The book of charlatans

Author(s)

• Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active
• Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman)
• Chakraborty, S. A.
• Pomerantz, Maurice A.

Bibliographic Information

The book of charlatans

Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī ; translated by Humphrey Davies ; foreword by S.A. Chakraborty

（Library of Arabic literature）

New York University Press, c2021

• : [pbk]

Other Title

كتاب المختار في كشف الأسرار

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-295) and index

Volume editior: Maurice A. Pomerantz

"Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East"--Cover

Other title from the introduction

Details

• NCID: BD08388569
• ISBN:
  • 9781479813247
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ara
• Place of Publication: New York, NY
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 319 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV6699.N4
  • DC23 : 364.16/309569209022
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Swindlers and swindling -- Islamic Empire
  • LCSH : Quacks and quackery -- Islamic Empire
  • LCSH : Impostors and imposture -- Islamic Empire
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB12166704