Anthology of Islamic literature, from the rise of Islam to modern times
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Literary collections; Letterkunde; Littérature iranienne; Traducciones del árabe; Translations into English; Arabic literature; Littérature persane; Littérature arabe; Oosterse talen; Traductions anglaises; Persian literature; Literatura inglesa
Notes: Bibliography: p. 378-379.

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