Al-Maqrīzī's Al-Ḫabar ʿan Al-Basar: Vol. V, Sections 1-2: The Arab Thieves
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In The Arab Thieves, Peter Webb critically explores the classic tales of pre-Islamic Arabian outlaws in Arabic Literature. A group of Arabian camel-rustlers became celebrated figures in Muslim memories of pre-Islam, and much poetry ascribed to them and stories about their escapades grew into an outlaw tradition cited across Arabic literature. The ninth/fifteenth-century Egyptian historian al-Maqrīzī arranged biographies of ten outlaws...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:9004386947
ISBN13:9789004386945
Release Date:March 2019
Publisher:Brill
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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