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Anthology of Islamic literature, from the rise of Islam to modern times
1964, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
in English - [1st ed.].
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1964, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
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Table of 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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Bibliography: p. 378-379.

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808.89
Library of Congress
PJ7694.E1 K7

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vii, 379 p.
Number of pages
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Internet Archive
anthologyofislam00krit
LCCN
63011871
OCLC/WorldCat
323383

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