The Suspended Odes
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The Suspended Odes are a celebrated collection of pre-Islamic Arabic poems, traditionally said to have been so esteemed that they were hung on the walls of the Kaaba in Mecca.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic literary work
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collection of poems ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jahiliyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar | Ḥammād al-Rāwiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledBy | later philologists ⓘ |
| containsPoemBy |
Imruʾ al-Qays
GENERATED
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿa GENERATED ⓘ Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā GENERATED ⓘ al-Aʿshā GENERATED ⓘ al-Nābigha al-Dhubyānī GENERATED ⓘ al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥilliza GENERATED ⓘ ʿAlqama ibn ʿAbada GENERATED ⓘ ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm GENERATED ⓘ ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād GENERATED ⓘ Ṭarafa ibn al-ʿAbd GENERATED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| genre | qasida ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
The Hanging Odes
NERFINISHED
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The Muʿallaqāt NERFINISHED ⓘ The Suspended Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArabicName | المعلقات NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalPoets | seven major poets ⓘ |
| hasLegend | poems were written in gold and hung in the Kaaba ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalNumber | 7 ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration | al-Muʿallaqāt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariantNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | most famous anthology of pre-Islamic Arabic odes ⓘ |
| historicityOfLegend | disputed by modern scholars ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
classical Arabic criticism
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later Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| laterTransmission | written manuscripts ⓘ |
| literaryImportance | foundation of classical Arabic poetic canon ⓘ |
| meter | classical Arabic meters ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems |
10
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7 ⓘ |
| preservation | oral tradition ⓘ |
| region | Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Arabic literature
ⓘ
Islamic studies ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ |
| theme |
desert journey
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generosity ⓘ heroism ⓘ love ⓘ tribal honor ⓘ warfare ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
6th century CE
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early 7th century CE ⓘ |
| traditionalSetting | Kaaba in Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalStatus | hung on the walls of the Kaaba ⓘ |
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