{"product_id":"kalilah-and-dimnah-9781479825776","title":"Kalilah and Dimnah","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimeless fables of loyalty and betrayal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like Aesop's \u003ci\u003eFables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKalilah 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-Muqaffa? 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKalilah 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\u003eKalilah and Dimnah \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] delightful new translation of a major text of classical Arabic literature. * Al-Ahram Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e[This translation] should immediately become the English translation of choice for this work. * Al-Usur al-Wusta *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409066762583,"sku":"9781479825776","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781479825776.jpg?v=1730505312","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kalilah-and-dimnah-9781479825776","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}