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Translation of a Persian historical work of the 17th century, an important source for the study of the political, socio-economic and military history, geogra...

“The Book of Judges” is a work of biographical genre of Spanish-Arab literature of the 10th century. it conveys in chronological order stories about the life...

“The Book of Countries” is a historical and geographical work by the outstanding Arab geographer and historian al-Ya'qubi, written on the basis of the author...

“Zafar-nameh” (“Book of Victories”) by Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi is the largest historical work of the Middle Ages, dedicated to the life of the great statesma...

The name of al-Mas'udi (d. 956), the greatest Arab-Muslim historian, writer, geographer and traveler, is the pride of the Arab-Muslim civilization. Only two ...

The first story in the “Silent Plays” series. Full title of the story: “A certain freak was afraid to take a beautiful wife into his house, but in the end he...

The second story in the “Silent Plays” series. Full title of the story: “The handsome man tried to get rid of suspicion, but as a result he only raised doubt...

The fourth story in the series. Full title: “He lost a thousand gold, but in troubles he found his happiness.”

The fifth story in the series. The full title of the story: “A woman, like Chen Ping, came up with seven cunning plans.”

The third story in the series. Full title of the story: “As soon as a man changed the Eight Signs, his troubles immediately disappeared and he found joy!”

The ninth story from the “Silent Plays” series. The full title of the story: “The miracles of the Bodhisattva helped turn a maiden into a boy - a son.”

Creations by Rev. Macarius of Egypt, full of deep mystical experience and subtle knowledge of the laws of the spiritual struggle that a person wages in his e...