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The Modern Poets (Ṭabaqāt Al-Shuʿarāʾ Al-Muḥdathīn)

The Modern Poets (Ṭabaqāt Al-Shuʿarāʾ Al-Muḥdathīn)

Hardcover

General Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 9004752579
ISBN13: 9789004752573
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 26 2026
Pages: 698
Weight: 2.57
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The Modern Poets is the first complete translation into any language of an important and entertaining anthology compiled by the famous Arabic poet and Abbasid prince, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz, who reigned as Caliph in Baghdad for one day in AD 908, before being killed the next day. It contains sections on 132 8th- and 9th-century Arabic poets, famous and obscure ones, quoting poems of many kinds: praise poems, love poems, wine poems, elegies, vicious lampoons, and jesting epigrams, with many anecdotes. The translation is richly annotated, preceded by an introduction, and provided with indexes. The book offers access to a central text in Arabic literary history and a compelling window into early Abbasid culture.

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