Tuḥfat al-qadīm

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Tuḥfat al-qadīm

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His Tuḥfat al-qadīm, a major study of the Islāmic poets of Muslim Spain, is particularly important. He was also a humorist and a satirist of considerable ability. Ibn al-Abbār’s alleged disrespectful attitude toward al-Mustanṣir angered the ruler. The scholar’s fall from power and subsequent execution may…
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His Tuḥfat al-qadīm, a major study of the Islāmic poets of Muslim Spain, is particularly important. He was also a humorist and a satirist of considerable ability. Ibn al-Abbār’s alleged disrespectful attitude toward al-Mustanṣir angered the ruler. The scholar’s fall from power and subsequent execution may…
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