In a battle formation, maymanah is the right wing and maysarah the left. The poet's al-aymanīn and al-aysarīn refer to those positions.
Banū abīnā links kinship to battlefield cooperation. The next verse's fa-ṣālū and ṣulnā shows each side charging the opponents nearest to it.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Ancestral Honour, Oaths and Battle Formations (verses 64–74)
In a battle formation, maymanah is the right wing and maysarah the left. The poet's al-aymanīn and al-aysarīn refer to those positions.
Banū abīnā links kinship to battlefield cooperation. The next verse's fa-ṣālū and ṣulnā shows each side charging the opponents nearest to it.