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The History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen
The Akhbar of Abid b. Sharya Al-Jurhumi
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The History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen
The Akhbar of Abid b. Sharya Al-Jurhumi
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The History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen is the earliest known history of pre-Islamic Yemen. Attributed to the South Arabian historian 'Abid b. Sharya al-Jurhumi, it recounts in prose and poetry six saga cycles of ancient personages and events of the Yemen. Here, two sagas, the dispersion of Sam's descendants from Babel to the Yemen, and the destruction of the tribes of 'Ad and Thamud, are translated with complete annotation. The tales of Luqman b. 'Ad and his seven vultures, Sulayman and Bilqis, the Himyarite kings, and Tasm and Jadis are given in full synopses.
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I: Introduction
- The Akhbār al-Yaman
- 1. `Abīd b. Sharya and His Akhbār
- 2. The Contents of Akhbār
- 3. The Poems
- 4. Authenticity and Dating
- 5. The Manuscripts and Editions of Akhbār
- Part II: The Complete & Perfect History of `Abīd b. Sharya al-Jurhumī on the History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen
- Remarks on the Preparation of the Translation
- 6. The Introduction of Akhbār and the Cycle of the Dispersion of Sām’s Descendants
- 7. The Story of the Destruction of the `Ād
- 8. The Story of the Last `Ād
- 9. The Story of the Thamūd
- Part III: Comparative Register of Poems
- Introduction
- 10. Poems Occurring in Akhbār and Tījān
- 11. Poems of Well-Known Poets Quoted in Akhbār
- Part IV: The Arabic Text of `Abīd’s Akhbār
- Pages 311–496 of the Hyderabad edition
- Bibliography
- Index of References