Gray hair in Abbasid poetry until the end of the fourth century AH
(الشيب في الشعر العباسي حتى نهاية القرن الرابع الهجري)

Name: Gray hair in Abbasid poetry until the end of the fourth century AH
Author: Al-Shammari, Thaer Samir Hassan

Title	Gray hair in Abbasid poetry until the end of the fourth century AH
Title Original	الشيب في الشعر العباسي حتى نهاية القرن الرابع الهجري
Author	Al-Shammari, Thaer Samir Hassan
Author Original	الشمري، ثائر سمير حسن
Publication Date:	1435
Publication Place	Amman, Jordan - Amman, Jordan: Dar Safaa for Publishing and Distribution
Subject	History and criticism
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	304
Physical Dimensions	304 صفحة
Library:	University of Minnesota Libraries
Library Asset ID	ISBN: 9789957248758, ISBN: 9957248758
Record ID	cdi_globaltitleindex_catalog_151242404
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Date	1435
Notes	It is mentioned in this book that the talk about gray hair and excessiveness in its description was at its peak in the Abbasid era. Al-Sharif Al-Murtada says, describing it (And I know that the excessiveness in describing gray hair and the multiplication of its meanings, and the completeness of the statement about it, is hardly found in ancient poetry. Perhaps a paragraph was mentioned in it and it was unparalleled, but he was more prolific in its descriptions, extracting its secrets, and entering into the branches of modern poets). The Abbasid era represented the pinnacle of the prosperity of Arabic poetry. The number of verses recorded in this book reached four thousand verses, distributed among about one hundred Abbasid poets, in addition to sixty-three poets from the eras that preceded this era. This research consisted of five chapters, the first chapter of which was concerned with talking about gray hair and women, and the writer tried in it to reveal women’s attitudes towards poets who had greyed, and then those poets’ attitudes towards them. It is known to all researchers that the Abbasid era was the era of mixing between different cultures and civilizations, as well as the mixing of different peoples under the Abbasid Caliphate. That is, the Arab state in this era was no longer isolated from the world, but rather mixed with other peoples such as the Persians, the Turks, and others. This mixing, as an inevitable result, and because of the prosperity of the Abbasid state and material luxury, led to an abundance of female slaves and concubines, which led to poets turning to them, flirting with them in their poetry, because they had never seen women as beautiful as them before. Some of these poets had women in their homes, which led them to establish relationships and friendships among themselves. Moreover, these slave girls used to engage in passion with these poets. As the author mentioned, this love between the poet and the woman was not able to survive and continue as the poet had hoped for, and the reason is very simple, which is the appearance of gray hair, this unforgivable sin in the woman. The second chapter of the book is devoted to talking about gray hair and youth, and this chapter attempts to reveal the poets’ positions regarding their lost youth. Therefore, these poets had many stances regarding that departed youth. Among those stances was crying over the youth, as if by doing so they had lost a person dear to them: O my soul longs for the youth, for I am depressed over it. I have become crying over my youth, a weeping poured over the affliction. As the author explained, the poet in these two verses weeps over his youth with a cry that makes the reader feel that the youth that has passed is a person dear to the poet, and not just a changing color. Just as a person cries over the passing of a person dear to him, so a poet cries over his youth because it is dear to him as well. The third chapter dealt with gray hair and wisdom. It revolved around the types of wisdom and their motives that motivated gray-haired poets to chant them. The author pointed out that if the average person is an artist in his wisdom when he grows old, then what about the poet who is distinguished as an artist who always excels in artistic creativity? Wisdom is the fruit of many experiences and a sincere feeling of the effects of life, its facts and secrets, and it is therefore capable of arousing this sincere feeling in the souls of readers and urging them to think deeply and contemplate the affairs of the world. As for the fourth chapter, it was about gray hair and death, and it tried to reveal the poets’ view of death, of which gray hair was a messenger and evidence. The author wrote here: Gray hair was a bad omen for the poets whose heads it descended upon. Because of it, the specter of death haunted them at all times and places, in their wakefulness and sleep, while standing and sitting, which led them in the end to air their complaints about it in their poetry in various ways. Gray hair is a messenger sent by death to warn whoever came to it of his imminent departure from this world: The white hairs permitted you to deliver solemn speeches. You did not invite in. The soul complains to you that you are about to leave. The messenger is about to meet you after the Messenger. The fifth chapter was devoted to artistic study, and this chapter was divided between three sections: the poetic image, the dialogue, and the linguistic dictionary of gray hair. -- Bibliography: p. 281-303
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Gray hair in Abbasid poetry until the end of the fourth century AH

