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The Qasida Burda ("Poem of the Mantle") is one of the most famous poems in the qasida form. It is was written in Arabic by the Egyptian Sufi scholar Imam Sharafuddin al-Busiri (d. 1296). It is recited by Muslims throughout the Muslim world, from Senegal to Indonesia.