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  2. Qasida - Wikipedia

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    The qasida may have emerged in this context, in the process of their negotiations of status with Arabophone kings that were invoking earlier notions of Arabian kingship. Supporting this is the fact that a number of the earliest reported qasidas were directed to the Ghassanids and Lakhmids . [ 4 ]

  3. Malhun - Wikipedia

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    The qasida (qṣīda in Moroccan Arabic) of the malhun is based on two essential elements: the overtures preceding it and the parts of which it is composed: aqsam (Arabic: الأقسام) verses sung solo interrupted by the harba refrain (meaning launch) (Arabic: الحربة).

  4. Islamic poetry - Wikipedia

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    The qasida contains three subtopics or recurring themes; the nasib or the story of a destroyed relationship and home, the fakhr which portrays self-praise for a tribe or oneself, and the rahil which is a journey into the desert involving camels.

  5. Qasid - Wikipedia

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    Qasida, a form of Arabic poetry This page was last edited on 29 January 2025, at 00:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  6. Upside-down question and exclamation marks - Wikipedia

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    Upside-down marks, simple in the era of hand typesetting, were originally recommended by the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), in the second edition of the Ortografía de la lengua castellana (Orthography of the Castilian language) in 1754 [3] recommending it as the symbol indicating the beginning of a question in written Spanish—e.g. "¿Cuántos años tienes?"

  7. Saqt az-Zand - Wikipedia

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    'Saqt' means 'spark' but the more usual meaning is 'falling', evoked in the English translation 'The Falling Spark of the Tinder'. 'Zand' was a fire drill ; the commentator al-Khwarazimi said that title was an allusion to the effort required to grasp the meaning of the verses, similar to the effort involved in producing fire from friction ...

  8. Urdu poetry - Wikipedia

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    Qasida (قصیدہ): usually an ode to a benefactor, a satire, or an account of an event. It uses the same rhyme system as the ghazal, but is usually longer. It uses the same rhyme system as the ghazal, but is usually longer.

  9. Ta'abbata Sharran - Wikipedia

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    Ta'abbata Sharran's "Qasida Qafiyya" [a] is the opening poem of the Mufaddaliyat, an important collection of early Arabic poetry. [12] According to the Italian orientalist Francesco Gabrieli , the Qafiyya may not have been written as a single poem, but might instead be a collection of Ta'abbata Sharran's verses compiled by later editors.