NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Syllabus Department of

One Year Master’s Course Effective from the Session: 2013-2014

National University Subject: Arabic Syllabus for One-Year Master’s Course Effective from the Session: 2013-2014

Paper Code Paper Title Credits 311201 Classical Prose 4 311203 Classical 4 311205 Modern Prose 4 311207 Modern Poetry 4 311209 History of Middle East 4 311211 History of Islamic Civilization 4 311213 Arabic Calligraphy 4 311214 Term Paper 2 311216 Viva-Voce 2 Total = 32

2 Detailed Syllabus

Paper Code 311201 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Classical Prose

a. Al-Qur`n 1. Muhammad Ali Al-Sabuni : Safwat al-Tafsir: Suratu Yasin. b. Al-Hadith 1. Al-Jabidi : TajridulBukhari:Kitabul Ate’ema, Kitabul Adab c. Litterature 1. Al- Zahej : Al-Bukhala: Qissatu Jabidah Bin Hamid

Paper Code 311203 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Classical Poetry

Books Prescribed: 1. Antara : Al- Moallaqa (1-30 Verses) 2. : Diwan al-Hamasah, Bab al-Hamasah (1-30 Verses) 3. : Bab al-Sadis fi al-Zuhd (1-52 Verses)

Paper Code 311205 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Modern Prose

Books Prescribed: 1. Taha hosain : Al-Ayyam. 2. Al-Aqqad : Athar al- Arab fi al-Hadarat al- Uruwwiyya

Paper Code 311207 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Modern Poetry

Books Prescribed: Beg : Diwan Ahmad shawqi: Qasidato Nahj al-Burdah : Diwan Hafez Ibrahim: Qasidato Rithau al-Ustaj al-Imam Al-Saekh Mohammad Abduhu. Al- Rusafi : Diwan: Ummul Yeatim.

Book Recommended: Dr. Mohammad Fozlur Rahman: Avie gbxlv.

3 Paper Code 311209 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: History of Middle East

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Paper Code 311211 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: History of Islamic Civilization

Topics: 1. Period of Prophet (s), Khulafa-i- Rashedun & Umayyad dynasty (610 to 750). 2. Abbasid dynasty (750 to 1258 AD).

Book Recommended: 1. Sayyed Ameer Ali : A short History of the Sarascens 2. P.K Hitt :History of . 3. gynv¤§` †iR-B Kixg : Avie RvwZi BwZnvm 4. ‡kL gynv¤§` jyrdv Rvnvb : Avie RvwZi BwZnvm 5. gwdRyj•vn Kexi : Avie RvwZi BwZnvm 6. ‰mq` gvngy`yj nvmvb : Bmjv‡gi BwZnvm 7. ‡gv: gymv Avbmvix : ga¨hy‡M gymwjg mf¨Zv I ms¯‹…wZ

Paper Code 311213 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Arabic Calligraphy

Special Attention should be given to the following topics: (a) Origin of Arabic script, Major Schools of thought on the Origin of Arabic Script, Early Arabic inscriptions, Development of Arabic Calligraphy. (b) Arabic Calligraphy in the period of the orthodox calips. (c) Arabic Calligraphy in the period of Umayyads. (d) Arabic Calligraphy in the period of Abbasids. (e) Arabic Calligraphy in Muslim Spain. (f) Arabic Calligraphy in morocco, Arabic Calligraphy in the period of Fatimid’s, Arabic Calligraphy in the Ottoman Turk period. (g) Arabic Calligraphy in contemporary period.

4 (h) Arabic Calligraphy in the east. (i) The six pens or al-aqlaam al-sittah. (j) Biographies of famous Arab and non Arab Calligraphers, Kufie scripts- the reform of the Arabic Alphabet.

Books Recommended: 1. Ma’ruf Zuraik, Mausuat al-khutut al-Arabiyah Wa Zakharifuha. 2. Khalid Muhammad Misri al-Khattat, Marja al-Tullab fi al-Khatt al-Arabi. 3. Ibn al-Nadim, al-Fihrist. 4. Khalil Yahya al-Nami, Asl Al-Khatt al-Arabi. 5. M. Ziauddin, Muslim Calligraphy. 6. P.I.S. Mustafizur Rahman, Islamic Calligraphy in Mediaeval India. 7. Nabia Abbet, The rise of the North Arabic Script and it’s Quranic Development. 8. Y.N. safadi, Islamic Calligraphy. 9. Khatibi and Sijolmassi, Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy. 10. Dr. Yakub Ali, Arbi Lipikola. 11. Abdus Salam Harun, Tahqiq al-Nusus Wa Nashruha.

Paper Code 311214 ------Credits: 2 Paper Title: Term Paper

Paper Code 311216 ------Credits: 2 Paper Title: Viva-Voce

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