Bashir Yamut
- Died
- 1348 AH
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Bashir Yamut (d. after 1347 AH / 1928 CE) was an author and man of letters from Beirut, known for his biographical anthology Sha'irat al-Arab fi al-Jahiliyya wal-Islam (The Poetesses of the Arabs in the Pre-Islamic Era and Islam).
Life and Career
Yamut was a native of Beirut. In April 1928, he founded a bureau in the city called Maktab al-Tahrir (The Editorial Office), dedicated to press correspondence and professional writing services, which is the last recorded biographical detail concerning him.
His literary activity centered on Arabic poetry and historical biography. He compiled and arranged Sha'irat al-Arab fi al-Jahiliyya wal-Islam, a single-volume biographical survey divided into sections on Arab women poets of the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. He also published a historical treatise entitled al-Faruq Umar ibn al-Khattab and edited the collected poetry of the pre-Islamic poet Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt.
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List of Works
Shairat al-Arab fi al-Jahiliyya wal-Islam (The Poetesses of the Arabs in the Pre-Islamic Era and Islam) is a biographical anthology of Arab women's poetry. Organized chronologically into two parts within a single volume, it covers pre-Islamic and Islamic-era poetesses, providing concise biographical profiles along with selections of their poetry contextualized by historical occasions and poetic meters.