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The Diwans of 'Abid ibn al-Abras of Asad and 'Amir ibn at-Tufail of 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah (Hardcover, Facsimile of 1913 ed)
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The Diwans of 'Abid ibn al-Abras of Asad and 'Amir ibn at-Tufail of 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah (Hardcover, Facsimile of 1913 ed)
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
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Poems of 'Abid and 'Amir are found in other works but the
11th-century MS in the British Library on which this edition is
based is unique. Both are tribal poets of the Jahiliyyah, the
period before Islam. 'Abd ibn al-Abras, regarded as one of the best
pre-Islamic poets, was contemporary with the greatest of them all,
Imru' al-Qais of Kindah, and his poems reflect the events of the
first half of the 6th century, such as the attempt and ultimate
failure of the Princes of Kindah to impose their hegemony on the
nomads of northern Arabia, among them 'Abid's tribe, the Bani Asad,
who slew Imru' al-Qais's father, Hujr. 'Amir's tribe, on the other
hand, dwelt in Central Arabia, some distance to the West of Mecca
and he was a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad. 'Amir remained
pagan but, though he is credited by some accounts with bitter
hostility to Islam, his poems are mainly concerned with war and
rivalry with neighbouring tribes.
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