The Divine Names - ?Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani

The Divine Names - ?Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani

Maqamat Abi Zayd al-Saruji - al-Hariri

Maq¿m¿t Ab¿ Zayd al-Sar¿j¿ is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of the celebrated work by al-¿ar¿r¿, which is also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as Impostures. Al-¿ar¿r¿'s text consists of fifty stories about the adventures of the itinerant con man and master of persuasion Ab¿ Zayd al-Sar¿j¿, as told by the equally itinerant and often gullible narrator al-¿¿rith ibn H¿mmam. Al-¿ar¿r¿ was a virtuoso writer of the rhymed prose narrative genre..

Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah - A Scholarly Edition of 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi's Text - Luke Yarbrough

Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah - A Scholarly Edition of 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi's Text - Luke Yarbrough

Stories of Piety and Prayer - Deliverance Follows Adversity - al-Muhassin ibn ?Ali al-Tanukhi

Al-Muhassin ibn 'Ali al-Tanukhi (327¿84/939¿94) lived in Basra and Baghdad. As a judge and man of letters belonging to a family with many connections, he was well placed to record the literary trends of his day. Deliverance Follows Adversity is one of two anthologies he compiled.

In Deadly Embrace - Ibn Al-Mu&

\Arabic hunting poetry from the Abbasid era, by renowned poet Ibn al-Mutazz\--

Disagreements of the Jurists - A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory - al-Qadi al-Nu?man

Al-Qadi al-Nu 'Man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This book focuses on Islamic legal theory, which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimids' principle of legitimate rule over the Islamic community.

The Discourses - Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature-Volume One - al-Hasan al-Yusi

Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life Al-¿asan al-Y¿s¿ was arguably the most influential and well-known Moroccan intellectual figure of his generation. In 1084/1685, at the age of roughly fifty-four, and after a long and distinguished career, this Amazigh scholar from the Middle Atlas began writing a collection of short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Completed three years later and gathered together under the title Discourses on Language and Literature (al-Muhadarat..

The Book of Charlatans - Jamal al-Din ?Abd al-Rahim al-Jawbari

Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East The Book of Charlatans is a comprehensive guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth century in the cities of the Middle East, especially in Syria and Egypt. Al-Jawbar¿ was well versed in the practices he describes and may have been a reformed charlatan himself. Divided into thirty chapters, the book reveals the secrets of everyone from ¿Those Who Claim to be Prophets¿ to ¿Those Who Claim..

The Book of Charlatans - Jamal al-Din ?Abd al-Rahim al-Jawbari

Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East The Book of Charlatans is a comprehensive guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth century in the cities of the Middle East, especially in Syria and Egypt. Al-Jawbar¿ was well versed in the practices he describes and may have been a reformed charlatan himself. Divided into thirty chapters, the book reveals the secrets of everyone from ¿Those Who Claim to be Prophets¿ to ¿Those Who Claim..

Light in the Heavens - Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad - al-Qadi al-Quda?i

Humanitarian lessons and practical insights from the prophet of IslamThe words of Muhammad, messenger of God and prophet of Islam, have a special place in the hearts of his followers. Wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an, they are cited by scholars in a vast array of disciplines-including law, theology, metaphysics, poetry, grammar, history, and medicine-and are quoted by Muslims to one another in their daily lives. Light in the Heavens by al-Qadi al-Quda'i, a Sunni judge in the Fatimid..

The Discourses - Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature-Volume One - al-Hasan al-Yusi

Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious lifeAl-Hasan al-Yusi was arguably the most influential and well-known Moroccan intellectual figure of his generation. In 1084/1685, at the age of roughly fifty-four, and after a long and distinguished career, this Amazigh scholar from the Middle Atlas began writing a collection of short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Completed three years later and gathered together under the title Discourses on Language and Literature (al-Muhadarat..

Disagreements of the Jurists - A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory - al-Qadi al-Nu?man

A masterful overview of Islamic law and its diversityAl-Qadi al-Nu''man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North AfricanFatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available for thefirst time in English his major work on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh),which presents a legal model insupport of the Fatimid claim to legitimate rule.Composed as part of a grand project to establish the theoreticalbases of the official Fatimid legal school, Disagreements of the Juristsexpounds..

