Describe some of the famous literary work during Arabic period.

Some of the literary works are described below: 

i. The catalogue (Kitab al-Fihrist) of a Baghdad bookseller, Ibn Nadim (d.895), describes a large number of works written in prose for the moral education and amusement of readers. The oldest of these is a collection of animal fables called Kalila waDimna (the names of the two jackals who were the leading characters) which is the Arabic translation of a Pahlavi version of the Panchtantra.

ii. The most widespread and lasting literary works are the stories of hero-adventurers such as Alexander(al-Iskandar) and Sindbad, or those of un- happy lovers such as Qays (known as Majnum or the Madman). These have developed over the centimes into oral and written traditions.

iii. The Thousand and one Nights is another collection of stories told by a single narrator, Shahrzad, to her husband night after night. The collection was originally in Indo-Persian and was translated into Arabic in Baghdad in the eighth century.

iv. More stories were stories were later added in cairo during the mamluk period. These stories depict human beings of different types the generous, the stupid, the gullible, the crafty-and were told to educate and entertain.

v. In his Kitab al- Bukhala (Book of Misers), Jahiz of Basra (d.868) collected amusing anecdotes about misers and also analysed greed.