Excerpt from An Oriental Biographical Dictionary, Founded on Materials Collected by the Late Thomas William Beale Rashid, the K_halifa of Baghdad, who bestowed her hand on Ja'far Barmaki, his minister, on condition that she abstained from the marriage rights. The promise was forgotten, and the husband's life was sacrificed by the tyrant, and 'abbasa was reduced to poverty. This circumstance took place in a.d. 803 (a.h. '1 here are still extant some Arabic verses which beautifully celebrate her love and her misfortunes. [see Ja'far ui-barmaki. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.