Impostures
al-Ḥarīrī
TranslatedbyMichaelCooperson
ForewordbyAbdelfattahKilito
Angroundbreakingnewtransla�onofacelebratedworkofArabicliterature. Impostures followsthe roguishAbūZaydal-SarūjīinhisadventuresaroundthemedievalMiddleEast—impersona�ngapreacher, pretendingtobeblind,andlyingtoajudge.Ineveryescapadeheshowshimselftobeabrilliantand persuasivewordsmith,composingpoetry,palindromes,andriddlesonthespot.
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AHundredandOneNights
Edited&TranslatedbyBruceFudge
ForewordbyRobertIrwin
KnowntousonlythroughNorthAfrican manuscripts,andtranslatedintoEnglishfor thefirst�me, AHundredandOneNights isa marvelousexampleoftherichtradi�onof popularArabicstorytelling.Thiscareful edi�onandvibranttransla�onpromisesto transportreaders,newandveteranalike,into itsfantas�calrealmsofmagicandwonder.
APhysicianontheNile
ADescriptionofEgyptandJournalofthe FamineYears
Abdal-Laṭīfal-Baghdādī
TranslatedbyTimMackintosh-Smith ForewordbyMansouraEz-Eldin
APhysicianontheNile beginsasadescrip�on ofeverydaylifeinEgyptattheturnofthe seventh/thirteenthcentury,beforebecoming aharrowingaccountoffamineandpes�lence.
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AccountsofChinaandIndia
AbūZaydal-Sīrāfī
ForewordbyZviBen-DorBenite
TranslatedbyTimMackintosh-Smith
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October2021PB9781479810567£12.99542pp HB9781479800841£25.99534pp|eBook9781479800858£25.99 OneoftheWallStreetJournal'sTop10BooksoftheYear Winner,2020SheikhZayedBookAward,TranslationCategory Finalist,2021PROSEAward,LiteratureCategory
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ATreasuryofVirtues Sayings,Sermons,andTeachingsof'Ali, withtheOneHundredProverbsattributed toal-Jahiz al-Qāḍīal-Quḍāʿī Edited&Translatedby TaheraQutbuddin Acollec�onofsayings,sermons,andteachings a�ributedto'AliibnAbiTalib(d.40/661),the cousinandson-in-lawoftheProphet Muhammad,thefirstShiaImamandthefourthSunniCaliph. NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS Series:LibraryofArabicLiterature April2014306pp
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The9thand10thcenturieswitnessedthe establishmentofasubstan�alnetworkof mari�metradeacrosstheIndianOcean.An excep�onalexemplarofArabictravelwri�ng, thisbookisacompila�onofreportsand anecdotesaboutthelandsandpeoplesofthis diverseterritory.
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AbdallāhibnSbayyil
TranslatedbyMarcelKurpershoek
ForewordbyAnnmarieDrury
ArabianRoman�c captureswhatitwasliketo liveincentralArabiabeforetheimposi�onof austerenormsbytheWahhabiauthori�esin theearlytwen�ethcentury:talesofrobbery andhotpursuit;perilousdesertcrossings; scenesofexhaus�onandchaoswhenwaterisraisedfromdeepwells underharshcondi�ons;thedistressofwoundedandworn-out animalsonthebrinkofperdi�on;onceproudwarriorswhoareatthe mercyoftheirenemyonthefieldofba�le.
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BrainsConfoundedbytheOde
ofAbūShādūfExpounded Yūsufal-Shirbīnī
TranslatedbyHumphreyDavies
ForewordbyYoussefRakha
Uniqueinpre-20th-centuryArabicliterature fortakingthecountrysideasitscentral theme, BrainsConfounded isaworkof outstandingimportanceforthestudyofpremoderncolloquialEgyp�anArabic.InVolume One,Al-Shirbinidescribesthethreerural“types”—peasantcul�vator, villageman-of-religionandruraldervish.VolumeTwoisfollowedby RisibleRhymes,mockingthepretensionsofuneducatedpoetsfrom Egypt’scountryside.
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ArabianSatire
Poetryfrom18th-CenturyNajd
Ḥmēdānal-Shwēʿir
Edited&Translatedby MarcelKurpershoek
Amasterofsa�reknownforhisribaldhumor, self-depreca�on,andinvec�veverse(hijāʾ), thepoetḤmēdānal-Shwēʿirwasanacerbic cri�cofhissocietyanditsmorals.Thepoems in ArabianSa�re revealaplucky,headstrong, yetintenselysociallycommi�edfigure— representa�veofthetradi�onalNajdīethos—whoinfuseshisverse withproverbs,maxims,andwordsofwisdomexpressedplainlyand conversa�onally.
