TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edited by: James Kritzeck
TI  - Anthology of islamic literature
SN  - (pbk)
U1  - 297.8 
PY  - 1975///
CY  - New York
PB  - Meridian Books
KW  - Anthology--Islamic--literature
N1  - *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

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