Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800 (22 page)
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Authors: Khaled El-Rouayheb
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Muh
ibbi
then reproduced a letter in rhymed prose he sent to S
afadi
at the time, stating that he too was caught in the tangles of love. Independently of Muh
ibbi
, the scholar and mystic ʿAbd al-Ghani
al-Na
bulusi
mentioned that during a visit to the Darwi
shiyyah Mosque in Damascus on the 26th of January 1675, he and Ah
mad al-S
afadi
jointly—each person contributing lines in turn—composed a love poem of a handsome person who was present with them. Na
bulusi
ibbithen reproduced a letter in rhymed prose he sent to Safadiat the time, stating that he too was caught in the tangles of love. Independently of Muhibbi, the scholar and mystic ʿAbd al-Ghanial-Nabulusimentioned that during a visit to the Darwishiyyah Mosque in Damascus on the 26th of January 1675, he and Ahmad al-Safadijointly—each person contributing lines in turn—composed a love poem of a handsome person who was present with them. NabulusiOther books
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