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KALĪLAH AND DIMNAH Fables of Virtue and Vice IBN AL-MUQAFFAʿ
Edited by MICHAEL FISHBEIN
Translated by MICHAEL FISHBEIN and JAMES E. MONTGOMERY Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal
Like Aesop’s Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted and translated into Arabic by Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second/ eighth century. The stories are engaging and often funny, from “The Raven Who Tried To Learn To Walk Like a Partridge” to “How the Wolf, the Raven, and the Jackal Destroyed the Camel.” Throughout, Kalīlah and Dimnah offers insight into the moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ believed were important for rulers—and readers. November 2021 300 pages • 6 x 9 Cloth • $30.00S(£22.99) 9781479806539 In Library of Arabic Literature Arabic Literature
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (d. 139/757) was a Persian translator, author, thinker, and state official who wrote important treatises on rulership in Arabic. Michael Fishbein is Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. James E. Montgomery is Sir Thomas Adams’s Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall.
THE DISCOURSES
Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One AL-ḤASAN AL-YŪSĪ
Translated by JUSTIN STEARNS
Foreword by AYESHA RAMACHANDRAN Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life
Al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī was arguably the most influential and well-known Moroccan intellectual figure of his generation. In 1084/1685, at the age of roughly fifty-four, and after a long and distinguished career, this Amazigh scholar from the Middle Atlas began writing a collection of short essays on a wide variety of subjects including genealogy, theology, Sufism, and history. The Discourses also includes autobiographical anecdotes that offer insight into the history of Morocco. Translated into English for the first time, The Discourses offers readers access to the intellectual landscape of the early modern Muslim world through an author who speaks openly and frankly about his personal life and his relationships with his country’s rulers, scholars, and commoners. October 2021 280 pages • 5.5 x 8.25 Paper • $15.00T(£11.99) 9781479810581 In Library of Arabic Literature Arabic Literature
Al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī was a major eleventh/seventeenth-century Moroccan scholar. Justin Stearns is Associate Professor in Arab Crossroads Studies at NYU Abu Dhabi. Ayesha Ramachandran is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University.
