Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls (Arabic Edition)

By الجاحظ and Al-Jahiz

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, touched with humor, of this aspect of the social habits of the richer classes at that time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856681814
• ISBN13: 9780856681813
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Aris & Phillips
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"