Literary Development

under Abbasids

Language & Literature

What is Language?
The System of Sounds and Words
used by Humans to express their
thoughts and feelings.
What is Literature?

* Writings that are valued as works of art

Esp. Fiction, Drama and Poetry

* Writings on a particular subject.

Development of Literature
• Pre Islamic Arabic…………Khutbat,fasahat wa
balaghat, lughat wa zuban, poetry
• The Prophet……… Quran and Hadith
• Pious Caliphs……..
• Umayyads……….. Muawiya, yazid, Abdul Malik,
Hajjaj bin yusuf, Ziyad bin abi sufyan, Tariq bin ziyad
etc (famous for Khudbat)
• All works transferred into Abbasids period and they
did addition and new science develop more…..
• Ilm-e Lughat
• Ilm-e Naho
• Ilm-e Sarf
• Ilm-e Balaghat wa Mani
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• Language
• Literature (slide share)
• Relationship with society
• Bibliography