The Diwans of Abid Ibn Al-Abras of Asad and Amir Ibn At-Tufail of Amir Ibn Sasaah: Edited for the First Time from the Manuscript in the British Mu (Cosimo Classics)

This unique title The Diwans of Abid ibn al-Abras of Asad and Amir ibn at-Tufail of Amir ibn Sasaah consists of two collections of poetry belonging to the poets al-Abras and at-Tufail which were discovered by the British Museum in Beirut in 1907. The collections were completely new at the time although certain poems in each Diwan had been found in other collections. Included for each poet is an introduction (with biographies) and the translations of their respective Diwans. In addition there is an Arabic portion of the text containing the original Diwans Indexes and Supplemental poetry attributed to the authors but not found in the Diwans. This work will be of interest to scholars of Arabic literature poetry and ancient Arabic texts. ABID IBN AL-ABRAS was a pre-Islamic Arabic poet known for his association with the Muallaqat or The Hanging Poems. This was a collection of seven works of renowned poetry compiled by the scholar Hammad Ar-Rawiya. While al-Abras is included in the group of seven great poets only some of the time he is recognized as a contemporary of Imru al-Qais (who lived during the 6th century) considered the greatest of all the poets in the Muallaqat. The quality of his work was recognized by celebrated Persian scholar Ibn Qutaybah who named him among the Seven in the 9th Century after it had been discovered that early versions of the Muallaqat had been misrepresented and two of the seven poems were sometimes replaced with others. AMIR IBN AT-TUFAIL was an Arabic nobleman scholar and poet who became a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and was converted to Islam after hearing his testimony. He was considered a great scholar and intellect and his poetry is well-loved for its beauty. He traveled with Muhammad until his death preaching and practicing Islam.