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Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal Like Aesop's Fables,
Kalilah 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-Muqaffa' in the second/eighth
century. The stories are engaging, entertaining, and often funny,
from "The Man Who Found a Treasure But Could Not Keep It," to "The
Raven Who Tried To Learn To Walk Like a Partridge" and "How the
Wolf, the Raven, and the Jackal Destroyed the Camel." Kalilah and
Dimnah is a "mirror for princes," a book meant to inculcate virtues
and discernment in rulers and warn against flattery and deception.
Many of the animals who populate the book represent ministers
counseling kings, friends advising friends, or wives admonishing
husbands. Throughout, Kalilah and Dimnah offers insight into the
moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffa' wished to impart to rulers-and
readers. An English-only edition.
Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal Like Aesop's Fables,
Kalilah 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-Muqaffa' in the second/eighth
century. The stories are engaging, entertaining, and often funny,
from "The Man Who Found a Treasure But Could Not Keep It," to "The
Raven Who Tried To Learn To Walk Like a Partridge" and "How the
Wolf, the Raven, and the Jackal Destroyed the Camel." Kalilah and
Dimnah is a "mirror for princes," a book meant to inculcate virtues
and discernment in rulers and warn against flattery and deception.
Many of the animals who populate the book represent ministers
counseling kings, friends advising friends, or wives admonishing
husbands. Throughout, Kalilah and Dimnah offers insight into the
moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffa' believed were important for
rulers-and readers. A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
The Works of Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi, a three volume set, contains a
fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abu al-'Abbas
al-Ya'qubi, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the
third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and
a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the
works are the History (Ta'rikh) and his Geography (Kitab
al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Ya'qubi's
political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts
drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Ya'qubi's writings are
among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic
period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns
of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and
cultural production. Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence
I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S.
Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qadi), Lutz
Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson
The Works of Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi, a three volume set, contains a
fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abu al-'Abbas
al-Ya'qubi, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the
third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and
a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the
works are the History (Ta'rikh) and his Geography (Kitab
al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Ya'qubi's
political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts
drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Ya'qubi's writings are
among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic
period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns
of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and
cultural production. Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence
I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S.
Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qadi), Lutz
Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson
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