Classical Arabic and Persian literature

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	"The finest history of Persian literature in English."

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	"A useful survey."

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	"An academic study of the work described by Ibn Khaldun as comprising "all that the [Arabs] had achieved in the past of excellence in every kind of poetry, history, music, et cetera.""

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	"This excellent book is on the poetry of al-Ma'arri. Contains an introductory essay,  translations of selected poems, commentary, and the Arabic originals."

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	"These faithful, scholarly translations, complete with facing Arabic texts, are an excellent aide for students of al-Mutanabbi. I also recommend Arberry's 'Arabic Poetry: A Primer for Students'."

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	"An anthology of Persian poetry - in Persian. Contains brief notes on the authors."

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	"This is the first volume of a 29-vol. collaborative translation of at-Tabari's monumental Tarikhu r-Rusul wa l-Muluk."

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	"The most famous, and arguably the finest, of all Persian prose works, as translated by the famous (and infanous) 19th-century English adventurer, orientalist, soldier, poet, linguist and pornographer."