Ka‘b's Poem of the Mantle: Title Page

THE "BURDA," i.e., THE POEM OF THE MANTLE, BY KA‘B, SON OF ZUHAYR, SON OF ABŪ SULMA RECITED BY HIM BEFORE MUHAMMAD, AT MADĪNA. IN THE NINTH YEAR OF THE HIJRA, AFTER THE CONQUEST OF MAKKA. ________________________ TRANSLATED, WITH PREFACE AND NOTES, BY J. W. REDHOUSE, Esq., M.R.A.S., HON. MEMB. R.S.L., ETC.