Al-Mathal al-sāʾir fī adab al-kātib wa- al-shāʿir

work by al-Athīr

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In Arabic literature: Compilations and manuals
…compilation, Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn ibn al-Athīr’s Al-Mathal al-sāʾir fī adab al-kātib wa al-shāʿir (“The Current Model for the Literary Discipline of the Scribe and Poet”), where the sequence of functions found in the title very much reflects the author’s own career as an accomplished writer of belles lettres. Ibn Rashīq’s Al-ʿUmdah…
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