Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman: Khālid Ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature

by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila

Portrait of an Eighth-Century Gentleman. Khālid ibn Ṣafwān in History and Literature by Jaakko H meen-Anttila is an in-depth study of the eighth-century Umayyad and early Abbasid orator and courtier Khālid ibn Ṣafwān and the development of his character in adab literature. The book collects and translates all his sayings and stories about him culled from a wide range of Arabic and Persian texts.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004729593
• ISBN13: 9789004729599
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 286 Pages