Abū l-'Alā' al-Ma'arrī (973–1057)
Author of Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
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Works by Abū l-'Alā' al-Ma'arrī
The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volume Two: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners (Library of Arabic Literature) (2014) 13 copies
Dīwān Abū al-‘Alā’ al-Ma‘arrī 4 copies
Risālat al-ghufrān. al-juz’ al-awwal 3 copies
Gedichte von Abu'l 'Ala 1 copy
The Letters of Abu 'l-'Ala of Ma'arrat al-Nu'mān: Edited from the Leyden manuscript, with the life of the author by… (2009) — Author — 1 copy
Tajdid Risalat al-ghufran 1 copy
Associated Works
Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew Poems. (2001) — Contributor — 64 copies
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- Canonical name
- al-Ma'arrī, Abū l-'Alā'
- Legal name
- أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري
Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaimān al-Tanūẖī al-Maʿarrī - Other names
- Abul-Alâ' al-Ma'arrî
- Birthdate
- 973-12-26
- Date of death
- 1057-05
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Country (for map)
- Syria
- Birthplace
- Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān, Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of death
- Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān, Abbasid Caliphate
- Places of residence
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
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- Works
- 32
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 218
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 30
- Languages
- 6
There are gleams of gold amongst the sand, but surely not eighty dinars' worth. Of course, I place the fault in myself, rather than in the text: the wrong reader for such an erudite work.… (more)