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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 896 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMRUM, or AMROM , a See also:German See also:island in the See also:North See also:Sea, off the See also:coast of See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein to the See also:south of See also:Sylt. Pop. (1900) 900. It is 6 m. See also:long and 3 M. broad, with an See also:area of 102 sq. m., and is reached from the mainland by a See also:regular steamboat service to Wittdiin, a favourite sea-bathing resort; or at See also:low See also:water by See also:carriage from F6hr. The larger See also:part of Amrum consists of a treeless sandy expanse, but a fringe of See also:rich marshes affords See also:good pasture-See also:land. The See also:principal See also:place is Nebel, connected by a See also:light railway with Wittdun. (See also FRISIAN ISLANDS.) AMRU'-UL-QAIS, or IMRU'-UL QAIS, See also:IBN HUJR, Arabian poet of the 6th See also:century, the author of one of the Mo'allalO.t (q.v.), was regarded by See also:Mahomet and others as the most distinguished poet of pre-Islamic times. He was of the kingly See also:family of Kinda, and his See also:mother was of the tribe of Taghlib. While he was still See also:young, his See also:father was killed by the Bani Asad. After this his See also:life was devoted to the See also:attempt to avenge his father's See also:death. He wandered from tribe to tribe to gain assistance, but his attempts were always foiled by the persistent following of the messengers of Mundhir of See also:Hira (IJira). At last he went to the Jewish Arabian See also:prince, Samu'al, See also:left his daughter and treasure with him, and by means of Harith of Ghassan procured an introduction to the See also:Byzantine See also:emperor Justinian.

After a long stay in See also:

Constantinople he was named phylarch of See also:Palestine, and received a See also:body of troops from See also:Justin II. With these he started on his way to See also:Arabia. It is said that a See also:man of Asad, who had followed him to Constantinople, charged him before the emperor with the See also:seduction of a princess, and that Justin sent him a poisoned cloak, which caused his death at See also:Ancyra. His poems are contained in W. Ahlwardt's The Divans of the six See also:ancient Arabic Poets (See also:London, 1870), and have been published separately in M'G. de Slane's Le Diwan d'Amro'lkais (See also:Paris, 1837) ; a German version with life and notes in F. See also:Ruckert's Amrilkais der Dichter and See also:Konig (See also:Stuttgart, 1843). Many stories of his life are told in the Kilab ul-Aghani, vol. viii. pp. 62-77. (G. W.

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