Katib
Kâtib is a term used to describe the position of writer, scribe, or secretary in the Arabic-speaking world, Persian World, and other Islamic areas as far as India. Duties comprised reading and writing correspondence, issue instructions at the command of the person in charge and archiving documentation.
The word comes probably from Arabic kitāb (book), and perhaps imported from the Northern Aramaic neighbors of the Arabs. It is a pre-Islamic concept, encountered in the work of ancient Arab poets. The art of writing, although present in all part of Arabia, was apparently accomplishment of the few. Among the Companions of Medina, about ten are mentioned as kâtibs. With the embrace of Islam, the office of kâtib became a post of great honor. By this time, one the model of Persian chancellery, a complicated system of government offices had developed, each branch of governmental, religious, civic, or military entity had it own kâtib. Thus, the term became widely encountered in conjunction with other words in order to derive a more specific secretary position, i.e. kâtib dīwān - secretary in the financial bureaus, kâtib al-sirr - chancellery secretary or chief-secretary, kâtib al-djaysh - secretary of the army, and so on.
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Witches' Brew
by: Katy BI'll open this book and blow the dust
Off these pages of desire and lust
I'll search for a spell perfect for you
'Cause I'm into get you enchanted with me... too
Oh oh ooooh
Come see what I got for you
All the others got me misunderstood
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Oh oh ooooh
I need you to feel it too
All the others got me misunderstood
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Blood rose petals go into my room
Storm in and slowly, around I go thinking of you
And how sweet life will be when you are finally mine
I'll wake and live life like I've longed for all this time
Oh oh ooooh
Come see what I got for you
All the others got me misunderstood
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Oh oh ooooh
I need you to feel it too
All the others got me misunderstood
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Open up your eyes now
Now your love belongs to me
Open up your eyes now
Now there's no escaping me
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Oh oh ooooh
Come see what I got for you
All the others got me misunderstood
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good
Oh oh ooooh
I need you to feel it too
All the others got me misunderstood
Come with me, I'll make you feel so good