The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi Adventures #1)

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi Adventures #1)

Author: S.A. Chakraborty Listening Length: 16h 39m
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Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend. Amina al-Sirafi should...

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Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Other Stupefacients from The Book of Charlatans by the Learned Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī

Now listen here and I will tell you further of the worst poisons of the tribe of charlatans who call themselves the Banu Sasan.

This is their most prodigious trick and the classiest of sleeping pills—“Blue Cretan” henbane. To concoct the most effective

possible knockout drug, they take five dirhams by weight mature blue henbane, four dirhams black poppy seed, three dirhams

opium, four dirhams euphorbium, five dirhams black seed, six dirhams agarikon, four dirhams lettuce seed, two dirhams basil