Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight: The Legend of Slēwīḥ Al-'Aṭāwi and Other

by P.M. Kupershoek

The Story of a Desert Knight is the second volume of a trilogy entitled Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia. It is devoted to the narratives told about and the poems composed by Slēwīḥ al-'Aṭāwi and his brother Bxīt, both famous desert knights in the middle and second half of the nineteenth century. The principal source of this book is Slēwīḥ's great-grandson Xālid, a sheikh...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004520988
• ISBN13: 9789004520981
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"