Arab world. Medieval traditions and beliefs in the countries of the Middle East. Lane E.

Edward Lane created the widest panorama of the life and customs of the Middle East from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 19th century. The book tells about the religion, the wealth of Arabic literature and art, the features of everyday life and holidays, magical rites of Muslims. Some chapters are devoted to Arab women and education issues in medieval Islamic society.

Labor is based on the personal memoirs of the author, rare manuscripts of medieval Arab writers and historians Ibn al-Jusey, al-Kazvini and al-Suyuti, as well as the tales and folk beliefs of the Arabs, Persians and Egyptians of the times of “thousands and one nights ".