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Definition of Qasidas
1. qasida [n] - See also: qasida
Lexicographical Neighbors of Qasidas
| qaimaqams qalamdan qalamdans qalandar qalandars qanat qanats qandilite qanon qanons | qantar qantars qanun qanuns qasida qasidas (current term) qat qats qawwal qawwali | qawwalis qawwals qazf qazi qazis qd qds qeema qepik qepiks |
Literary usage of Qasidas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"He is said to have boasted that he could recite a hundred long qasidas for each
letter ci the alphabet (ie rhyming in each letter) and these all from ..."
2. Arabian Poetry for English Readers by William Alexander Clouston (1881)
"... (or qasidas) having been composed with the special object of obtaining
preeminence at the poetical contests.* But this generally received interpretation ..."
3. Universal Classics Library by Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901)
"Before the section of qasidas, a Z>iwa« always contains some religious poems;
first, the Hamd, or "Praise of God"; ..."
4. Ottoman Literature: The Poets and Poetry of Turkey by Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (1901)
"... poetry are arranged in these collections is generally as follows : qasidas,
... 'Before the section of qasidas, a Z>iwa» always contains some religious ..."
5. Fifty Poems of Attar by Farid Al-Din Attar (2007)
"... ghazals and qasidas, and a similar number of poems with antinomian themes,
... only a handful of qasidas, and is dominated by the ghazal form. ..."
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