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Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881], at sacred-texts.com


p. 305

THE "BURDA,"

i.e.,

THE POEM OF THE MANTLE,

BY

KA‘B, SON OF ZUHAYR, SON OF ABŪ SULMA

RECITED BY HIM BEFORE MUHAMMAD, AT MADĪNA.

IN THE NINTH YEAR OF THE HIJRA,

AFTER THE CONQUEST OF MAKKA.

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TRANSLATED, WITH PREFACE AND NOTES,

BY

J. W. REDHOUSE, Esq., M.R.A.S.,

HON. MEMB. R.S.L., ETC.


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