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Availability:In StockContributor:Ibn Al-Muqaffaʿ, Michael Fishbein (Translator), James E. Montgomery (Translator)Series:Library of Arabic Literature #91Publish date:2023-04-04Pages:300
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479825776ISBN-10:1479825778UPC:9781479825776Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Folklore & Mythology, AfricanSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCFS4SF2S9
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...Series: Library of Arabic Literature #91
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479825776ISBN-10:1479825778UPC:9781479825776Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Folklore & Mythology, AfricanSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCFS4SF2S9
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. Marina Warner (Foreword by)
Marina Warner DBE is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London; a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her book Stranger...
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (d. 139/757) was a Persian translator, author, thinker, and state official who wrote important treatises on rulership in Arabic. Marina Warner (Foreword by)
Marina Warner DBE is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London; a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her book Stranger...
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