(الشيب في الشعر العباسي حتى نهاية القرن الرابع الهجري)

Author Al-Shammari, Thaer Samir Hassan

Author Original الشمري، ثائر سمير حسن

Publication Date 1435

Publication Place Amman, Jordan - Amman, Jordan: Dar Safaa for Publishing and Distribution

Subject History and criticism

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript No

Pages Count 304

Physical Dimensions 304 صفحة

Library University of Minnesota Libraries

Library Asset ID ISBN: 9789957248758, ISBN: 9957248758

Record ID cdi_globaltitleindex_catalog_151242404

Library Location Request

Date 1435

Notes It is mentioned in this book that the talk about gray hair and excessiveness in its description was at its peak in the Abbasid era. Al-Sharif Al-Murtada says, describing it (And I know that the excessiveness in describing gray hair and the multiplication of its meanings, and the completeness of the statement about it, is hardly found in ancient poetry. Perhaps a paragraph was mentioned in it and it was unparalleled, but he was more prolific in its descriptions, extracting its secrets, and entering into the branches of modern poets). The Abbasid era represented the pinnacle of the prosperity of Arabic poetry. The number of verses recorded in this book reached four thousand verses, distributed among about one hundred Abbasid poets, in addition to sixty-three poets from the eras that preceded this era. This research consisted of five chapters, the first chapter of which was concerned with talking about gray hair and women, and the writer tried in it to reveal women’s attitudes towards poets who had greyed, and then those poets’ attitudes towards them. It is known to all researchers that the Abbasid era was the era of mixing between different cultures and civilizations, as well as the mixing of different peoples under the Abbasid Caliphate. That is, the Arab state in this era was no longer isolated from the world, but rather mixed with other peoples such as the Persians, the Turks, and others. This mixing, as an inevitable result, and because of the prosperity of the Abbasid state and material luxury, led to an abundance of female slaves and concubines, which led to poets turning to them, flirting with them in their poetry, because they had never seen women as beautiful as them before. Some of these poets had women in their homes, which led them to establish relationships and friendships among themselves. Moreover, these slave girls used to engage in passion with these poets. As the author mentioned, this love between the poet and the woman was not able to survive and continue as the poet had hoped for, and the reason is very simple, which is the appearance of gray hair, this unforgivable sin in the woman. The second chapter of the book is devoted to talking about gray hair and youth, and this chapter attempts to reveal the poets’ positions regarding their lost youth. Therefore, these poets had many stances regarding that departed youth. Among those stances was crying over the youth, as if by doing so they had lost a person dear to them: O my soul longs for the youth, for I am depressed over it. I have become crying over my youth, a weeping poured over the affliction. As the author explained, the poet in these two verses weeps over his youth with a cry that makes the reader feel that the youth that has passed is a person dear to the poet, and not just a changing color. Just as a person cries over the passing of a person dear to him, so a poet cries over his youth because it is dear to him as well. The third chapter dealt with gray hair and wisdom. It revolved around the types of wisdom and their motives that motivated gray-haired poets to chant them. The author pointed out that if the average person is an artist in his wisdom when he grows old, then what about the poet who is distinguished as an artist who always excels in artistic creativity? Wisdom is the fruit of many experiences and a sincere feeling of the effects of life, its facts and secrets, and it is therefore capable of arousing this sincere feeling in the souls of readers and urging them to think deeply and contemplate the affairs of the world. As for the fourth chapter, it was about gray hair and death, and it tried to reveal the poets’ view of death, of which gray hair was a messenger and evidence. The author wrote here: Gray hair was a bad omen for the poets whose heads it descended upon. Because of it, the specter of death haunted them at all times and places, in their wakefulness and sleep, while standing and sitting, which led them in the end to air their complaints about it in their poetry in various ways. Gray hair is a messenger sent by death to warn whoever came to it of his imminent departure from this world: The white hairs permitted you to deliver solemn speeches. You did not invite in. The soul complains to you that you are about to leave. The messenger is about to meet you after the Messenger. The fifth chapter was devoted to artistic study, and this chapter was divided between three sections: the poetic image, the dialogue, and the linguistic dictionary of gray hair. -- Bibliography: p. 281-303

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