Ibn Buṭlān (d. 460/1068) was a Christian physician and scholar from Baghdad.
Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition.
Jeremy Farrell holds a Ph.D. from Emory University. His publications analyze diverse aspects of pre-modern Islamic society, including sarcastic speech acts, transgressive modes of piety, and the formation of cooperative networks.
Emily Gowers is a Fellow of St. John's College and a Professor of Latin, University of Cambridge. She is also a member of the Academy of Europe and a Fellow of the British Academy.
