Kalīlah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ, Michael Fishbein (Editor), Michael Fishbein (Translator)Series:Library of Arabic Literature #76Publish date:2022-01-11Pages:300
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479806539ISBN-10:1479806536UPC:9781479806539Book Category:Literary Collections, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Folklore & MythologySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCK63GZ2HG
Kalīlah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice
Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal
Like Aesop's Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted, augmented, and translated into Arabic by the scholar and state official Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second/eighth century. The stories...Series: Library of Arabic Literature #76
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479806539ISBN-10:1479806536UPC:9781479806539Book Category:Literary Collections, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Folklore & MythologySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCK63GZ2HG
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (Author)
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (d. 139/757) was a Persian translator, author, thinker, and state official who wrote important treatises on rulership in Arabic. Michael Fishbein (Editor, Translator)
Michael Fishbein is Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. James E. Montgomery (Translator)
James E. Montgomery is Sir Thomas Adams's Professor...
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (d. 139/757) was a Persian translator, author, thinker, and state official who wrote important treatises on rulership in Arabic. Michael Fishbein (Editor, Translator)
Michael Fishbein is Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. James E. Montgomery (Translator)
James E. Montgomery is Sir Thomas Adams's Professor...
Publisher: New York University Press
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Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ, Michael Fishbein (Editor), Michael Fishbein (Translator)
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