Jamharat Ash'ar al-Arab
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EditorSaʿīd ʿAmmūn (for some editions)
LanguageArabic
SubjectArabic poetry; anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poems
| Editor | Saʿīd ʿAmmūn (for some editions) |
|---|---|
| Author | Abū Zayd Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Khaṭṭāb al-Qurashī |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | Arabic poetry; anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poems |
| Genre | Poetry anthology |
| Publisher | al-Maṭbaʿah al-Amīriyah al-Kubrá (Būlāq edition, 1890) |
Publication date | ca. 1890 (first printed edition in Būlāq) |
| Publication place | Egypt (for many printed editions) |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 195 (first printed edition; Būlāq) |
| ISBN | 9957686526 |
Jamharat Ash'ar al-Arab (Arabic: جمهرة أشعار العرب; The Gathering of the Arabs' Verses) is a pre-Islamic Arabic poetry anthology by Abu Zayd al-Qurashi. The date of publication is unknown, and al-Qurashi is supposed by various scholars to have lived in the 8th,[1] 9th[2] or 10th centuries.[3] It contains seven sections, each containing seven qasidas.[2]
The Jamharat Ash'ar al-Arab is one of five canonical primary sources of early Arabic poetry. The four others are Mu'allaqat, Hamasah, Mufaddaliyat and the Asma'iyyat.[4][5]
