The Sauls and Their Artistic Prose

Abstract

The Sulis are one of the literary families that gained great fame in the world of literature, especially prose, in the Abbasid era, due to the fact that its sons were known for their mastery of literature, the art of writing, the quality of writing, and their extensive knowledge of prose writing arts, such as the art of the questioner in its two types: Diwaniyah and Ikhwaniyah, in addition to the art of signatures. Literary literature, the art of saying or literary sayings. Among the most prominent writers of this family are Abu Bakr al-Suli, Ibrahim ibn al-Abbas al-Suli, and Omar ibn Masada. They were called the Sulis after their grandfather (Saul), and these individuals worked as writers for the caliphs and ministers, which gave this family a political and historical status. In addition to the literary status in the first place, we try in this effort to know the literary status of this ancient family and its literary, political and social history, and to know their artistic prose. We also shed light on the lives of its most prominent men who practiced the craft of writing and were among the most famous writers in the Abbasid era, and we look at their literary productions, we try to reveal the most prominent writing arts for which they are famous.