Anthology of Islamic literature
Subtitle: From the rise of Islam to modern times
By: Selected, edited, and introduced by James Kritzeck.
Contributors: Kritzeck, James.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York, Chicago, San Francisco
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION; title: TRANSLITERATION; title: ISLAMIC PROPER NAMES; 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
label: [632-1050 C.E.]; title: HISTORICAL SUMMARY; title: Ibn al-Muqaffa: The Monkey and the Tortoise; title: Ibn Ishaq: The Prophet Mohammed; 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
label: [1050-1350 C.E.]; title: HISTORICAL SUMMARY; title: Nizam al-Mulk: Advice to Governors; title: Kai Kaus: The Purchase of Slaves; title: Umar Khayyam: Quatrains; title: Al-Hariri: Encounters in Oriental Cities; title: Sumarqandi: Stories about Persian Poets; title: Ibn Tufayl: Alone on a Desert Islant; title: Usamah: A Moslem View of the 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
label: [1350-1800 C.E.]; 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: Maruf the Cobbler; 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; title: SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY