Persian Wisdom in Arabic Garb: ʿAlī b. ʿUbayda al-Rayḥānī (D. 219/834) and his "Jawāhir al-kilam wa-farāʾid al-ḥikam". Vol. 1-2

This source publication of Al b. Ubayda al-Rayn s remaining works provides fascinating new material for the study of Arabic literature on proverbs, translations of classical Greek and Persian into Arabic, and clarification of numerous obscure titles in the Arabic bibliographical literature.