The Notebook of Kamāl al-Dīn the Weaver
Aleppine notes from the end of the 16th century
Contributor(s)
Liebrenz, Boris (editor)
Richardson, Kristina L. (editor)
Language
ArabicAbstract
Only a fragment of the sizeable work of Kamāl al-Dīn survived and is now preserved in the Forschungsbibliothek Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha. It represents the earliest known Arabic notebook of an artisan or merchant and sheds light on the everyday life in 10th/16th century Aleppo.
Keywords
Kamāl al-Dīn; ancient allepian poetry, MS orient. A 114DOI
10.1515/9783110688924ISBN
9783110688924, 9783110688870, 9783110688924Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2023Imprint
De GruyterSeries
Bibliotheca Islamica, 59Classification
Middle Eastern history
Islam
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups