Ḥikāyat Abī Al-Qāsim: A Literary Banquet by Emily Selove

Ḥikāyat Abī Al-Qāsim: A Literary Banquet

Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature

Emily Selove

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Re-introduces a poorly understood, provocative and unusual work to a new audience Hikayat Abi al-Qasim, probably written in the 11th century by the otherwise unknown al-Azdi, tells the story of a gate-crasher from Baghdad named Abu l-Qasim, who sh...

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