Mu'allaqat

The Mu'allaqat

The Mu'allaquat is a collection of poems compiled by Hammad Ar-Rawiya. During the early 16th century, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze bought a copy of this book from a book shop in Constantinople.

Summary

The "Mu'allaqat", or "Suspended Odes", is a revered collection of Pre-Islamic Arabic poems written sometime in the middle of the millenium of the Common Era. Comprised of the work of seven exemplary poets, the scholar Hammad Ar-Rawiya compiled the "Mu'allaqat" many centuries after the poems were composed.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations