no. 8/50; Mans u r, Dali l al-mat bu ʿa t al-mis riyyah: 1940 -1956. For other printed editions between 1857 and 1929, not cited by Nas i r, see Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Literatur, 2:32 (and Supplement). For a discussion of the contents of Law‘at al-sha ki , see Rowson, “Two Homoerotic Narratives from Mamluk Literature.” I give the translation of the title suggested by Rowson.
16 Zaydan, Ta ri kh a da b al-lughah al-ʿarabiyyah, 2: 47.