Sobriety and mirth
Subtitle: a selection of the shorter writings of al-Jāhiz
By: translated from the Arabic by Jim Colville.
Contributors: Colville, Jim.
Series: The Kegan Paul Arabia library
Publisher: Kegan Paul; Distributed [in the U.S.] by Columbia University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Jāḥiẓ, d. 868 or 9 -- Translations into English.
Genres: Translations into English.
Notes: Translated from Rasāʼil al-Jāḥiẓ.
Includes bibliographical references.