A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:ʿabd Al-La&# Al-Baghdādī, Tim Mackintosh-Smith (Translator), Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Foreword by)Series:Library of Arabic LiteraturePublish date:2022-11-01Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479820078ISBN-10:1479820075UPC:9781479820078Book Category:History, Literary Collections, TravelBook Subcategory:Middle East, Middle EasternBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, EgyptSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCVS0B24ES
A Physician on the Nile: A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years
Flora, fauna, and famine in thirteenth-century Egypt
A Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence. Written by the polymath and physician ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-Nāṣir, the first part of the book offers detailed...Series: Library of Arabic Literature
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479820078ISBN-10:1479820075UPC:9781479820078Book Category:History, Literary Collections, TravelBook Subcategory:Middle East, Middle EasternBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, EgyptSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCVS0B24ES
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (Author)
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (557-629/1162-1231) was a Baghdad-born physician and scientist who wrote books on a wide range of topics, including medicine, philology, mathematics, and philosophy. Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Foreword by)
Mansoura Ez-Eldin is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer whose works have been translated into more than ten languages. She is the...
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (557-629/1162-1231) was a Baghdad-born physician and scientist who wrote books on a wide range of topics, including medicine, philology, mathematics, and philosophy. Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Foreword by)
Mansoura Ez-Eldin is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer whose works have been translated into more than ten languages. She is the...
Publisher: New York University Press
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