Linked e-resources
Details
Table of Contents
Intro
Letter from the General Editor
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Map: The Nafūd of Khalaf Abū Zwayyid, ʻAdwān al-Hirbīd, and ʻAjlān ibn Rmāl
Note on the Text
Notes to the Introduction
Khalaf Abū Zwayyid
1: His Life
2: His Son Dikhīl
3: Verses in Praise of ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Jarbā
4: His Poems on Saṭṭām ibn Shaʻlān
5: He Solves a Dispute between Sons of Ṣaṭṭām ibn Shaʻlān Concerning a Guest and a Neighbor
6: He Comforts Turkiyyah, Daughter of Ibn Mhēd, When She Quarreled with Ṣaṭṭām ibn Shaʻlān
7: How He Obtained Satisfaction for Nūrah, Daughter of Ibn Mhēd, When She Quarreled with Fahd ibn Hadhdhāl
8: Abū Zwayyid's Camel, Stolen by Ibn Mʻabhal, Is Returned to Him by Ibn Mashhūr
9: His Poems on a Dispute among Members of His Tribal Group of the Nabhān
10: He Returns from His Asylum with ʻAnazah and Heads for Ibn Rashīd
11: With Muḥammad ibn Rashīd
12: In Praise of Saʻūd Abū Khashm
13: Raiding with Gnēṭīr ibn Rakhīṣ
14: On a Raid with Rōḍān ibn Farwān
15: With a Companion of the Rwalah at Ibn Rashīd's Court
16: With Dabbī ibn Fāliḥ
17: With Khaznah al-Fiḍīl
18: With Mkīdah, Daughter of Jamʻān al-Ghēthī
19: His Story with Tarfah, Daughter of Falāḥ ibn Fāliḥ al-Shlāgī
20: A Marriage Proposal Made in His Old Age
21: Love Poetry
22: Dirge on Mwēḍī, Who Drowned in the Shaṭṭ River
23: His Camel Poems
24: Boastful Poems
25: His Poems on the World's Vicissitudes and Contretemps
26: Battle of al-Jmēmā
27: War of al-Jawf, Poem in Praise of Abū Khashm
28: Riposte of Khḍēr al-Ṣʻēlīć to Abū Zwayyid's Poem in Praise of Ibn Shaʻlān
29: Riposte of Rāḍī ibn Fārān to Abū Zwayyid's Poem in Praise of Ibn Shaʻlān
ʻAdwān ibn Rāshid al-Hirbīd
30: His Life
31: With Jrēs
32: A Donkey Driver Cannot Keep Pace with Camel Nomads
33: He Sings the Praises of Jazʻah al-Lidhīdh
34: Poem on Ṭilgah al-Bihiyyāniyyah
35: Poem on Mnīrah, the Daughter of Bshayyir
36: His Poem on the Daughter of Ibn Jwēʻid
37: His Poem on Khansā, Daughter of al-Jimʻī
38: His Verses on the Daughter of al-Ṣgērī
39: His Poem on the Daughter of al-Mārid
40: Other Love Poetry
41: A Jerboa's Jumping Dance
42: Poems on Having a Good Time
43: In Contemplation of God's Creation
44: With Ibn Rashīd
45: He Replies to Brikah ibn ʻŌjā
46: Reply to His Son When He Had Divorced His Mother and She Married Adhān al-Dhīb
47: Praise for the People of Jubbah
48: His Date Palms at Mtāliʻ
49: His Dispute with Ṣimāʻīn and Sʻēd That Occasioned the al-Shēkhah Poem
ʻAjlān ibn Rmāl
50: His Exchange of Poems with Khalaf al-Idhn
51: Exchange of Verses with Mṭēr ibn Khatlān
52: His Poems on the Ikhwān and the House of Rashīd
53: As a Neighbor of Ibn Hadhdhāl, He Arbitrates between Him and the Jarbā on the Subject of Tribute
54: Visit to the New Saudi Governor, Ibn Musāʻid
