Kalīlah and Dimnah: Fables of Virtue and Vice (Library of Arabic Literature)Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal Like Aesops Fables, Kallah 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 Muqaffa in the second eighth century. The stories are engaging, entertaining, and often funny, from The Man

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