The Jaysh Al-Tawshih of Lisan Al-Din Ibn Al-Khatib An Anthology of Andalusian Arabic Muwashshahat - E.J.W. Gibb Memorial. New Series

Lisan al-Din Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Ibn al-Khatib, Alan Jones, Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial"

Hardback (30 May 2015) | English,Arabic

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Jaysh al-tawshih is second only to the Uddat al- Jalis of Ibn Bishri (published in this series in 1992) as a source of Andalusian Arabic muwashshahat. It contains 182 poems, of which 111 survive only in it, and includes 16 muwashshahat with 'Romance kharjas'. This edition contains the Arabic text.

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ISBN:	9780906094426
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:	30 May 2015
DEWEY:	892.714
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English,Arabic
Number of pages:	328
Weight:	500g
Height:	210mm
Width:	149mm
Spine width:	31mm