The Portrait of Abū L-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī

by Ab l-Muahhar Muammad ibn Amad al-Azd

Hikayat Abi l-Qasim al-Baghdadi (The Portrait of Abu l-Qasim al-Baghdadi) is an 11th-century Arabic work by Abu l-Mutahhar Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Azdi which tells the story of a Baghdadi party-crasher crashing a party in Isfahan. It is introduced by its author as a microcosm of Baghdad. This work, written in prose but containing numerous poems, is widely hailed among scholars as a narrative unique in the history of Arabic literature, but The Portrait...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913604047
• ISBN13: 9781913604042
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.5"