Notes
Letter from the General Editor
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Map: The Nafūd of Khalaf Abū Zwayyid, ʻAdwān al-Hirbīd, and ʻAjlān ibn Rmāl
Note on the Text
Notes to the Introduction
Khalaf Abū Zwayyid
1: His Life
2: His Son Dikhīl
3: Verses in Praise of ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Jarbā
4: His Poems on Saṭṭām ibn Shaʻlān
5: He Solves a Dispute between Sons of Ṣaṭṭām ibn Shaʻlān Concerning a Guest and a Neighbor
6: He Comforts Turkiyyah, Daughter of Ibn Mhēd, When She Quarreled with Ṣaṭṭām ibn Shaʻlān
7: How He Obtained Satisfaction for Nūrah, Daughter of Ibn Mhēd, When She Quarreled with Fahd ibn Hadhdhāl
8: Abū Zwayyid's Camel, Stolen by Ibn Mʻabhal, Is Returned to Him by Ibn Mashhūr
9: His Poems on a Dispute among Members of His Tribal Group of the Nabhān
10: He Returns from His Asylum with ʻAnazah and Heads for Ibn Rashīd
11: With Muḥammad ibn Rashīd
12: In Praise of Saʻūd Abū Khashm
13: Raiding with Gnēṭīr ibn Rakhīṣ
14: On a Raid with Rōḍān ibn Farwān
15: With a Companion of the Rwalah at Ibn Rashīd's Court
16: With Dabbī ibn Fāliḥ
17: With Khaznah al-Fiḍīl
18: With Mkīdah, Daughter of Jamʻān al-Ghēthī
19: His Story with Tarfah, Daughter of Falāḥ ibn Fāliḥ al-Shlāgī
20: A Marriage Proposal Made in His Old Age
21: Love Poetry
22: Dirge on Mwēḍī, Who Drowned in the Shaṭṭ River
23: His Camel Poems
24: Boastful Poems
25: His Poems on the World's Vicissitudes and Contretemps
26: Battle of al-Jmēmā
27: War of al-Jawf, Poem in Praise of Abū Khashm
28: Riposte of Khḍēr al-Ṣʻēlīć to Abū Zwayyid's Poem in Praise of Ibn Shaʻlān
29: Riposte of Rāḍī ibn Fārān to Abū Zwayyid's Poem in Praise of Ibn Shaʻlān
ʻAdwān ibn Rāshid al-Hirbīd
30: His Life
31: With Jrēs
32: A Donkey Driver Cannot Keep Pace with Camel Nomads
33: He Sings the Praises of Jazʻah al-Lidhīdh
34: Poem on Ṭilgah al-Bihiyyāniyyah
35: Poem on Mnīrah, the Daughter of Bshayyir
36: His Poem on the Daughter of Ibn Jwēʻid
37: His Poem on Khansā, Daughter of al-Jimʻī
38: His Verses on the Daughter of al-Ṣgērī
39: His Poem on the Daughter of al-Mārid
40: Other Love Poetry
41: A Jerboa's Jumping Dance
42: Poems on Having a Good Time
43: In Contemplation of God's Creation
44: With Ibn Rashīd
45: He Replies to Brikah ibn ʻŌjā
46: Reply to His Son When He Had Divorced His Mother and She Married Adhān al-Dhīb
47: Praise for the People of Jubbah
48: His Date Palms at Mtāliʻ
49: His Dispute with Ṣimāʻīn and Sʻēd That Occasioned the al-Shēkhah Poem
ʻAjlān ibn Rmāl
50: His Exchange of Poems with Khalaf al-Idhn
51: Exchange of Verses with Mṭēr ibn Khatlān
52: His Poems on the Ikhwān and the House of Rashīd
53: As a Neighbor of Ibn Hadhdhāl, He Arbitrates between Him and the Jarbā on the Subject of Tribute
54: Visit to the New Saudi Governor, Ibn Musāʻid
Notes