Kitab al-adwar fi 'l-musiqi

In his younger years, the famous musician and theorist of music Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (d. 683/1294) seemed destined for an administrative career. Having moved to Baghdad as an adolescent, he had received a first-class education, excelling in Arabic, calligraphy, and Shafi?i and comparative law especially. For a time he was a copyist in the library of the caliph al-Musta?sim (reg. 640-56/1242-58) a...