![]() Illustration from Kitab al-Aghani (1216-20) | |
Author | Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani |
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Original title | كتاب الأغاني |
Language | Arabic |
Subject | Arabic poetry and songs |
Genre | Encyclopedic collection |
Published | 10th century |
Publication place | Abbasid Caliphate |
Media type | Manuscript |
Pages | Over 10,000 |
Kitāb al-Aghānī (Arabic: كتاب الأغاني, romanized: kitāb al-‘aghānī, lit. 'The Book of Songs'), is an encyclopedic collection of poems and songs that runs to over 20 volumes in modern editions, attributed to the 10th-century Arabic writer Abū al-Farāj al-Isfahānī (also known as al-Isbahānī).[1][2]