Sons and Grandsons of Al-sultan Bishr Ibin Hatem Al-Hamdani and the Remains of their Poetry (San,a 569 - 664 AH)

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Assistant Professor Arabic Literature and Criticism Faculty Of Arts AL Wasl University - Dubai UAE

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This paper studies what remains of the poetry of the six knights – the sons of  Bishr bin Hatim Al-Hamdani and his grandsons, who lived in Sana'a (Yemen) and the surrounding forts during the period (569-664 AH = 1174-1265 AD), accompanying the Ayyubid State in Yemen, and forty  years of the Apostolic (Al-Rasoliah) State, until their cousins ​​(sons of Ali Bin Hatim) abandoned their greatest fort (Dhamurmur), that had been one of the most important sources of their power, and handed it over to Al-Mudhafer - the second king of Al-Rasoliah State. From the printed historical sources and manuscript, we have collected what remains of their little news and poetry, gathering 202 verses, in nine poems. We have enriched it by investigation and study, revealing the breadth of those poets' culture; the quality of their poetry and its artistic characteristics particularly in the construction of the poetic image manifested more in metanomy than the others which may probably be attributed to their equestrian life and its associated use of symbols to refer to things in life more than to state them as they are. Had it been remained more of their poetry, there would have been a lot of nice art and literature.

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