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ClassicalArabicLiterature
ALibraryofArabicLiteratureAnthology GeertJanvanGelder
Amajortransla�onachievement,this anthologypresentsarichassortmentof classicalArabicpoemsandliteraryprose, frompre-Islamic�mesun�ltheeighteenth century,withshortintroduc�onstoguide non-specialiststudentsandinforma�ve endnotesandbibliographyforadvanced scholars.Bothentertainingandinforma�ve, ClassicalArabicLiterature rangesfromtheearlyBedouinpoemswith theirevoca�onofdesertlifetorefinedurbanlyricalverse,from tenderlovepoetrytosonorouseulogyandviciouslampoon,andfrom theheightsofmys�calrapturetothefrivolityofcomicverse.
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Al-Qadial-Nu'manwasthechieflegaltheorist andideologueoftheNorthAfricanFa�mid dynastyinthetenthcentury.Thistransla�on makesavailableforthefirst�meinEnglishhis majorworkonIslamiclegaltheory(usulal-fiqh),whichpresentsa legalmodelinsupportoftheFa�midclaimtolegi�materule. Composedaspartofagrandprojecttoestablishthetheore�calbases oftheofficialFa�midlegalschool, DisagreementsoftheJurists expoundsadis�nctlyShi'isystemofhermeneu�cs.
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ArabianRomantic
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PoemsonBedouinLifeandLove
ConsortsoftheCaliphs WomenandtheCourtofBaghdad Ibnal-Sāʿī TranslatedbyShawkatM.Toorawa& TheEditorsoftheLibraryofArabic Literature IntroductionbyJuliaBray ForewordbyMarinaWarner ConsortsoftheCaliphs isaseventh/ thirteenth-centurycompila�onofanecdotes aboutthirty-eightwomenwhowereconsortstothoseinpower,most ofthemconcubinesoftheearlyAbbasidcaliphsandwivesofla�er-
daycaliphsandsultans.Thisslimbutillumina�ngvolumeisoneofthe fewsurvivingtextsbytheprolificBaghdadischolarIbnal-Sa'i.
DisagreementsoftheJurists AManualofIslamicLegalTheory al-Qāḍīal-Nuʿmān TranslatedbyDevinStewart
ForewordbyJohnCoughlin& JohnSexton
InDarfur
AnAccountoftheSultanateandItsPeople
Muḥammadal-Tūnisī
TranslatedbyHumphreyDavies
ForewordbyKwameAnthonyAppiah
IntroductionbyR.S.O'Fahey
Anineteenth-centurymerchant’saccountof histravelsthroughanindependentAfrican state. InDarfur combinesliterature,history, ethnography,linguis�cs,andtraveladventure, andmostunusuallyforits�me,includesfi�y-twoillustra�onsdrawn bytheauthor.ArareexampleofanArabdescrip�onofAfricaonthe eveofWesterncoloniza�on,vividlyevokingaworldinwhichtravel wasuntrammeledbybureaucracy,borderswerefluid,andstartling coincidencesappearalmostmundane.
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LightintheHeavens
Edited&Translatedby
AssemblingMuhammad’swordshasbeena majorpreoccupa�onforscholarsthroughout thefourteencenturiessincehisdeath, resul�nginanabundanceofcompila�ons. Onewhichstandsoutinpar�cularis Lightin theHeavens (Kitabal-Shihab)byal-QadialQuda'i(d.454/1062),aShafi'ijudgeintheFa�midcourtinEgypt.The collec�on’soverallconceptualiza�onisdis�nc�velyethicaland pragma�c,andoffershumanitarianlessonsandprac�calinsightswith universalappeal.
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ScentsandFlavors
ASyrianCookbook
Edited&TranslatedbyCharlesPerry
Collec�ng635me�culousrecipes,this popularthirteenth-centurySyriancookbookis anodetowhatitsanonymousauthorcallsthe “greaterpartofthepleasureofthislife,” namelytheconsump�onoffoodanddrink,as wellasthefragrancesthatgarnishthemeals andthedinerswhoenjoythem. Scentsand Flavors quicklybecameabestsellerinitsown �me,andremainstodayadelectablereadforepicuresandcultural historiansalike.
