Language & Literature
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The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Vols 7 and 8, Commentary 2 vol set [Hardback]
Jalalu'ddin Rumi (Author); Reynold A. Nicholson (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9780906094280
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies
A two volume set comprising the critical notes and commentary provided by Nicholson to his edition and translation of Rumi's great poem on Islamic mysticism. .... Learn More -
Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls [Hardback]
A. F. L. Beeston (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780856681653
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Approaches to Arabic Literature
Arabic text, based on the Istanbul MS, with translation and commentary of the 9th century writer's Risalat al-Qiyan . The Epistle, which ironically purports to be a defence of the practices of singing-girls and their masters, is a vivid account... .... Learn More -
Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls [Paperback]
A. F. L. Beeston (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780856681813
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Approaches to Arabic Literature
Arabic text, based on the Istanbul MS, with translation and commentary of the 9th century writer's Risalat al-Qiyan . The Epistle, which ironically purports to be a defence of the practices of singing-girls and their masters, is a vivid account... .... Learn More -
Al Jurjani's Theory of Poetic Imagery [Paperback]
Abu Deeb (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780856682803
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Approaches to Arabic Literature
by K. Abu Deeb
^DAbd al-Qahir al-Jurjani has long been considered the most important of all Arab literary theorists and critics up to the present century. In this, the first comprehensive study of the 11th century scholar, Kamal Abu Deeb pl... .... Learn More -
The Book of the Superiority of Dogs Over Many of Those Who Wear Clothes [Hardback]
G. R. Smith (Translator);M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (Author);Ibn al-Marzuban (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780856680908
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: A & P MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
This collection of stories and poetry was inspired by a conversation in 10th century Baghdad between the collector and a friend. Between them they contemplate the declining moral standards of the human race and sigh with nostalgia for 'the good... .... Learn More -
Studies in Modern Arabic Literature [Hardback]
Robin C. Ostle (Author)
£16.50ISBN: 9780856680304
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: A & P MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
This volume contains the majority of the papers delivered to a colloquium on Modern Arabic Literature held in July 1974. Their range and variety pay tribute to the achievements of a literature which, in its modern forms, has matured with impres... .... Learn More -
Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri. Volume III: Language and Literature y Nabia Abbott [Hardback]
Nabia Abbott (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780226621784
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 77
The present volume concludes the series of studies in Arabic literary papyri as envisaged in the Preface to Volume I. The studies reveal a steadily accelerating literary activity in both the religious and secular fields throughout the Umayyad p... .... Learn More -
Diwan of Hassan ibn Thabit [Hardback]
Walid N. Arafat (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780906094303
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
Hassan ibn Thabit lived in Yathrib, the later Medina, and was of mature age when the Prophet Muhammad, leaving Mecca behind him, settled there. He was already an established poet and had found favour as a composer of eulogies on visits to the c... .... Learn More -
The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Vol 5, Persian Text [Hardback]
Jalalu'ddin Rumi (Author); Reynold A. Nicholson (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780718902056
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies
The third of three volumes comprising an edition of the earliest manuscripts of Rumi's great poem of Islamic mysticism. Persian text. .... Learn More -
Persepolis Fortification Tablets [Hardback]
Richard T Hallock (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9780226621951
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 92
With over 2100 texts published, the Persepolis Fortification Texts in Elamite, transcribed, interpreted, and edited by the late Richard Hallock, already form the largest coherent body of material on Persian administration available to us. Essen... .... Learn More