الطفيليون في العصر العباسي

Abstract EN

Society different types of people with various origins.

Each environment and age has its own characteristics.

Researchers in social life might find certain groups of people with names and terms to call themselves like spongers.

They are present in different ages and societies.

They consist a permanent social phenomenon.

This study investigates them in the Abbasid age.

It consisted of two sections.

The first section investigated the concept of a sponger and their social status.

The second section discussed the names of meals and their auxiliaries according to spongers.

The study found that the Abbasid age, especially the first and second, was luxurious and economically prosperous.

Many people had luxury meals and feasts due to their good economic status.

They named many meals and their auxiliaries with funny names.