Anthology of islamic literature 

 - New York:  Meridian Books,  1975 
 - 379 p. 
<br/><br/>*Contents*<br/><br/>1. Introduction ................................................. 3  <br/><br/>2. Transliteration ........................................... 17  <br/><br/>3. Islamic proper names .................................. 19  <br/><br/>4. Islamic dates ............................................... 21  <br/><br/>5. The koran: scripture and literature ...... 22  <br/><br/>   - meccan chapters ........................................ 34  <br/><br/>   - medinan chapters ...................................... 46  <br/><br/>6. Early arabic poetry ................................... 52  <br/><br/>   - the odes of amru al-qays, labid, and tarafah ........ 54  <br/><br/>   - poems from early anthologies .................... 61  <br/><br/>7. Proverbs ....................................................... 63  <br/><br/>8. The age of the caliphs [632-1050]  <br/><br/>   - historical summary .............................. 69  <br/><br/>   - ibn al-muqaffa: the monkey and the tortoise ......... 73  <br/><br/>   - ibn ishaq: the prophet mohammed ............. 79  <br/><br/>   - the new poets ........................................... 84  <br/><br/><br/>   - al-jahiz: clever sayings ............................. 91  <br/><br/>   - al-jahiz: flies and mosquitoes ................... 94  <br/><br/>   - al-hallaj: the crucifixion of a mystic ......... 96  <br/><br/>   - rudaki: two poems ................................... 105  <br/><br/>   - al-mutanabbi: lauds ................................. 107<br/> 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>(pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Anthology--Islamic--literature
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.8  / An864