traces of a class of social science and a philosophical interpretation of history could be found in the writings of famous religious and political figures as well as in some of acclaimed poets’ works of islamic era. in this regard, poems of ibn motaz, as a member of abbasid family and because of extensive tribal struggles between abbasids and alavis, are of considerable significance and are con...

â  â  ibn al-amid’s poetry â â â â â  s.f. mirghaderi * â  hossein kiani** â  â  abstract â  ibn al-amid is one of the most distinguished writers of the arabic literature who is believed, even by his contemporary critics, to be at the top of his profession due to the unique characteristics of his writings. besides being a writer, ibn al-amid also had a taste in composing poems. his poems are ...

ibn nabatah, one of the most popular poets in the mamluk period is compared with his contemporaries. in most issues, language is open to complain in his poems on various subjects, such as life, death, poverty and infectious diseases investigated note this article explains ibn nabatah poverty in food, housing, clothing and supplies, which the compositions and methods tailored to the tragic and s...

After years of painstaking research Dr. Giuseppe Scattolin has at last published his critical edition of Ibn al-Fa≠rid ̋'s D|wa≠n. While Ibn al-Fa≠rid ̋ lived during the Ayyubid period, his verse was a dominant influence on later Arabic poetry composed under the Mamluks. Moreover, his verse and mystical ideas were, at times, sources of contention among factions of ulama during Mamluk rule, while ...

praising of holy prophet is of those topics, which have drawn the poets’ attention since early islamic period and they have versified a lot of poems in this regard. this started with odes from some poets like kaab ibn zohayr, kaab ibn malek, hassan (ibn sabet), and other versifiers of islamic period. despite of its dormancy which governed during omayyad and abbasid dynasties, it resumed moving ...