Humor in early Islam /

This is a pioneering study by the versatile scholar Franz Rosenthal (1914-2003). It contains an annotated translation of an Arabic text on a figure who became the subject of many jokes and anecdotes, the greedy and obtuse Ash'ab, a singer who lived in the 8th century but whose literary and fict...

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Main Author: Rosenthal, Franz, 1914-2003
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Leiden : Biggleswade : Brill ; Extenza Turpin [distributor], 2011.
Series:Brill classics in Islam; 6.
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Call Number: PN6222.A6 R694 2011