Arabic epic literature
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Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed folk tales encompassing tales of heroes. Although many of these are legends, many are based on real events and historical figures.
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List
Here is a list of famous epic or romance literature in the Arabic language:
- Sirat Antara Ibn Shaddad سيرة عنترة بن شداد
- al-Sirah al-Hussainyya. Chronicles the biography of Husayn, grandson of Muhammad, and his death.
- Futuh al-Sham (Conquests of Syria) ascribed to al-Waqidi (disputed)
- One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)
- Sirat al-Zahir Baibars سيرة الظاهر بيبرس
- Sirat Abu Zeid al-Hilali أبو زيد الهلالي
- Sirat Adham el-Sharqawi
- Sirat Dhat al-Himma, Arabic queen tale سيرة ذات الهمة
- Sirat Bani Hilal تغريبة بني هلال
- Qissat Zir Salim قصة الزير سالم
- Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan سيرة سيف بن ذي يزن
- Layla and Majnun in Arabic Majnun layla (مجنون ليلى) romantic epic (also known as Qays wa Laila, "Qays & Laila").
- Qissat Bayad wa Riyad قصة بياض و رياض, Arab-Andalusian love story about Bayad, a merchant's son and a foreigner from Damascus, for Riyad, a well educated slave girl in the court of an unnamed Hajib (vizier or minister) and his daughter.
- Hayy ibn Yaqdhan حي بن يقظان by Ibn Tufail (Abubacer)
- Tarikhul Hind wal Sind تاريخ الهند والسند
- Theologus Autodidactus by Ibn al-Nafis
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See also
- Arabic literature
- Muhsin al-Ramli, co-founder of Alwah, a journal of Arabic literature
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