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Al-A¯ba¯ wa-al-banu¯n Abu¯Rı¯shah, Umar Abba¯s ibn al-Ahnaf , Abu¯ Shabakah, Ilya¯s , · Abba¯s, Sha¯h Abu¯Sha¯dı¯, Ah·mad Zakı¯ Abba¯sah, sister of Ha¯ru¯n al-Rashı¯d Abu¯Ta¯lib · Abba¯sı¯ caliphs (Banu¯ al- Abba¯s) , – , , Abu¯ Tamma¯m, H· abı¯b ibn Aws , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Abd al-H· akı¯m, Shawqı¯ Abu¯ Ubaydah , , Abd al-hamı¯d al-Ka¯tib , , , , , Abu¯Zayd,Nasr Ha¯mid · · · Abdalla¯h, Yah·ya al-T· a¯hir Abyad·,Ju¯rj Abd al-majı¯d, Sultan adab, see belles-lettres and literature Abd al-malik, caliph , , , , al-A¯ da¯b , Adab al-ka¯tib Abd al-na¯s·ir, Jama¯l (President Nasser) , , , , , , Adab al-kutta¯b, Abd al-quddu¯s,Ih·san Adam , , Abd al-rahma¯n III , , Aden · Abd al-s·abu¯r,S· ala¯h· , , , Adı¯ ibn Zayd , Abd al-satta¯r Efendı¯ al-Adı¯b fı¯ al-su¯q , ¯ Abduh, Muh·ammad , al- Ad·id, Fa¯t·imı¯ caliph Abı¯d ibn al-Abras Adonis, myth of · Abraham Adu¯nı¯s ( Alı¯Ah·mad Sa ¯d)ı , , , , , Abs (tribe) –, , Abu¯ Amr ibn al- Ala¯ , , Adwa¯n, Mamdu¯h· Afa¯ı¯ firdaws Abu¯al-Ata¯hiyah, Abu¯Ish·a¯q ibn al-Qa¯sim –, Afghanistan ff Abu¯al-H· asan al-mugha al aw Ha¯ru¯n al-Rashı¯d al-Afgha¯nı¯, Jama¯l al-dı¯n al-Asada¯ba¯dı¯ Abu¯ Bakr, caliph , Aflaq, Michel Abu¯Dı¯b, Kama¯l [Abou Deeb] Africa , , , , , , , , , , Abu¯ Dibs, Munı¯r , Abu¯Fira¯s al-Hamda¯nı¯ Aghlabı¯ dynasty · Abu¯H· anı¯fah agriculture Abu¯ Jadrah, Rashı¯d , Ahl al-Kahf , – Abu¯Ma¯d¯,ı I¯liyya¯ , ahl al-kita¯b see People of the Book · Abu¯ Muslim Ah·mad al-Danaf Abu¯Na¯dir, Maurice Ahsan al-taqa¯sém fı¯marifat al-aqa¯lı¯m · ¯· Abu¯ Nuwa¯s, al-H· asan ibn Ha¯ni , , , , A ishah (wife of Prophet Muh·ammad) , , , , , , , , , , Aja¯ib al-a¯tha¯r fı¯ al-tara¯jim wa-al-akhba¯r , , Ajı¯b wa-gharı¯b © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521772303 - An Introduction to Arabic Literature Roger Allen Index More information Index al- Ajja¯j al-Aqs·a¯Mosque Akhba¯r al-zama¯n Arab League (League of Arab States) , , , Akhba¯r izbat al-Minaysı¯ , , al-Akht·al , , , Arab nationalism, see nationalism Aladdin , , Arabian (Persian) Gulf , , ¯ Alam bi-la¯khara¯ it· Arabian Nights, see Thousand and One Nights Aleppo , , , , , , Arabian Peninsula , , , , , , , , Alexander, King , , , , , , , , , , Alexandria , , , , , , Algeria , , , , , , , , , Arabic language viii, , , , , , , , , Alhambra Palace , , , , , , , , , , Alı¯Ba¯ba¯ , , Alı¯, caliph , , , , colloquial dialects (al-a¯mmiyyah) , , , Alı¯ Bey al-Kabı¯r , , , , , , , Alı¯Jana¯h al-Tabrı¯zı¯ wa-ta¯biuhu Quffah grammar , , , , , , , , , Alı¯ Zaybaq , , , , , , , , Alif , ¯ al-fusha¯ al- Alim, Mah·mu¯d Amı¯n literary Arabic ( ·· ) , , , , , allegory , , , , tarı¯b Almohads (Muwah·h·idu¯n) arabicisation ( ) Almoravids Aristotle , , , almsgiving (zaka¯t) al-Arjı¯ , Alqamah ibn Abadah , Arkhas laya¯lı¯ ¯ fi· al-Amidı¯, Abu¯ al-qa¯sim , , arti ce (·san ah) , , , , Amı¯n, Qa¯sim al-Arwı¯ (Laroui), Abdalla¯h al-Amı¯n, caliph , as· a¯lah· Asda¯ al-sı¯rah al-dha¯tiyyah al-Amı¯r al-S· an a¯nı¯ · Amı¯rat al-Andalus al-Asha¯ , , , ¯ Amr ibn al- As· , al-Ash arı¯, Sa d ibn Abdalla¯h Amr ibn Kulthu¯m , , A¯ shu¯r,Numa¯n Amr ibn Qamı¯ah , al-Askarı¯, Abu¯ Hila¯l , , , Amr, King of al-H· ı¯rah al-As·ma ¯,ı Abd al-malik , , amu¯d al-shir , al-Asmaiyya¯t · Ana¯ah· ya¯ Asra¯r al-bala¯ghah analogy (qiya¯s) Assa¯f, Roger , , Ana¯ummak ya¯Sha¯kir Assassins (·hashı¯shiyyı¯n) Anatolia , , , association with God (shirk) Al-Andalus (Spain) , , , , , , , , astronomy , , , , , , , , , , Aswa¯q al-ashwa¯q fı¯mas· a¯ri al-ushsha¯q , , , , , , , Ataturk (Mustafa¯Kama¯l) , ¯ ·· anecdote (khabar) , , , , – , , al- A·til al-h· a¯lı¯ wa-al-murakhkhas· al-gha¯lı¯ , , , , , , , Atlantic Ocean al-A¯ nı¯, Yu¯suf Atlas Mountains Anı¯s, Abd al- az·¯mı At·t·a¯r (Persian poet) al-Ansa¯rı¯, Sharaf al-dı¯n al-Atta¯r, Shaykh Hasan · ·· · Antarah , At·wa¯q al-dhahab fı¯ al-mawa¯ iz· wa-al-adab, antithesis (tiba¯q) , audience, see reception · Ant·u¯n, Farah· , , Austria Anu¯shirwa¯n autobiography , , , , aphorism (·hikmah) , , Averroes, see ibn Rushd Apollo Society Awa¯rif al-maa¯rif Aql, Sa¯dı , Awdat al-ru¯h · al-Aqla¯m Awdat al-t·a¯ ir ila¯ al-bah· r al-Aqqa¯d, Abba¯s Mahmu¯d , , , , Awla¯d ha¯ratina¯ , · · Aws ibn H· ajar © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521772303 - An Introduction to Arabic Literature Roger Allen Index More information Index Awwa¯d, Tawfı¯q Yu¯suf , , , Basu¯s, War of , , Al-Aydı¯ al-na¯imah baya¯n (clear expression) , Ayn Ja¯lu¯t Baya¯n ija¯z al-Qura¯n ayya¯m al-arab (accounts of tribal wars) , al-Baya¯tı¯, Abd al-wahha¯b , , , Baybars al-Ayya¯m Baydas, Khalı¯l Ayya¯m al-insa¯n al-sabah Bayezid I Ayyu¯b,Dhu¯ al-nu¯n , Bayn al-qas· rayn Ayyu¯bı¯ dynasty Bayru¯t ’ al-Azhar (mosque-university) , Bayt al-h·ikmah (The House of Wisdom) , Azu¯rı¯, Najı¯b Bedouin , , , , , , , , Azza¯m, Samı¯rah , Beirut , , belles-lettres (adab) , , –, , , –, Baalbakkı¯, Layla¯ , , , , , al-Ba¯b al-Maftu¯h· Berber language , Ba¯bu¯r Bible , Bada¯i al-zuhu¯r fı¯waqa¯i al-duhu¯r Bida¯yah wa-niha¯yah Al-Bida¯yah wa-al-niha¯yah al-Badawı¯, Mah·mu¯d badı¯ –, , , , , biography (sı¯rah) , , , , , , Baghda¯d , , , , , , , , , , , al-Biqa¯ı¯ , , , , , , , , , Bı¯r al-qamh · , , , , , , , , al-Bist·amı¯, Abu¯Yazı¯d Bahrain Blachère, Régis al-Bah· th an Walı¯d Mas ¯du Bloom, Harold fakhr Ba¯kathı¯r, Alı¯Ah·mad boasting ( ) , , , , , Al-Bakhı¯l boon-companion (nadı¯m, pl. nudama¯) , , Bakr, Salwa¯ Bakr, tribe , , Brazil al-Bala¯dhurı¯ Brecht, Berthold Balfour Declaration Britain , , , , Bandung Conference Brockelmann, Carl Bangladesh al-Buh·turı¯, al-Walı¯d ibn Ubayd , , , Bank al-qalaq , , , al-Banna¯, Hasan , al-Bukha¯rı¯, Muhammad ibn Isma¯¯lı , · · Bannı¯s, Muh·ammad , Bu¯la¯q Press Banu¯al-Abba¯s (Abbasids), see Abba¯sı¯ Burdah (mantle of the Prophet) , , , , Banu¯ Ghassa¯n (Ghassanids) Banu¯ Hila¯l