| ISBN |
9780814769843 (v2, hbk.) |
| 9780814727373 (v1, hbk.) |
| Author |
Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris 1804?-1887 |
| Uniform Title |
Sāq ʻalā al-sāq.. English |
| Title |
Leg over leg or, : The turtle in the tree concerning the Fāriyāq, what manner of creature might he be : volume two / by Fāris al-Shidyāq ; edited and translated by Humphrey Davies |
| Publisher |
New York ; London : New York University Press, 2013 |
| Physical desc. |
2 v. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Library of Arabic literature |
| Note |
Volume one forthcoming. |
| Full title: Leg over leg, or The turtle in the tree, concerning the Fāriyāq, what manner of creature might he be, otherwise entitled Days, months, and years spent in critical examination of the Arabs and their non-Arab peers by the humble dependent on His Lord the Provider, Fāris ibn Yūsuf al-Shidyāq. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language Note |
Bilingual edition; in English and Arabic on facing pages. |
| Person as subject |
Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris -- 1804?-1887 -- Sāq ʻalā al-sāq |
| Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris -- 1804?-1887 -- Sāq ʻalā al-sāq -- English |
| Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris -- 1804?-1887 -- Travel -- Middle East |
| Subject |
Arabic language -- Lexicography |
| Travelers -- Middle East -- History |
| Middle East -- Description and travel |
| Added name(s) |
Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman) ed. |
