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The book of rain : with an appendix On the names of the wind /

The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud. So begins translator David Larsen's introduction for the Book of Rain by ancient Arabic linguist and hadith narrator Abū Zayd Sa'īd ibn Aws al-Anșārī. While far from a definitive list, The Book of Rain is the earliest known catalogue...

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Main Author: Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī, Saʻīd ibn Aws, -approximately 830 (Author)
Other Authors: Khālawayh, Ibn (author of appendix.), Larsen, David, 1970- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Arabic.
Published: Seattle : Wave Books, [2025].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Meteorology > Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Early works to 1800.
Rain and rainfall > Early works to 1800.
Arabic language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. > Early works to 1800.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. > Manuscript. > Arabe 4231.

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