Persian wisdom in Arabic garb : ʻAlī born ʻUbayda al-Rayḥānī (d. 219/834) and his Jawāhir al-kilam wa-farāʼid al-ḥikam Rayḥānī, ʻAlī Ibn ʻUbaydah | Zakeri, Mohsen 2007 Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 , Vol. 66 ( Serie ) Leiden ; Boston : Brill Englisch | Arabisch 9789047418757 | BRILL9789047418757 Abstract

This source publication of ʿAlī b. ʿUbayda al-Rayḥānī ’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.