KA'B IBN ZAHIR
\kˈab ˈa͡ɪbən zˈahi͡ə], \kˈab ˈaɪbən zˈahiə], \k_ˈa_b ˈaɪ_b_ə_n z_ˈa_h_iə]\
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A noted Arabic poet; contemporaneous with Mahomet. His father was author of one of the famous seven "Mu'allakat" (prize poems). After lampooning his own brother and Mahomet, and being outlawed by the latter, Ka'b composed a eulogy on him, "The Poem of the Mantle", his best-known work. It was translated into English by Redhouse in 1880.
By Charles Dudley Warner
