known as al-See also:

• known as al-Farazdaq] FARAZDAQ [Hammam ibn Ghalib ibn Sa'sa' (ca. 641-ca. 728)

Farazdaq] FARAZDAQ [Hammam See also:

• IBN

ibn Ghalib ibn Sa'sa' (ca. 641-ca. 728)  , Arabian poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BASRA (written also BUSRA, BASSORA and BASSORA)

Basra . He was of the Darim, one of the most respected divisions of the bani Tamim, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was of the tribe of Dabba . His grandfather Sa'sa' was a Bedouin of See also:

• GREAT

great repute, his See also:

• FATHER

father Ghalib followed the same manner of See also:

• LIFE

life until Basra was founded, and was famous for his generosity and hospitality . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen See also:

• FARAZDAQ [Hammam ibn Ghalib ibn Sa'sa', known as al-Farazdaq] (ca. 641-ca. 728)

Farazdaq was known as a poet, and though checked for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of the See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

caliph See also:

• ALI

Ali to devote his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the study of the See also:

• KORAN

Koran, he soon returned to making See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . In the true Bedouin spirit he devoted his See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent largely to See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire and attacked the bani Nahshal and the bani Fuqaim . When Ziyad, a member of the latter tribe, became See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Basra, the poet was compelled to flee, first to Kula, and then, as he was still too near Ziyad, to See also:

• MEDINA
• MEDINA, JOSE TORIBIO (1852- )

Medina, where he was well received by Said See also:

• IBN

ibn ul-Asi . Here he remained about ten years, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing satires on Bedouin tribes, but avoiding See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city politics . But he lived a prodigal life, and his amorous verses led to his See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion by the caliph Merwan I . Just at that time he learned of the See also:

• DEATH

death of Ziyad and returned to Basra, where he secured the favour of Ziyad's successor `Obaidallah ibn Ziyad . Much of his See also:

• POETRY

poetry was now devoted to his matrimonial affairs . He had taken See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of his position as See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian and married his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin Nawar against her will . She sought help in vain from the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Basra and from various tribes .

All feared the poet's satires . At last she fled to See also:

• MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca and appealed to the pretender `Abdallah ibn Zobair, who, however, succeeded in inducing her to consent to a See also:

• CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

confirmation of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . Quarrels soon arose again . Farazdaq took a second wife, and after her death a third, to See also:

• ANNOY (like the French ennui, a word traced by etymologists to a Lat. phrase, in odio esse, to be " in hatred " or hateful of someone)

annoy Nawar . Finally he consented to a See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce pronounced by See also:

• HASAN

Hasan al-See also:

• BARI
• BARI (anc. Barium)

Bari . Another subject occasioned a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of verses, namely his See also:

• FEUD

feud with his See also:

• RIVAL

rival Jarir (q.v.) and his tribe the bani Kulaib . These poems are published as the Naka'id of Jarir and al-Farazdaq (ed . A . A . Bevan, See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1906 ff.) . In See also:

• POLITICAL

political life Farazdaq was prevented by fear from taking a large See also:

• PART

part . I-Ie seems, however, to have been attached to the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Ali .

During the reign of Moawiya I. he avoided politics, but later gave his See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to `Abdallah ibn Zobair . The fullest See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his life is contained in J . See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

Hell's Das Leben Farazdaq nach seinen Gedichten (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1903) ; Arabian stories of him in the Kitab ul-Aghani and in Ibn Khallikan . A portion of his poems was edited with See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by R . See also:

• BOUCHER, FRANCOIS (1703-1770)
• BOUCHER, JONATHAN (1738-1804)

Boucher (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, '187o); the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder have been published by J . Hell (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1900) . (G . W .