Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in
the medieval Middle East The Book of Charlatans is a comprehensive
guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth century
in the cities of the Middle East, especially in Syria and Egypt.
Al-Jawbarī was well versed in the practices he describes and may
have been a reformed charlatan himself. Divided into thirty
chapters, the book reveals the secrets of everyone from “Those
Who Claim to be Prophets” to “Those Who Claim to Have
Leprosy” and “Those Who Dye Horses.” The material is informed
in part by the author’s own experience with alchemy, astrology,
and geomancy, and in part by his extensive research. The work is
unique in its systematic, detailed, and inclusive approach to a
subject that is by nature arcane and that has relevance not only
for social history but also for the history of science. Covering
everything from invisible writing to doctoring gemstones and quack
medicine, The Book of Charlatans opens a fascinating window into a
subculture of beggars’ guilds and professional con artists in the
medieval Arab world. An English-only edition.
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