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Zayn al-Dār and His Mother
12th Century
Nothing is known about the lives of Zayn al-Dār and his mother, apart from details contained in a single letter preserved in the Cairo Geniza. His name means “Ornament of the House” in Arabic.
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Letter to ‘Allān ibn Hassūn
In Your Name, oh All Merciful!
The letters of the Presence of my illustrious lord, my father, have arrived—may God make me his ransom from all evil and give him success and unite me with him in His…