The interpreter of secrets. The Diwan of Sayh muhammad b. Abi Hasan al-Bakri. TAEI 55. Antique La poésie demeure son terrain

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The interpreter of secrets. The Diwan of Sayh muhammad b. Abi Hasan al-Bakri. TAEI 55. Antique La poésie demeure son terrainBased on a study of twelve Arabic manuscripts, The Interpreter of Secrets is a critical edition of the entire surviving corpus of the poetry of Muammad ibn Ab al Hasan al Work in the Arabic language. Bakr (930 994 1524 1586), a leading jurist, Sufi, and literary figure in sixteenth century Cairo. The texts of the poems are accompanied by a critical apparatus including all of the plausible variant readings and alternative versions of the poems. Al Bakr