The performing arts in medieval Islam : shadow play and popular poetry in Ibn Daniyāl's Mamluk Cairo / / by Li Guo.

This is a study of the life and work of Ibn Dāniyāl (d. 1310), a Cairo-based eye doctor, poet, playwright, court jester, and arguably one of the most controversial cultural figures of his time. Drawing on medieval Arabic sources, many still in manuscript and some used for the first time, the author...

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Superior document:Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 93
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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 93.
Physical Description:1 online resource (254 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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