Oral poetry and narratives from central Arabia
By: P. Marcel Kurpershoek ; an edition with translation and introduction.
Contributors: Kurpershoek, P. M.
Series: Studies in Arabic literature -- v. 17
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Dindān, -- 1921 or 2-  -- Translations into English; Dindān, -- 1921 or 2-  -- Criticism and interpretation; Dialect poetry, Arabic -- Saudi Arabia -- Najd -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes Arabic text transcribed in roman script.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The poetry of Ad-Dindan Bedouin bard in southern Najd; title: v. 2. The story of a desert knight; title: v. 3. Bedouin poets of the Dawāsir tribe between nomadism and settlement in Southern Najd; title: v. 4. A Saudi tribal history; title: v. 5. Voices from the desert.