Rusum Dar Al-Khalifah ( The Rules and Regulations of the Abbasid Court),
Author: Al-Sabi, Hilal/ Elie Salem (Translator).
Publisher:
American university of Beirut
Edition:
1
Language:
English,
Reference ID:
20485
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DESCRIPTION
x, 134 pp; 4 b/w plates, biblio, index, translated from the original Arabic with introduction and notes by Elie Salem. Hard Back Binding in dustwrappers. Copy in very good condition. Hilal Al-Sabi’ (A. H. 359-448; A. D. 969-1056), lived in Baghdad under the Abbasids and witnessed their days of glory and mode of living. In this volume, he describes in a lucid and delightful manner official court life and the rules of attendance followed at the Abbasid Caliphal residence.
