ISBN-13: 9781498552660 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 234 str.
The author links the religious Qisas al-anbiyaʾ to adab with the intent of showing that these tales reflect an inward look of the two cities of Baghdad and Nishapur as well as the expectations of leadership for the rulers at the time of al-Tabari and al-Thaʿlabi.