When the _Hamasa_ is spoken of, that of Abu Tammam, as the first and most famous of the name, is meant; but several collections of a similar kind, also called _Hamasa_, exist. The best-known and earliest of these is the _Hamasa_ of Buhturi (d. 284 A.H.), of which the unique MS. now in the Leiden University Library, has been reproduced by photo-lithography (1909); a critical edition has been prepared by Professor Chlikho at Beyreuth. Four other works of the same name, formed on the model of Abu Tammam's compilation, are mentioned by Hajji Khalifa. Besides these, a work entitled _Hamasat ar-Rah_ ("the Hamasa of wine") was composed of Abu-l-'Alaal-Ma'arri (d. 429 A.H.). (C. J. L.)

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