'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

A Physician on the Nile

A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years
Übersetzer: Mackintosh-Smith, Tim

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Produktbeschreibung

"A Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence"--

Produktdetails

• Library of Arabic Literature
• Verlag: New York University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781479820078
• ISBN-10: 1479820075
• Artikelnr.: 63767403

Autorenporträt

¿Abd al-Lä¿f al-Baghd¿d¿ (Author) ¿Abd al-Lä¿f al-Baghd¿d¿ (557-629/1162-1231) was a Baghdad-born physician and scientist who wrote books on a wide range of topics, including medicine, philology, mathematics, and philosophy. Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Foreword by) Mansoura Ez-Eldin is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer whose works have been translated into more than ten languages. She is the deputy editor of the Egyptian weekly cultural magazine Akhb¿r al-Adab. Tim Mackintosh-Smith (Translator) Tim Mackintosh-Smith is a noted British travel author, best known for his trilogy on the renowned Moroccan world-traveler Ibn Bä¿¿¿ah, which earned him a spot among Newsweek's top twelve travel writers of the past hundred years. Since 1982, he has lived in Sanaa, Yemen.