Diwan Dhu Ar-Rumma.

Aul Harith Gaith bin Uqba, Known as Dhu Ar-Rumma.

Published by al-Matba'a al-Wataniya, Beirut, 1934

About this Item

95 pp. paper silghtly foxed, few ink annotations on margin, hard back binding, original slightly soiled wrappers preserved, text collected by Bashir Yamut. Dhu Ar-Rumma was a Bedouin poet and Rawi (died c. 715). In the assessment of Nefeli Papoutsakis, he stands at the end of a long poetic tradition which, for the most part, expressed the ethos and intellectual preoccupations of the pre-Islamic tribal society of Bedouin Arabs a fact reflected in the saying of Abu 'Amr b. al-'Ala' that poetry was closed with Du r-Rumma. His extensive Diwan is widely studied. Its themes and forms included love poetry (in the Nasib and Ghazal forms), self-praise fakhr) about himself and his tribe, eulogy, invective, and riddles. Seller Inventory # 7901

Bibliographic Details

Title: Diwan Dhu Ar-Rumma.

Publisher: al-Matba'a al-Wataniya, Beirut

Publication Date: 1934

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New