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Art. V.—Gleanings from the Arabic. The Lament of Maisun, the Bedouin wife of Muâwiya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

H. W. Freeland
H. W. Freeland
Affiliation:
Commander of the Order of the Crown of Siam.
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Muâwiya, the sixth Khalif in succession after Muhammad, was the first of the fourteen Khalifs of the family which presided during a period of nearly a century over the destinies of the Saracenic Empire. His father, Abu-Sufian, was of the tribe of the Kuraish, a tribe to which Muhammad also belonged. Muawiya and his wife became followers of the Prophet on the same day as that on which the father of the former, who had previously commanded the forces of the enemy, announced his adherence to the new religion.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 1886 , pp. 89 - 91
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1886

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Mr. Sabunjie informs me that in the Kamus, published at Beyrout under the auspices of competent Muhammadan and Christian scholars, and approved by the ‘Ulamá of the Azhar at Cairo, the name of the father of Maisun is given as Jandal and not Bahdal, which latter is the name given by some of the earlier authorities. Jandal is also the name given in Lane's Arabic Dictionary.