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OverviewMoorish Literature Romantic Ballads, Tales of The Berbers, Stories of The Kabyles, Folk-Lore, and National TraditionsTranslated into English for the First TimeWith A Special Introduction ByRene Basset, Ph.d.Of The University Of France, And Director Of The Academie D'algerTranslated by Rene BassetThe region which extends from the frontiers of Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger, was in ancient times inhabited by a people to whom we give the general name of Berbers, but whom the ancients, particularly those of the Eastern portion, knew under the name of Moors. They were called Maurisi by the Greeks, said Strabo, in the first century A.D., and Mauri by the Romans. They are of Lybian origin, and form a powerful and rich nation. This name of Moors is applied not only to the descendants of the ancient Lybians and Numidians, who live in the nomad state or in settled abodes, but also to the descendants of the Arabs who, in the eighth century A.D., brought with them Islamism, imposed by the sabre of Ogbah and his successors. Even further was it carried, into Spain, when Berbers and Arabs, reunited under the standard of Moussa and Tarik, added this country to the empire of the Khalifa. In the fifteenth century the Portuguese, in their turn, took the name to the Orient, and gave the name of Moors to the Mussulmans whom they found on the Oriental coast of Africa and in India.The appellation particularizes, as one may see, three peoples entirely different in origin--the Berbers, the Arabs of the west, and the Spanish Mussulmans, widely divided, indeed, by political struggles, but united since the seventh and eighth centuries in their religious law. This distinction must be kept in mind, as it furnishes the necessary divisions for a study of the Moorish literature.Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rene Basset , Rene BassetPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.535kg ISBN: 9781511534413ISBN 10: 1511534419 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 31 March 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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