Books by Abu Bakr al-Suli

Abu Bakr al-Suli (d. 335 or 336 H/946 or 947 AD) was a courtier, companion, and tutor to Abbasid caliphs. His works on caliphal history, on poetry generally, and in particular on the "modern" poets, are a major contribution to Arabic literature." Beatrice Gruendler is Professor of Arabic at the Freie Universitat Berlin. Her books include The Development of the Arabic Scripts (1993), Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry (2003), and the edited collections Understanding Near Eastern Literatures (2000) with Verena Klemm, and Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms (2008) with Michael Cooperson.