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So Khusrawán in Antar carried “under his thighs four small darts, each like a blazing flame.”
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257 The name is old and classical Arabic: in Antar the young Amazon Jaydá was called
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Goodwin has played with mainstream names like Lauryn Hill and Sting, and leads a band called The Antar Goodwin Group that blends light, groovy jazz with funk and soul.
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Antar, he recognized him, and cried out to his comrade warriors, O my cousins, slay not this devouring hero; for this hero is called Antar, son of
Antar : 1820
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Nights 'is for the amusement of women and children;' Antar 'is a book for men.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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Russian composer, has given us in his symphony "Antar" a tone picture of this Arabian Negro's life that opens and closes with an atmospheric eastern pastorale of great beauty.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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Dark faces grinned over the steaming pot at the door of the cafes, idlers on the benches smoked hasheesh, female street-dancers bared their faces shamelessly to the men, and indolent musicians beat on their tiny drums, and sang the song of "O Seyyid," or of "Antar"; and the reciter gave his sing-song tale from a bench above his fellows.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Dark faces grinned over the steaming pot at the door of the cafes, idlers on the benches smoked hasheesh, female street-dancers bared their faces shamelessly to the men, and indolent musicians beat on their tiny drums, and sang the song of "O Seyyid," or of "Antar"; and the reciter gave his sing-song tale from a bench above his fellows.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Dark faces grinned over the steaming pot at the door of the cafes, idlers on the benches smoked hasheesh, female street-dancers bared their faces shamelessly to the men, and indolent musicians beat on their tiny drums, and sang the song of "O Seyyid," or of "Antar"; and the reciter gave his sing-song tale from a bench above his fellows.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897
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There is an abridgement of the forty-five volumes of Al-Asma'i's "Antar" which mostly supplies or rather supplied the "Antariyyah" or professional tale-tellers; whose theme was the heroic Mulatto lover.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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