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   qasida
   Verse form used by Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu poets, which differs from the ghazal mainly in subject matter and length. It may be a form of praise or satire, or express a philosophical,...
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   qasida
   poetic form developed in pre-Islamic Arabia and perpetuated throughout Islamic literary history into the present. It is a laudatory, elegiac, or ... [10 related articles]
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   Qasida
   The qaṣīdaᵗ (also spelled qaṣīda), in Arabic: قصيدة, plural qasā`id, قــصــائـد; in Persian: قصیده (or چكامه, chakameh), is a form of lyric poetry that originated in preIslamic Arabia. Well known qasā`id include the Qasida Burda ("Poem of the Mantle") by Imam al-B...
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