Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings

Abbasid addressed Ahmad al-Din al-Mutanabbi al-Nabigha Allah Arabic poetry Arabic qasida Arabo-Persian Asma'u beauty become beginning Bello beloved century composed conventional court culture described Divan diwan du'd example expression formal garden genre ghazal gift Hali's Hamzah Hausa Hebrew hemistich ibid imagery Indian Indonesian Iran Iranian Islamic Jaziri Kafur Khusrau king Kurdish language lines literary literature lyric madih Malay Malaye Jaziri mamduh Manuchihri meaning Meisami metre modern monorhyme motif Mughal Muhammad Muslim mystical narrative nasib Nasir-i Nauruz Ottoman kaside Ottoman poetry panegyric panegyric qasida paper Pashto patron pattern Persian poetry Persian qasida poem poet poet's poetic political praise pre-Islamic prince Prophet prose qasida form qasidah moderen Qur'an rahil ramal reference religious rhyme ritual ruler Saif al-Daula semantic Shaikh Sindhi songs stanzas Stetkevych structure Sufi Sultan Swahili syair takhallus texts thematic themes tion tradition translation Turkish Unsuri verse words