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A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Middle East
Wine poetry, rulers' diaries and travelers' accounts reveal tensions between religious prescriptions, courtly drinking and private practice.
chap. 10, “Drinking in the Middle East”
chap. 10, “Drinking in the Middle East”
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Evidence
Wine poetry, rulers' diaries and travelers' accounts reveal tensions between religious prescriptions, courtly drinking and private practice.
Location and context
Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), chap. 10, “Drinking in the Middle East”. Original paraphrase, not quotation. The private PDF retrieval range is retained in Verification Notes.
Annotation
These are selected elite and outsider accounts, not representative of all Muslims. Do not confuse literary persona with witnessed behavior or repeat the author's ethnic caricatures.
Verification
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