num_pages: 104
description: Arabic text, based on the Istanbul MS, with translation and commentary of the 9th century writer's Risalat al-Qiyan . The Epistle, which ironically purports to be a defence of the practices of singing-girls and their masters, is a vivid account, touched with humour, of this aspect of the social habits of the richer classes at that time.
language: Arabic
title: Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls
titlecomplete: Al-Jahiz: Epistle on Singing Girls (Arabic Edition)
genres: Islam
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Aris & Phillips