{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-the-barmakids","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"title\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"book-title\" itemprop=\"name\" id=\"scope_book_title\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Barmakids: Stories from a Forgotten Persian Manuscript - The Islamicate East: New Approaches to Texts and History (Hardback)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"elementtoproof\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Barmakids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e offers the first annotated English translation of Ḍiyāʾal-Dīn Baranī’s \u003ci\u003eThe Accounts of the Barmakids\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the Bodleiain's MS Ouseley 217, which features in the Treasured exhibition at the Weston Library. Contained within this work are 70 tales, including stories of generosity, wise leadership, romance and skulduggery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"elementtoproof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis translation offers lively and often intriguing human stories about the rise and fall of the Barmakids. Firoozbakhsh and Azad expertly introduce Baranī and his milieu, and illuminate a blend of Abbasid history, Indo-Persian political culture, and mirror-for-princes narrative art—indispensable for students of caliphs, viziers, and the Persianate world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e– \u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eJohn A. Nawas, KU Leuven \u0026amp; Institute for Advanced Arabic and Islamic Studies (IAAS)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781399559317\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished: 28\/02\/2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Libraries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56649498231159,"sku":"BODS-103967","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/1850\/8859\/files\/9781399559317_1copy.jpg?v=1770049782","url":"https:\/\/bodleianshop.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-barmakids","provider":"Bodleian Libraries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}