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Letter from the General Editor | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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Notes to the Introduction | |
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Verse | |
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A Qasidah by �Abid ibn al-Abras | |
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A Qasidah by 'Alqamah ibn 'Abadah | |
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A Qasidah by al-Muthaqqib al-'Abdi | |
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An Elegy (Marthiyah) by al-Khansa' | |
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Polemics in Verse: An Invective Qasidah by al-Akhtal and a Reply by Jarir | |
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Love in the Desert: A Qasidah by Dhu 1-Rummah | |
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An Umayyad Ghazal Poem, used as an Abbasid Song Text | |
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An 'Udhri Ghazal attributed to Majnun Layla | |
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An Umayyad Ghazal by 'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah | |
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A Love Poem by Umrn Khalid | |
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Anti-Arab, Pro-Iranian Lampoon (Hija') by Bashshar ibn Burd | |
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A Modern (Muhdath) Ghazal Epigram by Abu Nuwas | |
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A Ghazal by Abu Nuwas: On a Boy Called 'Ali | |
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Two Wine Poems by Abu Nuwas | |
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A Lampooning Epigram (Hijd') by Abu Nuwas | |
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A Ghazal Poem by al-�Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf | |
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Three Love Epigrams by 'Ulayyah bint al-Mahdl | |
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A Poem of Asceticism (Zuhdiyyah) by Abu 1-Atahiyah | |
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Ibn d-Rumi: On His Poetry | |
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A Qasidah by Ibn al-Rumi: A Party at �Abd al-Malik ibn Salih al-Hashimi's | |
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A Panegyric Qasidah by al-Buhturi | |
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A Victory Ode by al-Mutanabbi: The Qasidah on Sayf al-Dawlah's Recapture of the Fortress of al-Hadath | |
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Nature Poetry: Two Epigrams by Ibn Khafajah | |
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Stropbic Poem: A Muwashshahah by al-A'ma al-Tutili | |
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An Anonymous Muwashshahah from Spain | |
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There Descended to You: A Philosophical Allegory by Ibn Sina | |
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Five Epigrams on Death and Belief, by Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri | |
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Mystical Ghazal: A Poem by Ibn al-Farid | |
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A Mystical Zajal by al-Shushtari | |
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Two Elegies on the Death of his Concubine, by Ibn Nubatah al-Misrl | |
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A Zajal: An Elegy on the Elephant Marzuq | |
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Rajaz | |
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Early Rajaz | |
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A Few Lines from the Poem of Proverbs by Abu l-'Atahiyah | |
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A Few Lines from The Thousand-liner by Ibn Malik | |
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Light Verse: A Domestic Disaster, by Abu 1-Hakam al Maghribi | |
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"Didactic" Verse: From a Poem on How to Behave in Society, by Ibn Makanis | |
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Prose | |
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Examples of Early Rhymed Prose (Saj�) | |
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A Pre-Islamic Tale: The Princess on the Myrtle Leaf (Three Versions) | |
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How the Queen of Sheba Became Queen | |
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Two Stories from Meadows of Gold by al-Mas'udi | |
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Lives of The Poets: al-Farazdaq Tells the Story of Imru' al-Qays and the Girls at the Pond | |
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Bedouin Romance: The Unhappy Love Story of Qays and Lubna | |
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A Parable: The Human Condition, or The Man in the Pit | |
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Mirror for Princes (and Others): Passages from Right Conduct by Ibn al-Muqaffa' | |
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Al-Jahiz on Flies and Other Things | |
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Essayistic Prose: Al-Tawhidi on the Superiority of the Arabs | |
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History as Literature: Al-Amin and al-Ma'mun, the Sons of Harun al-Rashid | |
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Moral Tales and Parables: Passages from The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren | |
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Prose Narrative: Four Stories by al-Tanukhi | |
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The Isfahan Maqamah by Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani | |
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The Debate of Pen and Sword, by Ahmad Ibn Burd al-Asghar | |
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A Visit to Heaven and Hell, by Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri | |
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Poetics: Ibn Rashiq on the Definition and Structure of Poetry | |
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Literary Criticism: From The Secrets of Eloquence by 'Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani | |
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Popular Science: Two Chapters from the Encyclopedia of Animals by al-Damiri | |
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A Section from an Adah Encyclopedia: The Chapter on Stinginess from The Precious and Refined in Every Genre and Kind by al-Ibshihi | |
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A Fairytale: The Tale of the Forty Girls | |
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Erotica: The Young Girl and the Dough Kneader, from The Old Man's Rejuvenation by al-Tifashi | |
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Two Burlesque Stories from Brains Confounded by al-Shirbini | |
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Lyrical Prose: A Visit to the Bath, by al-Haymi al-Kawkabani | |
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Notes | |
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Chronology | |
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Glossary of Names and Terms | |
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Bibliography | |
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Further Reading | |
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Index | |
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About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute | |
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About the Typefaces | |
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About the Translator | |