Anthology of Islamic literature, from the rise of Islam to modern times
By: introduced and edited by James Kritzeck
Series: Pelican books
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Harmondsworth, Eng
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: English literature; Translations from Arabic; Quelle; Letterkunde; Translations into English; Arabic literature; Translations from Persian; Oosterse talen; Islamische Literatur; Persian literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-398).
Table of contents: title: THE KORAN: SCRIPTURE AND LITERATURE; title: Meccan Chapters; title: Medinan Chapters; title: EARLY ARABIC POETRY; title: Odes; title: Poems from Early Anthologies; title: PROVERBS; title: The AGE OF THE CALIPHS (632-1050); title: Historical Summary; title: The Monkey and the Tortoise / Ibm Al-Muqaffa; title: The Prophet Mohammed / Ibn Ishaq; title: The New Poets; title: Clever Sayings / Al-jahiz.; title: Flies and Mosquitoes; title: The Crucifixion of a Mystic / Al-Hallaj; title: Two Poems / Rudaki; title: Lauds / Al-Mutanabbi; title: Sufi Sayings / Al-Kalabadhi; title: Rustam and Sohrab / Firdawsi / Doubts / Al-Maarri; title: Falling in Love / Ibn Hazm; title: Anxiety; title: Moorish Poetry.; title: TURKS, FRANKS, AND MONGOLS (1050-1350); title: Historical Summary; title: Advice to Governors / Nizam Al-Mulk; title: The Purchase of Slaves / Kai Kaus; title: Quatrains / Umar Khayyam; title: Confessions of a Troubled Believer / Al-Ghazzali; title: Encounters in Oriental Cities / Al-Hariri; title: Samarkand; title: Tiflis; title: Samarqandi : Stories About Persian Poets.; title: Rudaki; title: Firdawsi; title: Umar Khayyam; title: Alone on a Desert Island / Ibu Tufayl; title: A Moslem View of the Crusades / Usamah; title: A Pilgrimage to Mecca / Ibn Jubayr; title: Star-crossed Lovers / Nizami; title: The Demon and the Sage / Al-Warawini; title: The Bird Parliament / Attar; title: Love Poems / Rumi; title: Illustrations; title: Morals / Sadi.; title: ISLAM'S NEW WORLD (1350-1800); title: Historical Summary; title: The Muldive Islands / Ibn Battutah; title: Ten Odes / Hafiz; title: Group Solidarity / Ibn Khaldun; title: 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: Maruf the Cobbler; title: The Women of Memphis / Jami; title: Memoirs of a Conqueror / Babur; title: The Year 1502; title: The Year 1526; title: Mogul Poetry; title: Tobacco / Hajji Khalifah; title: Coffee; title: Bribery / Sari Mehmed Pasha; title: Ottoman Poetry; title: The Bloody Popular / Karagöz.