Tales Arab Tribes

ISBN-13: 9780710311313 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str.

C. G. Campbell; Charles B. McLane;Buckland

Opis

At the time of publication, the Middle East expert of the time, H. St. John Philby, described the tales as "A work which can fairly be called a masterpiece."

Spis treści

From the Muntafiq: THE STORY OF HAJJI ALI, THE GREAT SULTAN, AND HIS SON, THE AMIR KHEYYUN; A STORY CONCERNING THE IGNORANCE OF SLAVES ; A STORY CONCERNING THE FOLLY OF JEALOUSY; THE STORY OF THE PRINCE OF KERMANSHAH AND OF HIS MISFORTUNES; THE STORY OF THE YOUTH JAMIL, THE SON OF A MERCHANT IN BAGHDAD; From the Bel1i HlIchaim: THE STORY OF THE LOST SOUL; From Al Fetla: THE STORY OF MAQDAD-HE WAS THE HERO OF I1ILLA; A MAN S HONOUR IS IN THE HAIR OF HIS MOUSTACHE; The Muntafiq Revisited: THE STORY OF KHALID, THE COPPERSMITH OF NASIRIYA; THE STORY OF THE SON OF THE PILGRIM; THE STORY OF THE CLOAK WHICH WAS THE FATHER OF A CHILD; THE STORY OF THE TWO DANCERS; THE STORY OF SHEIKH MIZElL EL QURNACHI, A MAN OF A NOBLE FAMILY, THOUGH HIS LANDS WERE POOR; THE STORY OF DAOUD THE CAMEL AND OF HIS MISFORTUNES; BETWEEN TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD LIE FOUR FINGERS; THE STORY OF ABDUL REHMAN ABU SULTAN AND THE TONGUE OF THE DEAD

O autorze

Charles G. Campbell, illustrated by John Buckland-Wright.