01873nam a22001937a 4500 20260514133149.0 260514b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d (pbk) UE-CL 297.8 An864 Anthology of islamic literature New York: Meridian Books, 1975 379 p. *Contents* 1. Introduction ................................................. 3 2. Transliteration ........................................... 17 3. Islamic proper names .................................. 19 4. Islamic dates ............................................... 21 5. The koran: scripture and literature ...... 22 - meccan chapters ........................................ 34 - medinan chapters ...................................... 46 6. Early arabic poetry ................................... 52 - the odes of amru al-qays, labid, and tarafah ........ 54 - poems from early anthologies .................... 61 7. Proverbs ....................................................... 63 8. The age of the caliphs [632-1050] - historical summary .............................. 69 - ibn al-muqaffa: the monkey and the tortoise ......... 73 - ibn ishaq: the prophet mohammed ............. 79 - the new poets ........................................... 84 - al-jahiz: clever sayings ............................. 91 - al-jahiz: flies and mosquitoes ................... 94 - al-hallaj: the crucifixion of a mystic ......... 96 - rudaki: two poems ................................... 105 - al-mutanabbi: lauds ................................. 107 English Anthology--Islamic--literature Edited by: James Kritzeck BK 26533 26532 0 0 0 1 LIST LIST 2026-05-14 0 297.8 An864 T5739D 2026-05-14 13:32:33 2026-05-14 BK