Dear Geoffrey,
Muhammad b. Zubayr's Mu'jam asma' al-'Arab (part of the Sultan Qabus
Encyclopaedia of Arab names), vol. II, p. 1443, gives the name
Katuu9aT / Kattuu9aT (my apologies for the clumsy transliteration;
the 9 stands for 'ayn, the capital T for ta' marbuuta)
Best wishes,
Arnoud Vrolijk
>
> I have recently come across translations (in the periodical Banipal) of Arabic
> poems by someone called "Ahmad Kattouah". Can anyone supply the correct Arabic
> spelling of this poet's name?
> Geoffrey Roper
>
> Islamic Bibliography Unit
> Cambridge University Library
>
Dr. Arnoud Vrolijk
Asst. Curator, Oriental Collections
Leiden University Library
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