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• KHANSA (Tumadir hint `Amr, known as al-Khansa) (d. c. 645)

KHANSA (Tumadir hint `Amr, known as al-Khansa) (d. c. 645)  , Arabian poetess of the tribe Sulaim, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of Qais, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the later years of the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and brought up in such See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and luxury as the See also:

• DESERT

desert could give . Refusing the offer of Duraid See also:

• IBN

ibn us-Simma, a poet and See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, she married Mirdas and had by him three sons . Afterwards she married again . Before the 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 of See also:

• ISLAM

Islam she lost her See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers akhr and Moawiya in See also:

• BATTLE

battle . Her elegies written on these brothers and on her See also:

• FATHER

father made her the most famous poetess of her time . At the See also:

• FAIR

fair of `See also:

• UKAZ, or UKASE (Russ., from ukazat, a shortened form of ukazlivat, to show, announce, prescribe)

Ukaz Nabigha Dhubyani is said to have placed A'sha first among the poets then See also:

• PRESENT

present and See also:

• KHANSA (Tumadir hint `Amr, known as al-Khansa) (d. c. 645)

Khansa second above See also:

• HASSAN

Hassan ibn Thabit . Khansa with her tribe accepted Islam somewhat See also:

• LATE

late, but persisted in wearing the See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen sign of See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning, against the precepts of Islam . Her four sons fought in the armies of Islam and were slain in the battle of Kadisiya . See also:

• OMAR (c. 581-644)

Omar wrote her a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter congratulating her on their heroic end and assigned her a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension . She died in her See also:

• TENT

tent c . 645 . Her daughter `Amra also wrote See also:

• POETRY

poetry .

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• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

Opinion was divided among later critics as to whether Khansa or Laila (see ARABIC LITERATURE: §Poetry) was the greater . Her diwan has been edited by L . Cheikho (See also:

• BEIRUT

Beirut, 1895) and translated into See also:

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

French by De Coppier (Beirut, 1889), . Cf . T . See also:

• NOLDEKE
• NOLDEKE, THEODOR (1836— )

Noldeke's Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Poesie der See also:

• ALTEN, SIR CHARLES [Karl] (1764–1840)

alten Araber (See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, 1864) . Stories of her See also:

• LIFE

life are contained in the Kitab ul-Aghani, xiii . 136-147 . (G . W .