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The Book of Charlatans by Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī; Manuela Dengler (Editor); Humphrey Davies (Translator); S. A. Chakraborty (Foreword by)
Category: History | Series: Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East The Book of Charlatans is 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. Al-Jawbarī was well versed in the pr ...Show more
The Book of Charlatans by Manuela Dengler (Editor); Humphrey Davies (Translator); S. A. Chakraborty (Foreword by); Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East The Book of Charlatans is 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. The author, al-Jawbarī, was well vers ...Show more
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