Arabic [2] At the Temple's Gate يا زمان الحب: Al-Funoon: New York: June 1913: Arabic [1] O Time of Love قبل الانتحار: Al-Funoon: New York: August 1913: Arabic [3] Before committing suicide أبو العلاء المعري: Al-Funoon: New York ...
The Arabian/Arab antiquities collector Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī (d. 976) also has scattered reference to eleven Jewish poets in his Kitāb al-agānī ("Book of Songs"). The poets they refer to are as follows, followed by (J) if mentioned by al-Jumahi and (I) if they are mentioned by al-Isfahani:
Abu Nuwas (Arab Persian) Abu Tammam (Syrian Arab) Abu Zafar Obaidullah (Bangladeshi) Afsar Amed (Indian) Aga Shahid Ali (Kashmiri American) Ahmad Ibn Arabshah (Syrian Arab) Ahmed Ali (Pakistani) Ahmed Sofa (Bangladesh) Ahsan Habib (Bangladeshi) Akbar S. Ahmed (Pakistani) Ayad Akhtar (Pakistani American) Akhtaruzzaman Elias (Bangladeshi) Alaol ...