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Title

  • Book of Poetry and Poets.

Summary

  • Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn Qutaibah (828--85 AD, 213--76) was an Arab literary historian and critic and an Islamic jurist and scholar. He was born in Kufa, in present-day Iraq, and spent much of his life in Baghdad, where he died. His Al-shiir wal shuaraa (Book of poetry and poets) is considered a major classic of Arabic literature and a pioneering work of literary criticism. It is a biographical encyclopedia of more than 200 leading Arab poets, spanning the pre-Islamic period to the early Abbasid era (the sixth century through the ninth century AD). The book covers the poets of these times, their tribal origins, their life histories, their tabaqat (artistic class and prowess), and what their critics said about them. It also includes sections that classify poetry by quality and genre.

Names

  • Ibn Qutaibah, Abdullah ibn Muslim Author.
  • Saqqā, Muṣṭafaa Editor.

Created / Published

  • Cairo : Institutes' Library, 1932.

Headings

  • -  Iraq
  • -  500 to 899
  • -  Arabic poetry
  • -  Biography
  • -  Encyclopedias and dictionaries
  • -  Poetry
  • -  Poets
  • -  Poets, Arab

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 366 pages.
  • -  Original resource at: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666169

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ibn Qutaibah, Abdullah Ibn Muslim Author, and Muṣṭafaa Editor Saqqā. Book of Poetry and Poets. Cairo: Institutes' Library, 1932. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666169/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Qutaibah, A. I. M. A. & Saqqā, M. E. (1932) Book of Poetry and Poets. Cairo: Institutes' Library. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666169/.

MLA citation style:

Ibn Qutaibah, Abdullah Ibn Muslim Author, and Muṣṭafaa Editor Saqqā. Book of Poetry and Poets. Cairo: Institutes' Library, 1932. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666169/>.