ṣuʿlūk

Arab poet group

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In Arabic literature: Poetry
…in reaction by the so-called ṣuʿlūk (“brigand”) poets, who were depicted as living a life of solitude and hardship in the desert accompanied only by its fiercest denizens (the snake, the hyena, and the wolf). Taʾabbaṭa Sharran (“He Who Has Put Evil in His Armpit”) and al-Shanfarā are among the…
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