A Physician on the Nile - A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years - ?Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

Flora, fauna, and famine in thirteenth-century EgyptA Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence. Written by the polymath and physician ¿Abd al-Lä¿f al-Baghd¿d¿, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-N¿¿ir, the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt¿s geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic..

The Rules of Logic - Al-K&

\Logic was revered in the thirteenth century, perhaps more highly than it has been revered before or since. In the Muslim East, logic was an integral part of the syllabus of schools and found to be especially helpful for legal studies. It was at this time that The Canons of Logic was composed by Najm al-Din al-Katibi, a scholar of the Shafi'i school of law. The Rules of Logic is the most widely read introduction to logic in the Arabic-speaking world. It has probably enjoyed a longer shelf-life than..

In Darfur - An Account of the Sultanate and Its People - Muhammad al-Tunisi

A merchant¿s remarkable travel account of an African kingdomMüammad al-T¿nis¿ (d. 1274/1857) belonged to a family of Tunisian merchants trading with Egypt and what is now Sudan. Al-T¿nis¿ was raised in Cairo and a graduate of al-Azhar. In 1803, at the age of fourteen, al-T¿nis¿ set off for the Sultanate of Darfur, where his father had decamped ten years earlier. He followed the Forty Days Road, was reunited with his father, and eventually took over the management of the considerable estates..

The Principles of Sufism - ?A?ishah al-Ba?uniyyah

'A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah of Damascus was one of the great women scholars in Islamic history. Born into a prominent family of pious scholars and Sufi devotees, 'A'ishah received a thorough religious education and memorized the Quran at age eight. A mystic and a prolific poet and writer, she composed more works in Arabic than any other woman before the twentieth century. Yet despite her extraordinary literary and religious achievements, 'A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah remains largely unknown. For the first time,..

The Epistle on Legal Theory - A Translation of Al-Shafi'i's Risalah - Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d 204 H/820 AD), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam. This book deals with this work.

In Darfur - An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume One - Muhammad al-Tunisi

A merchant''s account of his travels through an independent African state Muhammad ibn ''Umar al-Tunisi (d. 1274/1857) belonged to a family of Tunisian merchants trading with Egypt and what is now Sudan. Al-Tunisi was raised in Cairo and a graduate of al-Azhar. In 1803, at the age of fourteen, al-Tunisi set off for the Sultanate of Darfur, where his father had decamped ten years earlier. He followed the Forty Days Road, was reunited with his father, and eventually took over the management of the..

In Darfur - An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two - Muhammad al-Tunisi

A merchant''s account of his travels through an independent African state Muhammad ibn ''Umar al-Tunisi (d. 1274/1857) belonged to a family of Tunisian merchants trading with Egypt and what is now Sudan. Al-Tunisi was raised in Cairo and a graduate of al-Azhar. In 1803, at the age of fourteen, al-Tunisi set off for the Sultanate of Darfur, where his father had decamped ten years earlier. He followed the Forty Days Road, was reunited with his father, and eventually took over the management of the..

Najm al-Din al-Katibi’s al-Risalah al-Shamsiyyah - Tony Street

Leg over Leg - Volume Four - Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq

Recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq,' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. This book celebrates the genius and beauty of the classical Arabic language.

Leg over Leg - Volume Three - Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq

Recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq,' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. This book celebrates the genius and beauty of the classical Arabic language.

The Epistle of Forgiveness - Volumes One and Two - Abu l-?Ala? al-Ma?arri

Known as \one of the most complex and unusual texts in Arabic literature\ (Banipal Magazine), The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449/1057), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qari. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al-Qari's hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven, where he meets famous poets and philologists from the past. In..

Leg over Leg - Volumes One and Two - Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq

The life, birth, and early years of 'the Fariyaq'¿the alter ego of the Arab intellectual Ahmad Faris al-ShidyaqLeg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of ¿the Fariyaq,¿ alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England, and France, provide the author with grist for wide-ranging..

Leg over Leg - Volumes Three and Four - Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq

The life, birth, and early years of 'the Fariyaq'¿the alter ego of the Arab intellectual Ahmad Faris al-ShidyaqLeg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of ¿the Fariyaq,¿ alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England, and France, provide the author with grist for wide-ranging..