作者: N. J. Dawood

Sometimes known as the Arabian Nights, Tales from the Thousand and One Nights includes some of the world’s best-loved tales, including such classics as Aladdin and ‘Sindbad the Sailor’ The tales told …

Seven voyages. Seven missions. Only one man has survived them.A poor man meets a great sailor and asks to hear his tale. He is amazed to be told of seven journeys to foreign lands, every one ending i …

Some of the best-loved stories in the world, originating in Persia, India and Arabia, retold especially for children. …

Some of the best-loved stories in the world. Originating in Persia, India and Arabia, they were the daily entertainment of the common people. In this edition they are retold especially for children. …

The Muqaddimah, often translated as ‘Introduction’ or ‘Prolegomenon, ‘ is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn ( …