Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq /

Compiled in the eleventh century, this collection of irreverent and playful anecdotes celebrates eating, drinking, and general merriment. Ribald jokes, flirtations, and wry observations of misbehaving Muslims acquaint readers with everyday life in medieval Iraq in a way that is both entertaining and...

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Main Author: Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071
Other Authors: Selove, Emily
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Syracuse University Press : Syracuse, New York, [2012]
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505 0 |a Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction -- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it -- Early party-crashing -- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude -- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them -- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing -- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured -- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing -- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it -- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation -- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse -- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry -- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher -- A document pertaining to party-crashing. 
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