The Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan
Subtitle: An Arab Folk Epic (Prota Book)
Contributors: Harry Norris (Introduction); Lena Jayyusi (Translator)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780253213426
Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies; Literary Criticism; Hellenic languages; Sociology; Middle East; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Folklore; Comparative literature; Religion; Ancient and Classical; Folklore & Mythology; Middle Eastern
First sentence: The siras (Ar. plural siyar), Arabic for "folk-epic," "geste," or "romance," were composed in Middle Arabic during the Mamluk period, that is some time between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries.