Can I read The Book of Charlatans on EtoBox?

The Book of Charlatans by Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī; Humphrey Davies; S. A. Chakraborty is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Book of Charlatans about?

**Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East** __The Book of Charlatans__ is a comprehensive guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth century in the cities of the Middle East, especially in Syria and Egypt. Al-Jawbarī was well versed in the practices he describes and may have been a reformed charlatan himself. Divided into thirty chapters, the book reveals the secrets of everyone from “Those Who Claim to be Prophets” to “Those Who Claim to Have Leprosy” and “Those Who Dye Horses.” The material is informed in part by the author’s own experience with alchemy, astrology, and geomancy, and in part by his extensive research. The work is unique in its systematic, detailed, and inclusive approach to a subject that is by nature arcane and that has relevance not only for social history but also for the history of science. Covering everything from invisible writing to doctoring gemstones and quack medicine, __The Book of Charlatans__ opens a fascinating window into a subculture of beggars’ guilds and professional con artists in the medieval Arab world.

Who reads The Book of Charlatans?

Author

Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī; Humphrey Davies; S. A. Chakraborty

Publisher

New York University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781479813254

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Islam, History, Literary Collections