Spicy Stories from The Book of Songs by al-Isfahani
by
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The Book of Songs of Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (AD 897–971) is the most extensive collection of anecdotes from pre–Islam Mecca, Medina, Damascus and Baghdad to the beginning of the tenth century. Entertaining and informative, these gems have remained largely inaccessible to Western readers. This...