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This and other passages alluding to dairy produce, even as symbols in poems attributed to Ibn-at-Tathriya are cited in a (I) Hablbab, loved one,l Turkish work by Nazim Nfiri, published in Constantinople in 1274, A.
Ibn-at-Tathriya's work a piece consisting of nine verses, which commences thus :- " Though you ardently long to see Raiya, "You postpone the day of your meeting with Raiya !
D. ) and the death of the Omayyad Khalif, Al-Walid-ibn-Yazid-ibn-'Abdul-Malik-ibn-Merwan, " Whilst those things were doing on, Al-Mundalith• ibn-Idris of the tribe of Hanifah was killed, and with him, Yazid-ibn-at-Tathriya was also slain2• This sad event happened near a village called Al-Falaj and situated, I believe, in the province of Yamamah.
) jealous man, extremely vain of his good looks, and it is said that he never invited Ibn-at-Tathriya to his court, because some one had extolled the good looks and talents of the poet in his (Suleiman's ) hearing.
with a mild and upright administration of the Law. The contrast between the first three above: mentioned Khalifs=-Walid, Suleiman and 'Omar II, was cleverly depicted in the following short poem, ascribed to Zeinab, the talented sister of Ibn-at-Tathriya, and said to have been written by her within a few.
" The following marthiyah1 is ascribed to Zeinab-bint• at-Tathriya, and is said to have been chanted by her, on hearing of her brother's death :- " 'Tis of the dead, beloved dead, that now I sing, " Of voice, now silent, that, in verse, was .