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The Seven Mulallaqat, the Seven Pendants
( المعلقات السبع)

Title	The Seven Mulallaqat, the Seven Pendants
Title Original	المعلقات السبع
Publication Date:	1889
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of St Andrews Library
Record ID	alma991017092977708966
Library Location	University of St Andrews
Date	1889
Notes	The Seven Mu'Allaquat, or 'Suspended Poems'. These are so called because traditionally they are said to have been written in letters of gold, on account of their excellence, and hung in the Ka'bah at Mecca. Copied by William Tweedie, probably in Baghdad, 1889, in Arabic with parallel English commentary. Headings in red are poets' names (followed in title page by descent). Poets in order of appearance (also on piece of paper added to manuscript): f.2 Imruʾ al-Qais f.17 Tarfa f.36 Zuhair f.48 Labid f.65 'Amr ibn Kulthum f.84 'Antara bin Mu'awiya f.98 Al-Harith ibn Hilliza Ends with conjugation page of verb "to do". This order is different from other known versions although there is no standard version. Rubric: First Poem of Amr al-Qays Ibn Hajar Ibn Ma'adi Amr al-Kandi Incipit: Qafa Bank Man Zikri Habib and House Basqat Al-Luwai Between Entrance Explicit: Place Name Final rubric: Harith
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The Seven Mulallaqat, the Seven Pendants

( المعلقات السبع)

Publication Date 1889

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of St Andrews Library

Record ID alma991017092977708966

Library Location University of St Andrews

Date 1889

Notes The Seven Mu'Allaquat, or 'Suspended Poems'. These are so called because traditionally they are said to have been written in letters of gold, on account of their excellence, and hung in the Ka'bah at Mecca. Copied by William Tweedie, probably in Baghdad, 1889, in Arabic with parallel English commentary. Headings in red are poets' names (followed in title page by descent). Poets in order of appearance (also on piece of paper added to manuscript): f.2 Imruʾ al-Qais f.17 Tarfa f.36 Zuhair f.48 Labid f.65 'Amr ibn Kulthum f.84 'Antara bin Mu'awiya f.98 Al-Harith ibn Hilliza Ends with conjugation page of verb "to do". This order is different from other known versions although there is no standard version. Rubric: First Poem of Amr al-Qays Ibn Hajar Ibn Ma'adi Amr al-Kandi Incipit: Qafa Bank Man Zikri Habib and House Basqat Al-Luwai Between Entrance Explicit: Place Name Final rubric: Harith

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Referans Numarası ms8(o)