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Laughing and mocking is natural disposition in human being and it is found in every society in its various manners. It is special human excitation that distinguishes him from other animals and for this natural phenomenon human is known as a laughing animal. Humour is more penetrating when it belongs to a real connection between two things regarded with different attitudes or reversal of values. This paper deals with the disposition of comedy and humour in Arabic literature from pre-Islamic period to Ottoman Empire. Some modern Arab writers like Muhammad Khalaf Ahmad and orientalists like D. S. Margoliouth are of the view that humour is not found in old Arabic literature. This paper brings to light this reality that classic Arabic literature is rife with a number of verses, idioms, Bedouin sayings and proverbs that represent the unique taste of Arabs in humour and comedy. Nature of humour in pre-Islamic and Islamic society in 1st century of Hijra has been highlighted in this article. With the penetration of effects of Indian, Persian and Greek civilization, new trends emerged in Arabic literature as well as prejudice of non Arab writers like Ibn al-Muqaffa against Arab ruling aristocratic class changed the moods of humour and comedy in Abbasid period. The great figures of humour and comedy in Abbasid, Mamaluke, Fatamid, Ayyubid and Ottoman periods have been introduced shortly and motives — political, social and religious — behind this humour and derision analysed

HARIS MUBEEN. (2008) HUMOUR AND COMEDY IN ARABIC LITERATURE (From the Birth of Islam to Ottoman Period) , Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 28, Issue 01.
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