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A notable example was composed by boxer Muhammad Ali. On June 4, 1975, after giving a speech at Harvard University, Ali was discussing poetry on stage with journalist George Plimpton. When asked for the shortest poem of all time, Plimpton recited "Fleas" as above, and Ali responded, "I've got one: Me? Whee!!" [3] [4] [5]
Another example is his poem titled "Fe Qadyat Al-Mawateer", which was written in 1928 and sent to Abdul Karim Hassan al-Ajmi, a close associate of his brother Sultan Abdul Karim Fadl. In this poem, al-Qamadan offers a critique of the government's failure to address the deficiencies in the transportation infrastructure. He highlights the ...
e. Abu-al-Hasan Ali ben Abdallah al-Nuymari as-Shushtari (Arabic: ابو الحسن الششتري) or Al-Sustari (1212 in Exfiliana, near Guadix – 1269 in Damietta [1]) was an Andalusian - Arab Sufi Sheikh, philosopher, jurist, and poet. [2] He is best known by posterity for his poetry, which was designed to be sung in songs employing simple ...
On 27 September 2024, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. [1] [2] The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders were meeting at a headquarters located underground beneath residential buildings in Haret Hreik in the Dahieh suburb to the south of Beirut.
Abul Hasan Hakari (Arabic: ا بوالحسن ہنکاری) [1] Abu Al Hasan Ali Bin Mohammad Qureshi Hashmi Hakari Harithi (born in 409 Hijri (c.1018 CE), in the town of Hankar), town of Mosul (city of northern Iraq, some 400 km north of Baghdad), died 1st Moharram 486 AH (1 February 1093 CE), in Baghdad, [2] was a Muslim mystic [3] also renowned as one of the most influential Muslim scholar ...
Abu Ali Hasan ibn Ali Tusi (April 10, 1018 – October 14, 1092), better known by his honorific title of Nizam ul-Mulk (Persian: نظامالملک, lit. 'Orderer of the Realm' [3]), was a Persian [4][5] scholar, jurist, political philosopher and vizier of the Seljuk Empire. Rising from a low position within the empire, [6] he became the de ...
The Land of Yemen and Its History (translated by Henry Cassels Kay into English and published with the title Yaman, its early mediaeval History by Najm ad-Dīn ‘Omārah Al-Ḥakami…; (original texts, with translation and notes; London: Edward Arnold, 1892), by Umarah ibn Ali al-Hakami (1120 or 1121-1174), Ibn Khaldun, and Muhammad ibn Ya ...
Ali al-Sajjad was born around 658 CE. He survived the Battle of Karbala in 680, in which Husayn and his small caravan were massacred en route to Kufa by the forces of the Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683). After the battle, al-Sajjad and other survivors were treated poorly and taken to the Umayyad capital Damascus.