Language:
English
Pages:
132, [4] pages
,
color illustrations
,
21 x 27 cm
Uniform Title:
Fables of Bidpai Arabic version
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fables of Bidpai. Arabic version. Kalīah wa-Dimnah. Persian Persian fables
DDC:
398.210935
Keywords:
Miniature painting
;
Miniature painting
;
Iran
;
Fables
;
Fables
Abstract:
The blind man and the snake -- The falcon and the hen -- The lion and the jackal -- The jackal and the drum -- The jackal and the two boars -- The lion, the leopard, the wolf, the jackal and the camel -- The greedy wolf -- The two parrots -- The parrots and the falconer -- The monkey and the tortoise -- The monkey and the lentils -- The donkey who had no brain -- The woman who was strangled by a lion -- The gazelle, the tortoise, the raven and the mouse -- The gardener and the bear -- The cat and the mouse -- The snake and the ravens -- The quail and the hare -- The two doves -- The man and the ferret -- The lion and the bull -- The owls and the ravens -- The unfaithful wife -- The hare, the wolf and the fox -- The raven's revenge -- The robbers and the cranes -- The heron and the crab -- The three fishes -- The goose and the moon -- The monkey and the carpenter -- The wary jackal -- The pigeons and the raven -- The cruel king.
Note:
Based on Abu︠ al-Maʻāll Nasr Allāh's Persian translation of, the Arabic version, by Ibu al-Muqaffa', of the fables of Bidpal
,
Includes bibliographical references (page 135)
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