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The Luzumiyat
was published in the 11th century CE by
Abu al-ʻAlaʼ al-Maʻarri.
It was translated from Arabic in by
Ameen Rihani.

This ebook was produced for
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by
Weijia Cheng,
and is based on a transcription produced in by
Jeroen Hellingman and Distributed Proofreaders
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Project Gutenberg
and on digital scans from the
Internet Archive.

The cover page is adapted from
Algerian Water Carrier,
a painting completed after by
William Sartain.
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League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
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