Mu'allaqat

Mu'allaquat was a book compiled by Hammad Ar-Rawiya obtained by Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the 16th century 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.