Image: Rare Arabic manuscript of the orally transmitted epic poem about the Bedouin Banu Hilal, by Hussein Al-Ulaimi, 1849 CE, origin unknown

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Description: A rare Arabic manuscript of the orally-transmitted epic poem narrating the story of the Bedouin "Banu Hilal", written by Hussein Al-Ulaimi, 1849 CE, origin unknown. Banu Hilal emigrated from the Arabian Peninsula to Egypt and then to Tunisia. It was displayed at the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany, Exhibition of "Cinderella, Sindbad & Sinuhe, Arab-German Storytelling Traditions", April 18, 2019, to August 18, 2019. Berlin State Library, Prussian cultural heritage, Orient Department (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Orientabteilung, Wetzstein II 867 und Wetzstein II 868-871).
Title: Rare Arabic manuscript of the orally transmitted epic poem about the Bedouin Banu Hilal, by Hussein Al-Ulaimi, 1849 CE, origin unknown
Credit: Own work
Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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