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Pre-Islamic poet-knight Antarah ibn Shaddad is the hero of a popular medieval Arabic romance.

Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed folk tales encompassing tales of heroes. Although many of these are legends, many are based on real events and historical figures.

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Arabic epic literature

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Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed folk tales encompassing tales...

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Arabic literature

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Arabic literature (Arabic: الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: al-Adab al-‘Arabī) is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language...

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List of epic poems

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Antar (Arabic); see also Arabic epic literature Sirat al-Zahir Baibars (Arabic); see also Arabic epic literature Osman's Dream (Ottoman Turkish) Epic of Sundiata...

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Epic poetry

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alliterative verse Albanian epic poetry Arabic epic literature Alpamysh Bosniak epic poetry Calliope (Greek muse of epic poetry) Caribbean epic poetry Chanson de...

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Islamic literature

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considered the greatest epic of Italian literature, derived many features of and episodes about the hereafter directly or indirectly from Arabic works on Islamic...

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ/) is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh...

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Epic of Sundiata

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historicity of the events portrayed in the epic is open to debate. There are some limited 14th-century Arabic historiographic sources available on the early...

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History of literature

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considered the greatest epic of Italian literature, derived many features of and episodes about the hereafter directly or indirectly from Arabic works on Islamic...

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Women warriors in literature and culture

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"Gordafarid" (Persian: گردآفريد) in the ancient Persian epic poem The Shāhnāmeh, Delhemma in Arabic epic literature, Mulan, Camilla in the Aeneid, Belphoebe and...

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Arabs

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poem would take on a wider, mystical and religious importance. Arabic epic literature was much less common than poetry, and presumably originates in oral...

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Ancient Greek literature

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earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, set in...

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Literature

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society". All ancient Greek literature was to some degree oral in nature, and the earliest literature was completely so. Homer's epic poetry, states Michael...

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Sirat Bani Hilal

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Sirat Bani Hilal (سيرة بني هلال Sīra Banī Hilāl) or the al-Hilali epic, is an Arabic epic oral poem that recounts the tale of the journey of the Bedouin...

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Turkish literature

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influenced by Persian and Arabic literature, and used the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. The history of the broader Turkic literature spans a period of nearly...

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Eastern Arabic numerals

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Eastern Arabic numerals, also called Indo-Arabic numerals, are the symbols used to represent numerical digits in conjunction with the Arabic alphabet...

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Delhemma

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Delhemma or Sirat Delhemma ("Tale of Lady Delhemma") is a popular epic of the Arabic literature regarding the Arab–Byzantine wars of the Umayyad and early Abbasid...

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Hayy ibn Yaqdhan

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ISBN 85-7139-599-3. Arabic Wikisource has original text related to this article: حي بن يقظان Arabic literature Andalusi literature Arabic epic literature The forbidden...

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Arab studies

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conducted by any Muslim in a secular context. Arabic literature Arabic epic literature Arabic poetry Arabic architecture is the entire range of architecture...

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Arabic poetry

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Arabic poetry (Arabic: الشعر العربي ash-shi‘r al-‘arabīyy) is one of the earliest forms of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of written poetry in Arabic...

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Islamic studies

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science Islamic creationism Arabic literature Arabic epic literature Islamic poetry Arabic poetry Persian literature Urdu literature This field includes the...

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Female epic

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authors have adapted the masculine epic tradition to express their own heroic visions. Historically, epic literature has been considered an exclusively...

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Layla and Majnun

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Persian epic tradition, such as the portrayal of characters, the relationship between characters, description of time and setting, etc. "Arabic literature -...

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13th century in literature

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Leonardo Fibonacci writes Liber Abaci, about the modus Indorum, the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, including the use of zero; it is the first major work in...

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Ancient literature

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ISBN 978-1-57958-281-4. The earliest written literature dates from about 2600 BC, when the Sumerians started to write down their long epic poems. "Why Has No One Ever...

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Outline of literature

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Yiddish literature Afghan literature Algerian literature Arabic literature Bahraini literature Egyptian literature Ethiopian literature Emirati literature Iranian...

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Arabic music

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Arabic music (Arabic: الموسيقى العربية, romanized: al-mūsīqā al-ʿarabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres...

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Middle Persian literature

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Middle Persian literature is the corpus of written works composed in Middle Persian, that is, the Middle Iranian dialect of Persia proper, the region in...

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