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The 'qasidah' and the 'qit'ah' are well known to scholars of classical Arabic literature, but the 'maqtu', a form of poetry that emerged in the thirteenth century and soon became ubiquitous, is as obscure today as it was once popular. These poems circulated across the Arabo-Isla…
"The qaṣīdah and the qiṭʿah are well known to scholars of classical Arabic literature, but the maqṭūʿ, a form of poetry that emerged in the thirteenth century and soon became ubiquitous, is as obscure today as it was once popular. These poems circulated across the Arabo-Islamic …
"The qaṣīdah and the qiṭʻah are well known to scholars of classical Arabic literature, but the maqṭūʻ, a form of poetry that emerged in the thirteenth century and soon became ubiquitous, is as obscure today as it was once popular. These poems circulated across the Arabo-Islamic …
The dūbayt in Arabic is a poetic quatrain, corresponding to its more famous Persian counterpart, the rubāʿī . In the Arabic tradition, the poem is counted as a two-liner (with a Persian name) whereas in Persian it is a quatrain (with an Arabic name). The dūbayt (or dūbaytī ) for…