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- Title
AN UNEDITED POEM FROM ǦABAL NAFŪSA IN SORMANI LIBRARY-MILAN.
- Authors
FARAJ, ALI
- Abstract
Italian libraries and museums house a large number of Arab and Islamic manuscripts, but only a few of them have Ibāḍī collections. The central municipal library Biblioteca Sormani, located in Milan, retains a group of Ibāḍī Islam manuscripts, known as Griffini. I have selected, among the others, a poem written by 'Alī b. al-Ḥāǧǧ Ibrāhīm Muḥammad al-Nalūtī, whose script I have studied, focusing on the vocalization. I have analyzed each verse, deciphering as much as possible and providing a commentary. This poem is composed of thirty-eight verses, mostly about ḥamāsah (war poetry) and madīḥ (praise) and is written in semi-classical Arabic. The introductory verse is composed in al-raǧaz metre: mustafʿilun mustafʿilun mustafʿilun.
- Subjects
MILAN (Italy); WAR poetry; POETRY (Literary form); STREET addresses; HISTORIC house museums; SOUNDS; MANUSCRIPTS; ISLAM
- Publication
Romano-Arabica, 2020, Vol 20, p161
- ISSN
1582-6953
- Publication type
Article