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‘It would be idle to look for the sincere expression of personal emotion in Arabic, Turkish or Persian poetry. The conventions are so rigid that the reader is allowed only a rare glimpse into the poet’s feelings. Indeed, such feelings were put through the sieve of the intellect, and personal experiences were thereby transformed into arabesque-like work of artistry, if not art.’

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*( – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica) 22:48])**

**(but cf eg [[Redbook9:104][19910414:1104o]{[Islamic Art –] The Word (2) [continued (6)]}[14th April 1991]ff] 104-105 below)

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