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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Pre-Islamic Tales
1: The Sons of Nizar
2: The Priestess of the Banu Sad
3: Faithfulness and Sense of Honor
4: Al-Numan’s Outfit
5: A Lowly Man Gains a Wife
6: A Charitable Gift
7: A Cunning Message
8: A Noble Wife
9: The Exile of al-Harith ibn Midad
10: The Story of the Cave Where Shaddad ibn Aad Was: How the Adventurers Entered and What Happened to Them There
11: Luqman
II: Tales of Rulers and Other Notable Persons
12: Amara the Faqih and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
13: The Justice of Adud al-Dawla
14: The Piety of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
15: A Further Story of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
16: The Chief of Police and Caliph al-Hadi
17: At Khosrow’s Court
18: An Arab at Khosrow’s Court
19: I Take Refuge in Your Justice, Prince of the Faithful
20: Tricked She Was
21: Um Asya the Midwife and the Palace of Khumarawayh
22: Yazid and Habbaba
23: A Ruse of Muawiya
24: Caliph Umar and the Soldier’s Wife
25: Al-Akhtal Imprisoned in a Church
26: A Miserly Governor
27: All Lies
28: Two Great Musicians
29: An Attendant of al-Hallaj Fasts for Fifteen Days
30: A Vizier Removes a Dessert Stain with Ink
31: How a Baghdadi Chief of Police Questioned Suspects
32: God Alone Be Thanked
33: Al-Hajjaj Orders the Torture of Azadmardchapter
34: Iyas as Judge
35: The Wisdom of Judge Iyas
36: Why a Judge Pardoned a Fraudster
III: Tales of Danger and Warfare
37: Man ibn Zaida and the Black Man
38: Al-Mansour’s Pride
39: With the Byzantines
40: Muslims at the Court of China
41: Greed and Treason
42: Consequences of Oppression
43: Avoiding a Conflict
44: The Byzantine Rulers and the Muslim Prisoners
45: From The Lion and the Diver
IV: Tales of Religion
46: The Tale of Kab ibn Malek
47: The Tale of Jurayj the Worshipper: Showing How Attending to Parents Has Priority Over Prayer
48: The Tale of the Crevice People, and of the Magician, the Monk, and the Young Man
49: The Tale of the Leper, the Bald Man, and the Blind Man
50: Virtue and Divine Reward
51: A Vision of the Next World
V: Comic Tales: Tales of Juha
52: Juha as a Vehicle for Satire
53: The Comic Wit of Juha
54: Juha the Fool
55: The Logic of Juha
56: Juha the Judge
Other Comic Tales
57: Abu l-Qasim’s Slippers
58: The Party Crashers
59: Me Too?
60: A Quick-Witted Prisoner
61: Al-Hajjaj and al-Muttalib
62: A Cunning Marriage Broker
63: Forgery on a Shaky Boat
64: A Tempting Wager
VI: Tales of the Strange or Supernatural
65: The Strangest Story
66: I Shall Never Eat Elephant Flesh
67: A Dream Come True
68: The Body Snatcher
69: The Old Tailor and His Untimely Call to Prayer
70: Crime and Punishment
71: An Unlucky Encounter
72: The Man and the Lark
73: Two Surrealist Stories from the Desert
74: The Story of Tamim al-Dari
VII: Tales of Love
75: A Love Story
76: A Strange Vow
77: A Merchant and His Wife
78: A Final Meeting
79: A Party Crasher’s Reward
80: Parting and Reunion
VIII: Excerpts from Seven Major Classical Works
81: From Ibn Tufail, Hayy ibn Yaqzan
82: From Al-Jahiz, Al-Bukhala (Book of Misers)
83: From Ibn al-Muqaffa, Kalila and Dimna
84: From Rasail Ikhwan al-Safa (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity)
85: From Al-Maqamat (The Assemblies)
86: From Abu l-Ala al-Maarri, Risalat al-Ghufran
87: From The Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan: An Arab Folk Epic
Notes on the Translators
Name Index
Subject Index
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