Ǧawāhir al-Akhbār wa-Mulaḥ Al-Ashʿār: Or Gems of the Tales and Anecdotes of Poetry

Al-Qādī Mu ͗taman Al-Dīn Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī  ͑Aqāma Al-Yamanī (d. ~480 AH)

book: Ǧawāhir al-Akhbār wa-Mulaḥ Al-Ashʿār

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Ǧawāhir al-Akhbār wa-Mulaḥ Al-Ashʿār

Or Gems of the Tales and Anecdotes of Poetry

Al-Qādī Mu ͗taman Al-Dīn Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī ͑Aqāma Al-Yamanī (d. ~480 AH)
Edited by: Noha Abdelrazek El Hefnawy
Funded by: Max Weber Stiftung

Volume 66 in the series Bibliotheca Islamica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111488271

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Ǧawāhir al-Akhbār wa-Mulaḥ al-Ashʿār, Gems of the Tales and Anecdotes of poetry, by Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAqāma Al-Yamanī, contains tales from the pre-Islamic, early Islamic, and Abbasid periods. Being divided into two parts, the work contains 100 stories and 429 poems. At the end, the author added another twenty aphorisms and proverbs.

However, it is not limited to literary tales alone, but also addresses theological, jurisprudential, and linguistic topics. For all narrations, the chains of transmission are given. This is the first book of its kind from Islamic Yemen.

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Noha Abdelrazek El Hefnawy, Egypt.

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Languages: Arabic, English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Historians, scholars in Arabic and Islamic studies
Pages
- Main content: 494
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Coloured Illustrations: 2
Keywords: Abbasid era; Islamic literature; poetry; Yemen

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Published: June 17, 2024
ISBN: 9783111488271

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Published: June 17, 2024
ISBN: 9783111480961