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Ghanim bin Ayyub, the Distraught, the Thrall o' Love
Anonymous · 1885 · Adventure, Romance
A richly illustrated LitLab edition of the tale of Ghanim bin Ayyub: a Damascene merchant's son, a chest carried into a Baghdad graveyard at night, and a favourite of the Caliph whose fortune turns on what he refuses to touch.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 38 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
From Damascus to Baghdad
The Merchant House of DamascusWhere an inheritance is counted and a journey decided.
Connections — Blood, Marriage and the Crown
Anonymous — A Tale Carried Between Cities
The Characters — Principals of Damascus and Baghdad
The Characters — Officers, Hosts and Attendants
Bales for BaghdadGhanim prepares his father's marked merchandise.
A Chest Among the TombsThree men leave a mysterious burden in the graveyard.
This edition
- Title
- Ghanim bin Ayyub, the Distraught, the Thrall o' Love
- Author
- Anonymous
- First published
- 1885
- Illustrated plates
- 81 original artworks · 38 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 8 · about 13,111 words
- Reading time
- 52 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #51775
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