Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi and Fatimid da`wa poetry; a case of commitment in classical Arabic literature.9004141030 Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi and Fatimid da`wa poetry; a case of commitment in classical Arabic Classical Arabic, also known as Koranic (or Qur'anic) Arabic, is the form of the Arabic language used in the Qur'an as well as in numerous literary texts from Umayyad and Abbasid times (7th to 9th centuries). literature. Qutbuddin, Tahera. Brill Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys Brill (mä`tīs), 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. Academic Publishers 2005 412 pages $184.00 Hardcover Islamic history and civilization, studies and texts; v.57 PJ7750 Al-Mu'ayyad (386/87-470 AH, 996/7-1078 CE) was a medieval Arabic-Islamic scholar and poet committed to the Fatimid religio-political ideology, explains Qutbuddin (Arabic literature Arabic literature, literary works written in the Arabic language. The great body of Arabic literature includes works by Arabic speaking Turks, Persians, Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Jews, and other Africans and Asians, as well as the Arabs themselves. , U. of Chicago), and founded the tradition of Fatimid da'wa (religious mission) poetry that flourished for a thousand years and continues to be active now. He recounts Al-Mu'ayyad's life and career, then analyzes his poetry as part of the genre of literature with an agenda, committed literature. His topics are tradition and innovation in his poetic style, praise of the imam, other genres, his motivation and audience, and his poetry in the Tayyibi Da'wa. The study began as his doctoral dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion n. A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis. dissertation Noun 1. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations for Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. in 1999. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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