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1. This is adapted from Hasdai ibn Shaprut's letter to King Joseph of the Khazars, written approximately AD 955 OTL. I have resisted the temptation to attribute my own verse to al-Mu'alima; I've already described her as the greatest of the Ananite poets, and it would be little short of arrogance for me to imply that my doggerel is worthy of this designation.

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