Seasonal Poetics: The Dry Season and Autumn Rains among Pre-Islamic Naǧdī and Ḥiǧāzī Tribes

This article maps out the depiction among pre-Islamic tribes of two seasons, the August ḫarīf rains and the qayẓ dry season. References to the ḫarīf rain are found almost exclusively in southwestern Arabia, Yemen and the Ḥiǧāz. Tribes in these regions evidently began their seasonal migration in Augu...

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Main Author: Miller, Nathaniel A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Arabica
Year: 2017, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-27
Further subjects:B Pre-Islamic Antéislam Ǧāhiliyya Ǧāhiliyya Arabic poetry poésie arabe migration migration ḫarīf ḫarīf Naǧd Naǧd Ḥiǧāz Ḥiǧāz Tamīm Tamīm Huḏayl Huḏayl Ḏū l-Rumma Ḏū l-Rumma
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