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Al-Muhalhil in the historical akhbār and folkloric Sīrah.

Al-Muhalhil b. Rabī'ah was a Pre-Islamic poet who, according to classical sources, was the first to establish the Qasīdah form and who participated in the forty-year war of al-Basūs, between Bakr and Taghlib, to revenge the assassination of his brother Kulayb. On the other hand, al-Zīr Sālim Abū Lay...

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Published in:Journal of Arabic Literature Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 241 - 273
Main Author: Nasser, Shady H.
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2009
Subjects:
Islamic poetry
Islamic literature
Religious poetry
Arab poets
Folklore
Arabic poetry
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