Hamasah

Hamasah

Hamasah (from Arabic حماسة "exhortation") is a ten-book anthology of Arabic poetry, compiled in the 9th Century by Abu Tammam. Poems are grouped by subject matter.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ḥamāsah — ▪ Arabic literature       an Arabic anthology compiled by the poet Abū Tammām in the 9th century. It is so called from the title of its first book, which contains poems descriptive of fortitude in battle, patient endurance of calamity,… …   Universalium

  • Mufaddaliyat — The Mufaddaliyat or Mofaddaliyat (Arabic: المفضليات / ALA LC: al Mufaḍḍaliyāt), meaning The Examination of al Mufaddal , is an anthology of ancient Arabic poems, which derives its name from al Mufaddal, son of Muhammad, son of Yal, a member of… …   Wikipedia

  • Abu Tammam — (Habib ibn Aus) Arabic, أبو تمام حبيب بن أوس (c. 805 ndash; c. 845) was a famous Arab poet and Muslim convert born to Christian parents. [Ibn Ab̄i Tahir Ṭāyfūr and Arabic writerly culture a ninth century bookman in Baghdad RoutledgeCurzon Studies …   Wikipedia

  • Abū Tammām — ▪ Syrian poet in full  Abū Tammām Ḥabīb Ibn Aws  born 804, near Damascus [now in Syria] died c. 845, , Mosul, Iraq       poet and editor of an anthology of early Arabic poems known as the Ḥamāsah.       Abū Tammām changed his Christian father s… …   Universalium

  • Buḥturī, al- — ▪ Arab author in full  Abū ʿUbādah al Walīd ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al Buḥturī   born 821, Manbij, Syria died 897, Manbij       one of the most outstanding poets of the ʿAbbāsid period (750–1258).       Al Buḥturī devoted his early poetry, written… …   Universalium

  • One Thousand and One Nights — Arabian Nights redirects here. For other uses, see Arabian Nights (disambiguation). For other uses, see One Thousand and One Nights (disambiguation). Arab World …   Wikipedia

  • Arabic music — Bayad plays the oud to The Lady. from the Riyad Bayad, Arabic tale Arabic music or Arab music (Arabic: الموسيقى العربية al mūsīqā al ‘Arabīyah) is the music of the Arab World, including several genres and styles of music ranging from Arabic… …   Wikipedia

  • Mihrab — Arab World This article is part of the series: Arab Culture …   Wikipedia

  • Classical Arabic — Spoken in Historically in the Middle East, now used as a liturgical language of Islam Language family Afro Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic …   Wikipedia

  • Buhturi — Arabic, أبو الوليد بن عبيدالله البحتري التنوخي (al Walīd ibn Ubayd Allāh al Buhturī) (820 897) was an Arabian poet born at Hierapolis Bambyce in Syria, between Aleppo and the Euphrates. Like Abu Tammam, he was of the tribe of Tai.While still you …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”