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ʿAmr Sālim bir Šalmōten al-Jidḥī
12017-10-10T20:51:23+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282414rawiplain2018-06-03T22:39:37+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a12824ʿAmr Sālim bir Šalmōten al-Jidḥī (currently retired), worked as the manager for the Yemenia Airlines office in al-Ghaydha. ʿAmr Sālim is widely recognized in Qishn for having memorized a significant amount of Mahri poetry. However, he was experiencing some difficulty recalling it when I visited him in 2004.
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12017-10-10T20:51:20+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a12824The Waning Years of the ʿAfrārī Sultanate12poemplain2020-03-03T07:30:07+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a12824
12017-10-10T20:51:22+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a12824Atop the Peak of Ṭarbūt7poemplain2020-03-03T06:12:40+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a12824