Abū Ǧaʻfar

Object identifier Abū Ǧaʻfar
Tipologia Sub-sub-sub-series

Title in Arabic or Hebrew

ابو جعفر

Introduction

The sub-sub-sub-series includes all the materials concerning the shadow play «Abū Ǧa‘far». This play describes the funeral of the hero and is a perfect reconstruction of funeral ceremonies that were used in Cairo in the late nineteenth century. This sub-sub-sub-series contains only one unpublished document concerning the Arabic text of the play and its transcription and translation in German by Kahle.

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