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LegoverLeg
AḥmadFārisal-Shidyāq
TranslatedbyHumphreyDavies
Recountsthelife,frombirthtomiddleage,of ‘theFariyaq,’alteregoofAhmadFarisalShidyaq,apivotalfigureintheintellectualand literaryhistoryofthemodernArabworld. VolumesOneandTwofollowthehapless Fariyaqthroughhisyouthandearlyeduca�on. VolumesThreeandFourseetheperipate�c FariyaqfallinloveandconverttoCatholicism fortwenty-fourhoursinordertomarry.
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MissiontotheVolga
AḥmadibnFaḍlān
ForewordbyTimSeverin
TranslatedbyJamesE.Montgomery
Theearliestsurvivinginstanceofsustained first-persontravelnarra�veinArabic—a pioneeringtextofpeerlesshistoricaland literaryvalue.Initspages,wemovenorthon adiploma�cmissionfromBaghdadtothe upperreachesoftheVolgaRiverinwhatis nowcentralRussia.IbnFadlandescribesthe auroraborealisandtheVikingRus,includingastrikingaccountofa shipfuneral.Together,theseanecdotesilluminateavibrantworldof diversityduringtheheydayoftheAbbasidEmpire,narratedwithas muchcuriosityandzealastheywereperceivedbyitsobservant beholder.
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TheBookofCharlatans
Jamālal-Dīn ʿAbdal-Raḥīmal-Jawbarī
EditedbyManuelaDengler
TranslatedbyHumphreyDavies
ForewordbyS.A.Chakraborty
TheBookofCharlatans isacomprehensive guidetotrickeryandscamsasprac�cedinthe thirteenthcenturyintheci�esoftheMiddle East,especiallyinSyriaandEgypt.Theauthor, al-Jawbarī,waswellversedintheprac�ceshe describesandmaywellhavebeenareformedcharlatanhimself. Dividedintothirtychapters,hisbookrevealsthesecretsofeveryone from“ThoseWhoClaimtobeProphets”to“ThoseWhoClaimto HaveLeprosy”and“ThoseWhoDyeHorses.”
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SayingsoftheProphetMuhammad al-Qadial-Quda'i
TaheraQutbuddin
TheBookofTravels
Two-VolumeSet
ḤannāDiyāb
EditedbyJohannesStephan
TranslatedbyEliasMuhanna
ForewordbyYasmineSeale
AfterwordbyPauloLemosHorta
TheBookofTravels isḤannāDiyāb’s remarkablefirst-personaccountofhistravels asayoungmanfromhishometownofAleppo tothecourtofVersaillesandbackagain,whichforeverlinkedhimto oneofthemostpopularpiecesofworldliterature,the Thousandand OneNights.
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TheEpistleofForgiveness isthereplybythe prolificSyrianwriterAbūl-ʿAlāʾal-Maʿarrī(d. 449/1057),toale�erwri�enbyanobscure grammarian,Ibnal-Qarih.Abūl-ʿAlāʾalMaʿarrīmocksIbnal-Qarih'shypocrisybyimagininghehasdiedand arrivedwithsomedifficultyinHeaven,wherehemeetsfamouspoets andphilologistsfromthepast.HealsoglimpsesHell,andconverses withtheDevilandvarioushere�cs.
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TheExcellenceoftheArabs
IbnQutaybah
TranslatedbySarahBowenSavant
Edited&TranslatedbyPeterWebb
EditedbyJamesE.Montgomery
TheExcellenceoftheArabs isaspirited defenseofArabiden�ty—itsmerits,values, andorigins—ata�meofpoli�calunrestand fragmenta�on,wri�enbyoneofthemost importantscholarsoftheearlyAbbasidera.In thecosmopolitanmilieuofBaghdad,thesocialpres�gea�achedto claimsofbeingArabhadbeguntodecline.Althoughhisownfamily originallyhailedfromMervintheeast,IbnQutaybahlockshornswith thosemembersofhissocietywhobeli�ledArabnessandvauntedthe gloriesofPersianheritageandculture.Instead,heupholdsthestatus ofArabsandtheirheritageinthefaceofcri�cismanduncertainty.
