Abd al-Hamid al-Katib

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Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya al-Katib (Arabic: عبدالحميد بن يحيى الكاتب‎) was an Umayyad official and Islamic scholar, a master of Arabic prose [2].

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Cultivate the Arabic language so that you may speak correctly; develop a handsome script which will add luster to your writings; learn the poetry of the Arabs by heart; familiarize yourself with unusual ideas and expressions; read the history of the Arabs and the Persians, and remember their great deeds [3]

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  1. ^ http://web.mit.edu/CIS/www/mitejmes/issues/200310/br_lane.htm
  2. ^ http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/ihame/Sec4.htm
  3. ^ http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/ihame/Ref5.htm
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