Arabic Proverbs: Or the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Illustrated from Their Proverbial Sayings Current at Cairo, Translated and Explained - John Lewis Burckhardt - Books - Darf Publishers Ltd - 9781850771838 - 1990
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Arabic Proverbs: Or the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Illustrated from Their Proverbial Sayings Current at Cairo, Translated and Explained New ed of 1830 edition

John Lewis Burckhardt

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Arabic Proverbs: Or the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Illustrated from Their Proverbial Sayings Current at Cairo, Translated and Explained New ed of 1830 edition

First published in 1830, is a collection of proverbial sayings, originally compiled by Sheref Addin Ibn Asad, in Cairo, at the beginning of the 18th century. Burkhardt translated these sayings in hope that they might 'interest and gratify the Orientalist'.


296 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released 1990
ISBN13 9781850771838
Publishers Darf Publishers Ltd
Pages 296
Dimensions 224 × 142 × 26 mm   ·   566 g

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