Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq

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Main Author: Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Selove, Emily
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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245 1 0 |a Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq  |h [electronic resource] /  |c al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ; translated and illustrated by Emily Selove. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a Syracuse, N.Y. :  |b Syracuse University Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a xv, 176 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
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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