An ancient Arabic prize poem
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An ancient Arabic prize poem
[s.n.], [1870?]
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Moảllacàt
Muʿallaqāt
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"Extracted from the Eagle, no. XXXVIII, 1870"--P. [1]
"The successful compositions were inscribed in letters of gold and suspended, by way of challenge, on the doors of the Kaăbeh or temple at Mecca, from which circumstance they acquired the name of Moảllacàt or "Suspended". Seven of the most celebrated of these Prize poems have been handed down to us, a translation of one of which is here presented to the reader. It is the composition of ʿAntărăh, the son of Moawiych ibn Sheddád, ..."--P. [1]-2
Signed at end: E.H.P. [i.e. Edward Henry Palmer]
Many unnumbered pages after p. 8 blank