bureaucrat (ka¯tib) , , , –, , , Banu¯ Hudhayl , , Banu¯Lakhm (Lakhmids) Bursa Banu¯ Udhrah Burton, Sir Richard , Banu¯ Umayyah (Umayyads), see Umawı¯ al-Bu¯s·¯rı¯,ı Alı¯ ibn Muh·ammad , Al-Ba¯qı¯ min al-zaman sa¯ah al-Busta¯nı¯, Sa¯dı al-Ba¯qilla¯nı¯ , , , Byzantium , , , , Baraka¯t, H· alı¯m bard (ra¯wı¯) , , , , , Cairo , , , , , , , , , , , al-Barq al-Sha¯mı¯ , , , , , , , , , Barra¯dah, Muh·ammad , , , , , , , , , al-Ba¯ru¯dı¯, Mahmu¯d Sa¯mı¯ Calcutta · al-Bas· a¯ ir wa-al-dhakha¯ ir caliphate , , , – , , , , Bashsha¯r ibn Burd , , , , , , Cambridge , Caton, Steven Bası¯su¯, Mu¯nı censorship , , , , al-Bas·rah , , , , , , , , , , Ceylon , , , , , , , Chad , © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521772303 - An Introduction to Arabic Literature Roger Allen Index More information Index chancery (dı¯wa¯n al-rasa¯il) , drama , , , , –, Charles Martel al-Dua¯jı¯, Alı¯ Chekov, Anton , al-Dualı¯, Abu¯ al-aswad Chester dubayt , China , , , , , al-Duktu¯r Ibra¯hı¯m chivalry (muruwwah) , , , Dumas, Alexandre Chosroes (Kisra¯) , Dunqul, Amal Christians , , , , , , , , , Durayd ibn al-S· immah , , , , , , cinema education city , , , , Egypt , , , , , , , , , , , , classes, categories (·tabaqa¯t) , , , , , , , , , , , , comedy , , , , , , , , , college (madrasah) , , , , , , , commitment (iltiza¯m) , , , –, –, , , , , , Constantinople , , Copts elegy (ritha¯) , , , , –, , Cordoba , , , , , , , Eliot, T.S. council (majlis) , , , eloquence (bala¯ghah) , , , , , criticism , , , , , , , , , , emigration (hijrah) , , , , – Ephesus Crusades , , , , , , epistle (risa¯lah) , , , , Ctesiphon , Ethiopia eulogy (madı¯h) see panegyric · Da¯h·is and Ghabra¯ , War of Euphrates , Dala¯il al-ija¯z exegesis, see tafsı¯r Damascus , , , , , , , , , exile , , , , , , , , , , Ezbekiyya Gardens , al-Daqqa¯q Da¯r al-Kutub Fadl, Sala¯h · · · Da¯r al-t·ira¯z , , al-Fa¯khu¯rı¯, Umar Fa¯kihat al-khulafa¯ wa-mufa¯kahat al-zurafa¯ Darwı¯sh, Mah·mu¯d , , David (Biblical King) Fann al-Shir Decius, emperor al-Fa¯ra¯bı¯, Abu¯Nasr Muhammad , , · · departure (rah·¯lı ) Al-Fara¯fı¯r wasf description ( · ) , – Farah·, Iskandar Description de l’Egypte Faraj, Alfred , , desert (ba¯diyah) , , , , , , , , al-Faraj bad al-shiddah , , , al-Farazdaq , , , – Dha¯kirat al-jasad Farh·at, Ilya¯s Dhamm al-hawa¯ Fa¯ru¯q (Farouk), King of Egypt Dha¯t al-khidr Fa¯s (Fez) , , dhikr fasa¯hah (S· u¯fı¯ ritual) · · (purity of language) , Dhu¯ al-nu¯n al-Misrı¯ , Fasl al-maqa¯l · · Dhu¯ al-Rummah, Ghayla¯n ibn Uqbah , , fasting (·sawm) Fa¯timah, daughter of Muhammad · · Dhubya¯n (tribe) Fa¯t·imı¯ dynasty , , , , dictations (Ama¯lı¯) Fawwa¯z, Zaynab dictionaries, see lexicography Fayru¯z (singer) diglossia al-Fayru¯za¯ba¯dı¯, Majd al-dı¯n al-Dı¯wa¯n , al-Faytu¯rı¯, Muh·ammad , Dı¯wa¯n al-Zanj Fernando of Aragon Dı¯wa¯n Sı¯dı¯ Abd al-rah· ma¯n al-Majdhu¯b Fez, see Fa¯s Fı¯ al-adab al-ja¯hilı¯ Diya¯b, Mah·mu¯d Dome of the Rock