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" Ḥamza, Romance of - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Marzolph, Ulrich
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English
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1063076
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ALei3473
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Marzolph, Ulrich
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Ḥamza, Romance of - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Marzolph, Ulrich
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,607 words)
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The Romance of Ḥamza is the most widely read popular epic of the Muslim world (Marzolph, Ḥamza-Nāme). No one author can be identified as having invented or written the romance, even though various Persian sources attribute its compilation to a certain Abū l-Maʿālī Nīshāpūrī, a poet at the court of Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 995–1038/1587–1629; Sabri, 32–3). Its origins lie in popular traditions relating, on the one hand, to Ḥamza b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (d. 3/625), paternal uncle of the prophet Muḥammad, and,
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Islam.
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ALei3473.pdf
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