N.J. Dawood
Nessim Joseph Dawood (Arabic: نعيم جوزيف داوود) was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He emigrated to England in 1945 as an Iraq State scholar, and settled there. He graduated from the University of London. He is known for his English translations of the Qur’an, Tales from the One Thousand and One Nights...
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Nessim Joseph Dawood (Arabic: نعيم جوزيف داوود) was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He emigrated to England in 1945 as an Iraq State scholar, and settled there. He graduated from the University of London. He is known for his English translations of the Qur’an, Tales from the One Thousand and One Nights (Penguin Classics) and his edition of the Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldun.
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Birth date: 27-08-1927
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This is a compilation of tales of jinn and sorcerers and bold adventures come from India, Persia, Arabia, Egypt and Mesopotamia. They're framed as being told by Scheherazade, the newest bride of Shahryār, a ruler who after finding his first wife committed adultery had been killing a succession of wi...
This is a must-read whether you’re an atheist, Jew, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Pagan--whatever. Followers of Islam number one-and-a-half billion people--they’re the second most populous faith in the world and their impact on history has been profound. I believe that anyone that doesn’t read the J...
This is not a review of the text, but of the Audiobook reader. This is a person who cannot pronounce many words, including these frequently repeated ones: Scourge, respite, Job, God ("Gaaawd").
Read it for a college course on the history of Islamic civilization. Probably rather progressive for its time, even contains some nice bit on religious tolerance.
Selected and translated by N. J. Dawood, who also contributes an introduction; with engravings by William Harvey. It's not translated from an original text, but has a pleasant style without Victorian excesses, and a good choice of stories. Other translations have come out since, but I still like thi...
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