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TheDiscourses
ReflectionsonHistory,Sufism,Theology, andLiterature—VolumeOne
al-Ḥasanal-Yūsī
TranslatedbyJustinStearns
ForewordbyAyeshaRamachandran
Al-Hasanal-Yusiwasarguablythemost influen�alandwell-knownMoroccan intellectualfigureofhisgenera�on.In 1084/1685,attheageofroughlyfi�y-four, anda�eralonganddis�nguishedcareer,thisAmazighscholarfrom theMiddleAtlasbeganwri�ngacollec�onofshortessaysonawide varietyofsubjects.TranslatedintoEnglishforthefirst�me, The Discourses offersreadersaccesstotheintellectuallandscapeofthe earlymodernMuslimworldthroughanauthorwhospeaksopenly andfranklyabouthispersonallifeandhisrela�onshipswithhis country’srulers,scholars,andcommoners.
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TheEpistleonLegalTheory
ATranslationofAl-Shafi'i'sRisalah MuhammadibnIdrisal-Shafi'i
ForewordbyKeciaAli
TranslatedbyJosephE.Lowry
TheEpistleonLegalTheory istheoldest survivingArabicworkonIslamiclegaltheory andthefounda�onaldocumentofIslamic jurisprudence.Itsauthor,Muhammadibn Idrisal-Shafi'i(d.204/820),wastheeponym oftheShafi'ischooloflegalthought,oneofthefourritesinSunni Islam.Thisfascina�ngworkoffersthefirstsystema�ctreatmentin ArabicofkeyissuesinIslamiclegalthought.
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TheExpeditions
AnEarlyBiographyofMuḥammad MaʿmaribnRāshid
TranslatedbySeanW.Anthony
ForewordbyM.A.S.AbdelHaleem
TheExpedi�ons representsanimportant tes�monytotheearliestMuslims’memoryof thelivesofMuḥammadandhiscompanions, andisanindispensabletextforgaininginsight intothehistoricalbiographyofboththe ProphetandtheriseoftheIslamicempire.Thisnewtransla�on, whichrenderstheoriginaltextintoreadable,modernEnglishforthe first�me,isaccompaniedbynumerousannota�onselucida�ngthe cultural,religious,andhistoricalcontextsoftheeventsandindividuals describedwithinitspages.
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TheEpistleofForgiveness VolumesOneandTwo Abūl-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī ForewordbyMatthewReynolds TranslatedbyGregorSchoeler&Geert JanvanGelder
Tammām
AbūBakral-Ṣūlī
TranslatedbyBeatriceGruendler ForewordbyTerenceCave
In TheLifeandTimesofAbūTammām,here translatedintoEnglishforthefirst�me,the cour�erandscholarAbūBakrMuḥammadibn Yaḥyāal-Ṣūlī(d.335or336/946or947) mountsarobustdefenseof“modern”poetry andofAbūTammām’ssignificanceasapoetagainsthisdetractors, whilepain�ngalivelypictureofliterarylifeinBaghdadandSamarra.
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philologicaltothescien�fic, ThePhilosopherRespondsistherecordof asetofques�onsputbytheli�erateurAbūḤayyānal-Tawḥīdītothe philosopherandhistorianAbūʿAlīMiskawayh.
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TheLifeofIbn Ḥanbal
Ibnal-Jawzī
TranslatedbyMichaelCooperson ForewordbyGarthFowden
TheLifeofIbnḤanbal isatransla�onofthe biographyofIbnHanbalbytheBaghdad preacher,scholar,andstorytellerIbnal-Jawzī (d.597/1200),newlyabridgedfora paperbackreadershipbytranslatorMichael Cooperson.AḥmadibnḤanbal(d.241/855), renownedforhisprofoundknowledgeofhadiths—thereportsofthe Prophet’ssayingsanddeeds—isamajorfigureinthehistoryofIslam. Hewasfamousforlivingaccordingtohisownstrictinterpreta�onof theProphe�cmodelandfordenyinghimselfthemostbasiccomforts, eventhoughhisfamilywasprominentandhiscity,Baghdad,wasthen oneofthewealthiestintheworld.
