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The book of charlatans = Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār

Title
The book of charlatans = Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār / Jamāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī ; edited by Manuela Dengler ; translated by Humphrey Davies ; foreword by S. A. Chakraborty.
Author
Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Dengler, Manuela
  • Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman)
  • Chakraborty, S. A.
Description
xxvii, 500 pages : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"A comprehensive guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth century in the cities of the Middle East, especially in Syria and Egypt"--
Series Statement
Library of Arabic literature
Uniform Title
  • Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār. English
  • Library of Arabic literature.
Alternative Title
  • Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār.
  • Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār
  • Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār
Subject
  • Swindlers and swindling > Islamic Empire
  • Quacks and quackery > Islamic Empire
  • Impostors and imposture > Islamic Empire
  • Impostors and imposture
  • Quacks and quackery
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Islamic Empire
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Facing page translations with Arabic on the versos and English on the rectos.
Call Number
JFE 21-3565
ISBN
  • 9781479897636
  • 1479897639
LCCN
2020017851
OCLC
1153061179
Author
Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222, author.
Title
The book of charlatans = Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār / Jamāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī ; edited by Manuela Dengler ; translated by Humphrey Davies ; foreword by S. A. Chakraborty.
Publisher
New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Library of Arabic literature
Library of Arabic literature.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
Facing page translations with Arabic on the versos and English on the rectos.
Added Author
Dengler, Manuela, editor.
Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman), translator.
Chakraborty, S. A., writer of foreword.
Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222. Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār.
Added Title Page Title
Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār
Other Form:
Online version: Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222, The book of charlatans New York : New York University Press, 2020. 9781479810185 (DLC) 2020017852
Research Call Number
JFE 21-3565
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