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Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls by الجاحظ, Al-Jahiz
Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls

الجاحظ, Al-Jahiz

Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls

الجاحظ, Al-Jahiz with A.F.L. Beeston (Translator)

104 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

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Arabic text, based on the Istanbul MS, with translation and commentary of the 9th century writer's Risalat al-Qiyan . The Epistle, which ironically purports to be a defence of the practices of singing-girls and their masters, is a vivid account, t...

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