Persian wisdom in Arabic garb : ʻAlī born ʻUbayda al-Rayḥānī (d. 219/834) and his Jawāhir al-kilam wa-farāʼid al-ḥikam /
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This volume introduces ʿAlī born ʿUbayda al-Rayḥānī (d. 219/834), one of the central figures in the transmission of classical Greek and Persian wisdom into Arabic. It offers an edition, translation, and evaluation of his book Jawāhir al-kilam , one of the oldest collections of proverbial wisdom and moralia in Arabic, as well as other remaining pieces of his works. The first part of the book surveys the content of his more than sixty books and suggests that among his translations from Middle Persian into Arabic were the Sindbād-nāma and Bilawhar wa-Budhāsf . Moreover, he emerges as the author of the famous al-Adab al-ṣaghīr heretofore wrongly attributed to Ibn al-Muqaffa'. The second part contains the Arabic texts and translations as well as a rich documentation of their sources and their further transmission.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages [339]-360) and index. :
9789047418757 :
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The poems of ʻAmr son of Qamīʼah of the clan of Qais son of Thaʻlabah, a branch of the tribe of Bakr son of Wāʼil /
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"The manuscript from which the Dīwān of ʻAmr is printed is at Constantinpole, where it is No. 5303 in the library of the Sulṭān Fātiḥ Mosque" -- Page 7.
Introduction, translation and notes in English ; Dīwān text in Arabic. :
76 pages ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index.