N. J. Dawood (1927–2014)
Auteur de The Koran (Dawood, 1956)
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de N. J. Dawood
The Muqaddimah, an Introduction to History [abridged Rosenthal translation] (1969) — Abridger and Editor — 635 exemplaires
The Koran: With Parallel Arabic Text (Penguin Classics) (Arabic Edition) (1990) — Traducteur — 252 exemplaires
Tales from The Thousand and One Nights {The Thousand and One Nights PLUS Aladdin and Other Tales} 1 exemplaire
A Thousand and One Nights 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights (Puffin Classics) (1989) — Traducteur; Narrateur, quelques éditions — 282 exemplaires
Aladdin and Other Tales From The Thousand and One Nights. Penguin Classics No L71 (1957) — Traducteur — 33 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Dawood, N. J.
- Nom légal
- Dawood, Nessim Joseph
- Autres noms
- نعيم جوزيف داوود
- Date de naissance
- 1927-08-27
- Date de décès
- 2014-11-20
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Iraq
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Lieux de résidence
- England, UK
- Études
- University College of the South-West, Exeter
- Professions
- translator
journalist
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 4,063
- Popularité
- #6,195
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 25
- ISBN
- 33
After reading this abridged version, I decided that in the near future I will read the entire text.
Ibn Khaldun's thinking was far ahead of his time and is advanced even in our modern age. He was a true intellectual, whose vision went wide.
This edition focuses on the nature of civilization and is - as per the subtitle - an introduction to history.
The book does not focus on kings and queens, but not on how kingdoms and civilization developed in his part of the world. When you read this book, you get an excellent understanding of life in the Middle East at that time, what forces were at play and how the Bedouin culture interacted with the more settled urban culture.
Read this book. You will want more.… (plus d'informations)