Everyday Life in Medieval Baghdad: The Observations and Tales of a Mesopotamian Judge

ISBN-13: 9781784531201 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 336272 str.

D. S. Margoliouth

Opis

The Table Talk of a Mesopotamian Judge is a wonderful collection of anecdotes by judge and litterateur al-Tanukhi. He offers an entertaining personal view of the Middle East of the tenth century, revealing the vanities and amusements of life and celebrity in a Baghdad that was then the metropolis of the caliphate. Introduced by leading scholar Robert Irwin, it offers a witty reflection on his world and important insights for the history of storytelling in the Arabic world