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Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses Addressed to His Daughters, During His Imprisonment, by Motammed Ben Abad, Sultan Of Seville

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["UPON a certain festival," says Ebn Khocan, a contemporary writer, "during the confinement of Motammed, he was waited upon by his children, who came to receive his blessing, and to offer up their prayers for his welfare. Amongst these some were females, and their appearance was truly deplorable. They were naturally beauteous as the moon, but, from the rags which covered them, they seemed like the moon under an eclipse: their feet were bare and bleeding, and every trace of their former…