(PBC)The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition

基本信息

Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri, Elias Muhanna (Edited by), Elias Muhanna (Translated by), Elias Muhanna (Introduction by)

Format Paperback | 352 pages

Dimensions 134 x 196 x 15mm | 246g

Publication date 01 Sep 2016

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint PENGUIN CLASSICS

Language English

Edition Abridged, Annotated

ISBN10 0143107488

ISBN13 9780143107484

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

書籍簡介

1223年蒙古軍班師東還後，花剌子模算端札蘭丁從逃亡地印度返回波斯，復興破敗之故國，奈撒維被任為書記，自此追隨札蘭丁直到他敗亡（1231）。此書著於1241年，從花剌子模算端摩訶末在位後期寫到札蘭丁之死，所載多親身見聞，尤詳於呼羅珊地區情況，是記述蒙古攻滅花剌子模的主要史料。

An astonishing record of the knowledge of a civilization, The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition catalogues everything known to exist from the perspective of a 14th-century Egyptian scholar and litterateur. More than 9,000 pages and 30 volumes--here abridged to one volume, and translated into English for the first time--it contains entries on everything from medieval moon-worshiping cults, sexual aphrodisiacs, and the substance of clouds, to how to get the smell of alcohol off one's breath, the deliciousness of cheese made from buffalo milk, and the nesting habits of flamingos.

Similar works by Western authors, including Pliny's Natural History, have been available in English for centuries. This ground-breaking translation of a remarkable Arabic text--expertly abridged and annotated--offers a look at the world through the highly literary and impressively knowledgeable societies of the classical Islamic world. Meticulously arranged and delightfully eclectic, it is a compendium to be treasured--a true monument of erudition.

作者簡介

奈撒維（Shihab al-Din Muhammad al-Nasawi）著有《札蘭丁傳》（Sirat al-Sultan Jalal al-Din Mangubirni）。作者為呼羅珊之奈撒人，與花剌子模高官有往來，熟悉其國事，且目睹蒙古之入侵。

Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri (Author)

Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri (1272-1332) was an Egyptian historian of the Islamic Golden Age and a civil servant. Best known for his 9,000 page, 33-volume encyclopedia, The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition, he wrote on topics ranging from zoology to anatomy and chronicled the Mongol conquest of Syria.