The Book of Strangers: Mediaeval Arabic Graffiti on the Theme of Nostalgia by Abu Al-Faraj Al-Isbahani, Patricia Crone, Shmuel Moreh
The Book of Strangers: Mediaeval Arabic Graffiti on the Theme of Nostalgia
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Abu Al-Faraj Al-Isbahani, Patricia Crone, Shmuel Moreh
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The Book of Strangers: Mediaeval Arabic Graffiti on the Theme of Nostalgia

Abu Al-Faraj Al-Isbahani, Patricia Crone, Shmuel Moreh with Abu al-Faraj al-Isbahani (Translator), Patricia Crone (Translator)

195 pages • first pub 1999 (view editions)

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A 10th century Iraqi took to collecting verse graffiti left behind by travellers. The result of his pastime was a little book that conjures up his nostalgic mood in a manner rarely attempted in Arabic literature. This work offers a translation of ...

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