The limitations of Qur’ānic usage in early Arabic poetry: the example of a Khārijite poem

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Titre
The limitations of Qur’ānic usage in early Arabic poetry: the example of a Khārijite poem
Date
1994
Résumé
On a poem (a translation is given), a Rā’iyya, by the Khārijite poet ʿAmr b. al-Ḥusayn al-ʿAnbarī (d. after 130/749), composed on the occasion of a battle in Wādī ‘l-Qurā near Mecca, 130/748, in which the Khārijites were routed by an Umayyad army, and in which their leaders, including Abū Ḥamza al-Shārī (Abū Ḥamza al-Mukhtār b. ʿAwf), were killed.
See Higgins 2015, who treats the same poem.
Place
Beirut
Langue
eng
pages
162-181
ISBN
978-3-515-06113-1

Position : 13964 (29 vues)