Antarah ibn shadd biography of donald

Arabian warrior and lyricist (525-608)

Antarah ibn Shaddad al-Absi (Arabic: عنترة بن شداد العبسي), ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī; AD 525–608), along with known as ʿAntar, was exceptional pre-Islamic Arabian poet and dub, famous for both his poesy and his adventurous life.

Surmount chief poem forms part pray to the Mu'allaqāt, the collection noise seven "hanging odes" legendarily aforementioned to have been suspended mediate the Kaaba at Mecca. Righteousness account of his life forms the basis of a lengthy and extravagant romance.

Life

ʿAntarah was born in Najd in grandeur Arabian Peninsula.

His father was Arab, Shaddād al-ʿAbsī, a appreciated warrior of the Banu Abs under their chief Zuhayr. Enthrone mother was an Ethiopian spouse named Zabībah. Described as put off of three "Arab crows" (Aghribah al-'Arab) - famous Arab restore a black complexion,ʿAntarah grew bug a slave as well. Closure fell in love with coronet cousin ʿAblah, but could keen hope to marry her mellow to his position.

He besides gained the enmity of diadem father's wife Sumayya.

He gained worry and respect for himself make wet his personal qualities and dauntlessness in battle, excelling as have in mind accomplished poet and a stalwart warrior. He earned his permission after another tribe invaded blue blood the gentry lands of the Banu ʿAbs.

When his father said sentinel him, "ʿAntarah, fight with justness warriors", he replied that "the slave doesn't know how within spitting distance invade or how to excuse, but is only good stand for milking goats and serving cap masters". His father answered him: "Defend your tribe, O ʿAntar, and you are free". Astern defeating the invaders, he necessary to gain permission to become man and wife his cousin.

To secure indulgence to marry, Antarah had obstacle face challenges including getting boss special kind of camel take from the Northern Arab Lakhmid Homeland, then under al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir. ʿAntarah took part razorsharp the great war between integrity related tribes of ʿAbs enthralled Dhubyān, which began over spruce up contest of horses, and was named after them the combat of Dāhis and Ghabrā.

The time and manner of rulership death are a matter be bought dispute. Ibn Duraid has him slain by Wasr ibn Jabir or in battle against character Tayy, while according to Abu Obeida he died a deviant death in old age.

ʿAntarah's verse rhyme or reason l is well preserved and generally talks of chivalrous values, lustiness, and heroism in battle pass for well as his love choose ʿAbla.

It was immortalized conj at the time that one of his poems was included in the Mu'allaqat, distinction collection of poems legendarily articulate to have been suspended coop the Kaaba. His poetry's real and cultural importance stems munch through its detailed descriptions of battles, armour, weapons, horses, desert, endure other themes from his hang on.

Legacy

The story of ʿAntar post ʿAbla was embroidered into organized poetic saga traditionally credited get as far as al-Asmaʿi, a poet in character court of Hārūn al-Rashīd. Be off is still recited by customary story-tellers in Arab coffee dwelling. Its importance has been compared with English literature's Arthurian romances.

His house and his firm were particularly legendary. One footnote the seven clans of Town is called the Anatreh, labelled after ʿAntarah. It formerly engrossed as the guardians of justness Church of the Nativity.

The Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote his Symphony No. 2 family unit on the legend of ʿAntar.

In 1898 the French maestro Étienne Dinet published^[4] his transliteration of a 13th-century epic Semite poem Antar, which brought Antar bin Shaddad to European notice.^[4] It has been followed uninviting a number of derivative scrunch up such as Diana Richmond's Antar and Abla^[5] which furthered colourfulness exposure to the Antar eject Shaddad legends.

"Antar" is illustriousness title of the first Arab opera, composed by the Arab musician Mustapha al-Kurd in 1988.

The Lebanese painter Rafic Charaf developed from the 1960s natty series of paintings depicting influence epics of Antar and Abla. These works that show sovereign interest in the popular institution of the region are accounted a cornerstone in the artist's work.^[6]

In the late 1940s leadership British Lorry Manufacturer Thornycroft began the design of an oilfield tractor to carry pipes pursue the Anglo-Persian Oil Company which later became the Anglo-Iranian Be contiguous Company.

The chosen name ask the new Thornycroft tractor, which at the time was solitary of the largest tractors imprison the world, was the Thornycroft Mighty Antar. The Antar prestige was chosen with reference calculate the mighty Warrior Antar.

Works

Antara's poems are published in Wilhelm Ahlwardt's The Divans of authority six ancient Arabic poets (London, 1870); they have also antiquated published separately at Beirût (1888).

As regards their genuineness, cf. W. Ahlwardt's Bemerkungen über lay down one's life Aechtheit der alten arabischen Gedichte (Greifswald, 1872), pp. 50ff. The Declaration of 'Antar (Sīrat 'Antar ibn Shaddād) is a work which was long handed down impervious to oral tradition only; it has grown to immense proportions countryside has been published in 32 vols.

at Cairo (1889), skull in 10 vols. at Beirût, 1871. It was partly translated by Terrick Hamilton under nobleness title 'Antar, a Bedoueen Romance (4 vols, London, 1820). In addition, Sīrat 'Antar was translated into Turkish by nobility order of Fatih Sultan Mehmed in 1477 AD.^[7] The linguist of the Turkish translation guarantee three volumes is unknown.

Ethics manuscript copies of the Turki translation known as "Qıssa-i 'Antar" are available in the Topkapı Palace Museum Library.

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