Diwan of Antarah ibn Shaddad

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The Diwan of Antarah ibn Shaddad is the collected corpus of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry attributed to the famed warrior-poet Antarah ibn Shaddad, celebrated for its themes of valor, love, and tribal honor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic literary work
poetry collection
pre-Islamic Arabic poetry corpus
associatedWith desert landscape descriptions
heroic epic imagery
pre-Islamic code of honor
associatedWithTribe Banu Abs NERFINISHED
attributedTo Antarah ibn Shaddad NERFINISHED
author Antarah ibn Shaddad NERFINISHED
containsForm boast poetry
elegy
love poetry
ode
culturalContext pre-Islamic Arabian tribal society
featuresMotif boasting of lineage and deeds
forbidden or difficult love
praise of horse and weapons
single hero against many foes
genre pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
qasida
hasCharacterType heroic warrior-poet narrator
hasReception celebrated in Arab literary heritage
historicalEraDepicted pre-Islamic Arabia
influenced Arabic love poetry tradition
later Arabic chivalric ideals
language Arabic
laterTransmittedAs written manuscripts
literaryPeriod Jahiliyyah NERFINISHED
literaryTradition classical Arabic poetry
mainTheme bravery in battle
chivalry
heroism
love
loyalty to tribe
romantic devotion
tribal honor
valor
warfare
notableCharacter Abla NERFINISHED
partOf Jahili poetry canon
portrays Antarah ibn Shaddad as lover
Antarah ibn Shaddad as warrior
tribal battles of Banu Abs
preservationMode oral tradition
scholarlyDebate authenticity of some poems
extent of later interpolation
studiedIn Arabic literature curricula

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Antarah ibn Shaddad poeticCollection Diwan of Antarah ibn Shaddad