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Mu'allaqat
The Mu'allaqat, or Suspended Odes, are a collection of seven (in some versions ten) long pre-Islamic Arabic poems regarded as the finest of early Arabic poetry. Tradition says they were hung on the Kaaba in Mecca, though the story is doubtful. The best known is by Imru' al-Qais, the Kindite prince, and the collection was assembled in the 8th century, probably by Hammad al-Rawiya.
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