The Mantle Odes: Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet Muhammad

by SuzannePinckneyStetkevych (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $39.86

  Three of the most renowned praise poems to the Prophet, the mantle odes span the arc of Islamic history from Muhammad's lifetime, to the medieval Mamluk period, to the modern colonial era. This book not only demonstrates the relevance of these poems to contemporary scholarship but also reveals their power and beauty to the modern reader.