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[First edition]. |
| Description |
vii, 379 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 378-379. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION / TRANSLITERATION / ISLAMIC PROPER NAMES / ISLAMIC DATES / THE KORAN: SCRIPTURE AND LITERATURE / Meccan Chapters / Medinan Chapters / EARLY ARABIC POETRY / The Odes of Amru al-Qays, Labid, and Tarafah / Poems from Early Anthologies / PROVERBS / -THE AGE OF THE CALIPHS- HISTORICAL SUMMARY / Ibn al-Muqaffa: The Monkey and the Tortoise / In Ishaq: The Prophet Muhammed / The New Poets / Al-Jahiz: Clever Sayings / Al-Jahiz: Flies and Mosquitoes / Al-Hallaj: The Crucifixion of a Mystic / Rudaki: Two Poems / Al-Mutanabbi: Lauds / Al-Kalabadhi: Sufi Sayings / Firdawsi: Rustam and Sohrab / Al-Maarri: Doubts / Ibn Hazm: Falling in Love / Ibn Hazm: Anxiety / Moorish Poetry / -TURKS, FRANKS, AND MONGOLS- HISTORICAL SUMMARY / Nizam al-Mulk: Advice to Governors / Kai Kaus: The Purchase of Slaves / Umar Khayyam: Quatrains / Al-Ghazzali: Confessions of a Troubled Believer / Samarqandi: Stories about Persian Poets / Ibn Tufayl: Alone on a Desert Island / Usamah: A Moslem View of teh Crusaders / Ibn Jubayr: A Pilgrimage to Mecca / Nizami: Star-Crossed Lovers / Al-Warawini: The Demon and the Sage / Attar: The Bird Parliament / Rumi: Love Poems / Rumi: Illustrations / Sadi: Morals / -ISLAM'S NEW WORLD- HISTORICAL SUMMARY / Ibn Battutah: The Maldive Islands / Hafiz: Ten Odes / Ibn Khaldun: Group Solidarity / Ibn Khaldun: Conversations with Tamerlane / The Romance of Antar: Antar Slays a Lion / The Thousand and One Nights: The Tale of the Three Apples / The Thousand and One Nights: Maruf the Cobblers / Jami: The Women of Memphis / Babur: Memoirs of a Conqueror / Mughal Poetry / Hajji Khalifah: Tobacco and Coffee / Sari Mehmed Pasha: Bribery / Ottoman Poetry / Karagoz: The Bloody Poplar / |
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Arabic literature -- Translations into English.
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Persian literature -- Translations into English.
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Islamic countries -- Literary collections.
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