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Islamic history, works on superstition, magic, drama, poetry, satire and music from Persia, Babylonia, and Byzantium. The
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mundane, the bizarre, the prosaic and the profane. Ibn al-Nadim freely selected and catalogued the rich culture of his time from various collections and libraries. The order is primarily chronological and works are listed according to four internal orders: genre;
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Catalog Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures
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224:biographic encyclopedia
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738:Chester Beatty Library
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323:2.1 Grammarians of
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