Kitab al-Tashbihat of Ibn Abi 'Aun

The Book of Similes

M 'Abdul Muid Khan editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:31st Jan '50

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Kitab al-Tashbihat of Ibn Abi 'Aun: The Book of Similes

Edited by M Abdul Mu'id Khan

This 9th Century treatise demonstrates an attempt to systematise existing Arab poetry by grouping the works of 476 poets by the objects of comparison they use. After a short introduction the text is entirely in Arabic.

ISBN: 9780718902193

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508 pages