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Abu Tammam is best known in literature for his 9th Century compilation of early poems known as the '' Hamasah ''. The ''Hamasah'' ( Arabic , ''valour'') is one of the greatest anthologies of Arabic literature ever written. Abu Tammam gathered these works together when he was snowbound in Hamadan , where he had access to an excellent library. There are ten books of poems in the ''Hamasah'', all classified by subject. Some of them are selections from long poems. This is one of the treasuries of early Arabic Poetry , and the poems are of exceptional beauty. A later anthology by the same name was compiled by the poet al-Buhturi, and the term has been used in modern times to mean "heroic Epic ". Two other collections of a similar nature are ascribed to Abu Tammam. His own poems have been somewhat neglected owing to the success of his compilations, but they enjoyed great repute in his lifetime. His poems of valour, often describing historical events, are important as source material. They were distinguished for the purity of their style, the merit of the verse, and the excellent manner of treating subjects. His poems were published in Cairo in 1875 . |
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