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BUʾL-FÁRAJ-EL-ISBAHÂNY, in his Kitâb-el-Aghâny (Book of Songs), says, Yûnus the scribe relates as follows.

During the reign of Hishâm-ibn-ʾAbd-el-Málik, I set