Title: ʻAtabāt fī al-kalām ʻalá al-kalām
Description: Arabic literature; 622-1258; prefaces; history and criticism.
Subjects: Arabic literature, History and criticism, Prefaces, Textual Criticism, Literary Discourse analysis, Criticism and interpretation, Early works to 1800
People: Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ (-approximately 760), Jāḥiẓ (-868 or 869), Ibn Ḥazm, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad (994-1064)
Time periods: 622-750, 750-1258