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Taif Al-Dhakhira and Anecdotes of Al-Jazeera, extracted from

لطائف الذخيرة وطرائف الجزيرة مستخلص من

Author: أسعد (أبو المكارم) بن مهذب (الملقب بالخطير أبي سعيد) بن مينا بن زكريا، ابن مماتي (المتوفى: 606هـ) (d. 606)

About this work

كتاب «لطائف الذخيرة وطرائف الجزيرة» للكاتب الأسعد بن مماتي هو مؤلف من نوع التراجم والطبقات، يجمع فيه سيرة وشعراء ومؤلفين وزوار الأندلس مع ذكر ألقابهم ومناصبهم، ويتضمن فصولاً عن الطيور والحمام إضافة إلى تراجم عدد من الوزراء والشعراء. يتناول الكتاب أيضاً مواضيع متعلقة بالأدب والبلاغة ويستند إلى أسلوب سردي يربط بين الأحداث التاريخية والقصص الأدبية. يبرز العمل تنوع المحتوى بين السيرة الذاتية والمواضيع الطبيعية واللغوية.

Translation

The book “The Tales of Ammunition and the Tales of the Island” by the writer Al-Asaad bin Mamati is a book of the type of biographies and classes, in which it collects the biographies of poets, authors, and visitors of Andalusia, mentioning their titles and positions. It includes chapters on birds and pigeons, in addition to biographies of a number of ministers and poets. The book also deals with topics related to literature and rhetoric and is based on a narrative style that links historical events and literary stories. The work highlights the diversity of content between autobiography, natural and linguistic themes.

Topics covered

Taif ammunition and island jokes
First art
From the ammunition and island anecdotes
Arrivals on the island of Andalusia
Emerging poets from the Levant
He mentioned those who were contemporary with them from the East and did not reach the West
Second art
Chapter on birds
Separation in the bathroom
Newcomers to the island of Andalusia and foreign writers and poets
Biographies of poets
Abu Omar Ahmed bin Al-Dararaj Al-Qastali
Minister Abu Al-Mughira Abdul-Wahhab bin Hazm
Minister Abu Amer bin Abdul Malik bin Shahid
The one with the two ministries, Abu Al-Walid bin Zaydoun
Abu Abdullah bin Al-Hanat, the blind
Ubadah bin Maa Al-Samaa
Abu Al-Walid Abu Hafs bin Burd Al-Asghar
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Ziyada al-Tunbi, p
Minister Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Masoud
The third art
In the magic of the eyes of the news
Chapter, said Ibn Bassam
Chapter regarding Ali bin Hamoud and his emirate
In the mention of Minister Issa bin Saeed

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