{"product_id":"kallah-and-dimnah-fables-of-virtue-and-vice-9781479806539","title":"Kal\u0026#299;lah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimeless fables of loyalty and betrayal \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Aesop's \u003ci\u003eFables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKalīlah and Dimnah \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit \u003ci\u003ePanchatantra\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e, were adapted, augmented, and translated into Arabic by the scholar and state official Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second\/eighth century. The stories are engaging, entertaining, and often funny, from \"The Man Who Found a Treasure But Could Not Keep It,\" to \"The Raven Who Tried To Learn To Walk Like a Partridge\" and \"How the Wolf, the Raven, and the Jackal Destroyed the Camel.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKalīlah and Dimnah \u003c\/i\u003eis a \"mirror for princes,\" a book meant to inculcate virtues and discernment in rulers and warn against flattery and deception. Many of the animals who populate the book represent ministers counseling kings, friends advising friends, or wives admonishing husbands. Throughout, \u003ci\u003eKalīlah and Dimnah \u003c\/i\u003eoffers insight into the moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ believed were important for rulers--and readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual Arabic-English edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIbn al-Muqaffaʿ (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIbn al-Muqaffaʿ\u003c\/b\u003e (d. 139\/757) was a Persian translator, author, thinker, and state official who wrote important treatises on rulership in Arabic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Fishbein (Editor, Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Fishbein \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames E. Montgomery (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames E. Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e is Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall. His latest publications are \u003ci\u003eFate the Hunter: Early Arabic Hunting Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKalīlah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice\u003c\/i\u003e, with Michael Fishbein. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567897940242,"sku":"9781479806539","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29f8a842-16e1-459d-b08c-5a2804a5ca12.jpg?v=1731932060","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kallah-and-dimnah-fables-of-virtue-and-vice-9781479806539","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}