Ring of the Dove

One delightful example is The Ring of the Dove (Ṭawq al-ḥamāmah), on the art of love. Probably best known for his work in jurisprudence and theology, for which the basic qualification was a thorough knowledge of the Qurʾān and Ḥadīth (tradition), he became one of the leading exponents of…

…Ḥazm, for example, wrote his Ṭawq al-ḥamāmah (“Dove’s Neckring”), a charmingly intimate portrait of social intercourse within the Islamic community of the 11th century, while Ibn al-Jawzī contributed his Dhamm al-hawā (“Condemnation of Passion”), a preacher’s warning concerning the perils of passion. Sheikh al-Nafzāwī’s Al-Rawḍ al-ʿāṭir fī nuzhat al-khāṭir (“The…

…love” called Ṭawq al-ḥamāmah (The Ring of the Dove). Its lucid prose, interspersed with poetry, has many times been translated into Western languages.

…such as Ṭawq al-ḥamāmah (The Ring of the Dove), which may have contributed to ideas of chivalric love among the Provençal troubadours.