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ThePrinciplesofSufism
ishahal-Bā
ūniyyah
TranslatedbyTh.EmilHomerin
ForewordbyRosBallaster
'A'ishahal-Ba'uniyyahofDamascuswasone ofthegreatwomenscholarsinIslamichistory. Amys�candaprolificpoetandwriter,she composedmoreworksinArabicthanany otherwomanbeforethetwen�ethcentury. Forthefirst�me,herkeywork, ThePrinciples ofSufism,isavailableinEnglishtransla�on. ThePrinciplesofSufism isamys�calguidebooktohelpotherson theirspiritualpath.OutliningthefourprinciplesofRepentance, Sincerity,Remembrance,andLove,ittracesthefundamentalstages andstatesofthespiritualnovice’stransforma�vejourney, emphasizingtheimportanceofembracingbothhumanlimita�ons andGod’slimitlesslove.
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TheYogaSutrasofPatañjali
AbūRayḥānal-Bīrūnī
Edited&TranslatedbyMarioKozah
TheYogaSutrasofPatañjali isthe founda�onaltextofyogaphilosophy,usedby millionsofyogaprac��onersandstudents worldwide.Wri�eninaques�on-and-answer format, TheYogaSutrasofPatañjali deals withthetheoryandprac�ceofyogaandthe psychologicalques�onofthelibera�onofthe soulfroma�achments.ThisbookisanewrenderingintoEnglishof theArabictransla�onandcommentaryofthistextbythebrilliant eleventh-centurypolymathal-Bīrūnī.
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TheLifeandTimesofAbū
ThePhilosopherResponds AnIntellectualCorrespondencefromthe TenthCentury Abū Ḥayyānal-Tawḥīdī&Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh TranslatedbySophiaVasalou& JamesE.Montgomery ForewordbyJonathanRée Whyislaughtercontagious?Whydo mountainsexist?Spanningavastarrayof subjectsthatrangefromthephilosophicaltothetheological,fromthe
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TheSwordofAmbition BureaucraticRivalryinMedievalEgypt ʿUthmānibnIbrāhīmal-Nābulusī Forewordby Sherman'Abdal-HakimJackson Edited&Translatedby LukeYarbrough TheSwordofAmbi�on belongstoagenreof religiouspolemicwri�enfortherulersof EgyptandSyriafromthe12thtothe14th centuries.Noweditedinfullandtranslatedforthefirst�me, The SwordofAmbi�on opensanewwindowontothecultureofelite rivalryinthelate-medievalIslamicMiddleEast.
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WarSongs
AntarahibnShaddād
TranslatedbyJamesE.Montgomery
WithRichardSieburth
ForewordbyPeterCole
Fromthesixth-centuryhighlandsofNajdin theArabianpeninsula,ontheeveofthe adventofIslam,comethestridentcriesofa legendarywarriorandpoet.Theblackoutcast sonofanArabfatherandanEthiopianslave mother,'AntarahibnShaddadstruggledtowintherecogni�onofhis fatherandtribe.Hedefiedsocialnormsand,despitehisoutcast status,loyallydefendedhispeople.
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What ʿĪsāibnHishāmToldUs
Or,APeriodofTime
Muḥammadal-Muwayliḥī
TranslatedbyRogerAllen
ForewordbyMariaGolia
Amasterpieceofearly20th-centuryArabic prose,invaluablebothforitsinsightinto colonialEgyptanditspioneeringrolein Arabicliteraryhistory.Widelyhailedforits erudi�onandmordantwit,itwasembraced byEgypt’sburgeoningreadingpublicandbecamerequiredreadingfor genera�onsofschoolstudents.
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KalīlahandDimnah
FablesofVirtueandVice
Ibnal-Muqaffaʿ
TranslatedbyMichaelFishbein& JamesE.Montgomery
ForewordbyMarinaWarner
LikeAesop’s Fables, KalīlahandDimnah is acollec�ondesignednotonlyformoral instruc�on,butalsofortheentertainment ofreaders.Thestories,whichoriginatedin theSanskritPanchatantraandMahabharata,wereadapted, augmented,andtranslatedintoArabicbythescholarandstate officialIbnal-Muqaffaʿinthesecond/eighthcentury.
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Love,Death,Fame
PoetryandLorefromtheEmiratiOral Tradition al-Māyidīibn Ẓāhir
TranslatedbyMarcelKurpershoek
ForewordbyDavidElmer
Love,Death,Fame featuresthepoetryof al-MāyidīibnẒāhir,whohasbeen embracedastheearliestpoetinwhat wouldlaterbecometheUnitedArab Emirates.Althoughli�leisknownabouthislife,heisthesubject ofasizeablebodyoffolklegendandisthoughttohavelivedinthe seventeenthcentury,intheareanowcalledtheEmirates.
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