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

Title
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Author
  1. Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222

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Additional authors
  1. Dengler, Manuela
  2. Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman)
  3. Chakraborty, S. A.
Description
  1. xxvii, 500 pages : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Library of Arabic literature
Uniform title
  1. Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār. English
  2. Library of Arabic literature.
Alternative title
  1. Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār.
  2. Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār
  3. Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār
Subject
  1. Swindlers and swindling > Islamic Empire
  2. Quacks and quackery > Islamic Empire
  3. Impostors and imposture > Islamic Empire
  4. Impostors and imposture
  5. Quacks and quackery
  6. Swindlers and swindling
  7. Islamic Empire
Call number
  1. JFE 21-3565
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  1. Facing page translations with Arabic on the versos and English on the rectos.
Author
  1. Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222, author.
Title
  1. 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
  1. New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Library of Arabic literature
  2. Library of Arabic literature.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
  1. Facing page translations with Arabic on the versos and English on the rectos.
Added author
  1. Dengler, Manuela, editor.
  2. Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman), translator.
  3. Chakraborty, S. A., writer of foreword.
  4. Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222. Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār.
Added title page title
  1. Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār
Other form:
  1. 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
LCCN
  1. 2020017851
ISBN
  1. 9781479897636 hardcover
  2. 1479897639 hardcover
Research call number
  1. JFE 21-3565
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