Arabic Epic Literature - List

List

Here is a list of famous epic or romance literature in the Arabic language:

  • Sirat Antara Ibn Shaddad سيرة عنترة بن شداد
  • al-Sirah al-Hussainyya. Chronicles the biography of Husayn, grandson of Muhammad, and his death.
  • Futuh al-Sham (Conquests of Syria) ascribed to al-Waqidi (disputed)
  • One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)
  • Sirat al-Zahir Baibars سيرة الظاهر بيبرس
  • Sirat Abu Zeid al-Hilali أبو زيد الهلالي
  • Sirat Adham el-Sharqawi
  • Sirat Dhat al-Himma, Arabic queen tale سيرة ذات الهمة
  • Sirat Bani Hilal تغريبة بني هلال
  • Qissat Zir Salim قصة الزير سالم
  • Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan سيرة سيف بن ذي يزن
  • Layla and Majnun in Arabic Majnun layla (مجنون ليلى) romantic epic (also known as Qays wa Laila, "Qays & Laila").
  • Sirat al-amirah Dhat al-Himmah سيرة الأميرة ذات الهمة
  • Qissat Bayad wa Riyad قصة بياض و رياض, Arab-Andalusian love story about Bayad, a merchant's son and a foreigner from Damascus, for Riyad, a well educated slave girl in the court of an unnamed Hajib (vizier or minister) and his daughter.
  • Hayy ibn Yaqdhan حي بن يقظان by Ibn Tufail (Abubacer)
  • Tarikhul Hind wal Sind تاريخ الهند والسند
  • Theologus Autodidactus by Ibn al-Nafis

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