THE MANUSCRIPT OF AL-MALIK AL-AFDAL: A Medieval Arabic Anthology from the Yemen
Gibb Memorial Trust, 1998. First edition. 26 page English Introduction and Index followed by facsimile plates; 576 pages. Item #27024
New cloth bound in dust jacket.
The author's talents spanned many disciplines and this is a collection of works on agriculture, animals, astrology, astronomy, biography, calendars, crops, genealogies, geography, grammar, lexicography, mathematics, medicine, taxes, timekeeping, warfare and weapons. It is reproduced here in facsimile with descriptions of the contents and an introduction and index by the editors. (Arabic text.)
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