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Kalīlah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice
Author:
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (author)
,
Michael Fishbein (translator)
,
James E. Montgomery (translator)
,
Marina Warner DBE (foreword)
Series:
Library of Arabic Literature
ISBN:
9789376541775
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2027
Pages:
293
Size:
15 x 23 x 3 cm
Weight:
510 grams
Price:
INR
1995.00
About the Book
Timeless tales of loyalty and betrayal.
Like Aesop’s
Fables
,
Kalīlah and Dimnah
is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit
Panchatantra
and
Mahabharata
, 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.”
Kalīlah and Dimnah
is 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,
Kalīlah and Dimnah
offers insight into the moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ wished to impart to rulers—and readers.
About the Author
David Betge
David Betge studied Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin. He graduated with a study on the South African land reforms and finished his doctorate at the Otto Suhr Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin.
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