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War Songs
ʿANTARAH IBN SHADDĀD Edited by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY Translated by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY WITH RICHARD SIEBURTH Foreword by PETER COLE
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Poems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior
War Songs Antarah ibn Shaddād translated by james e. montgomery with richard sieburth foreword by peter cole
“The Library of Arabic Literature has another landmark success with this socalled untranslatable poet... Sixth-century Arabia may be ‘strange,’ but the years of struggle on the part of this scholar-writer and his poet collaborator have given the general reader a visceral insight into this world in compelling, beautiful poetry.” — Times Literary Supplement 320 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-5879-8 • $14.00 438 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-8090-4 • $40.00
Poems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior
Stories of Piety and Prayer
Deliverance Follows Adversity
AL-MUḤASSIN IBN ʿALĪ AL-TANŪKHĪ Edited and translated by JULIA BRAY
Uplifting tales from one of the most influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages Deliverance Follows Adversity is an anthology of stories and anecdotes designed to console and encourage the afflicted. Regarded as a pattern-book of Arabic storytelling, this collection shows how God’s providence works through His creatures to rescue them from tribulations. This edition and translation includes the first three chapters of the work. The complete translation, spanning four volumes, will be the first integral translation into any European language. 320 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-5596-4 • $35.00
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The Philosopher Responds
The Discourses
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An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volumes One and Two
ABŪ ʿALĪ AL-ḤASAN AL-YŪSĪ Edited and translated by JUSTIN STEARNS
ABŪ ḤAYYĀN AL-TAWḤĪDĪ and ABŪ ʿALĪ MISKAWAYH Edited by BILAL ORFALI and MAURICE POMERANTZ Translated by SOPHIA VASALOU and JAMES E. MONTGOMERY
Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life
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Questions and answers from two great philosophers
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Arabian Romantic
In Darfur
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ʿABDALLĀH IBN SBAYYIL Edited and translated by MARCEL KURPERSHOEK
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE SULTANATE AND ITS PEOPLE VOLUME ONE
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MUḤAMMAD AL-TŪNISĪ Edited and translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES Historical introduction by R.S. O’FAHEY
A merchant’s account of his travels through an independent African state 320 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-7638-9 • $40.00
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Arabian Satire
Scents and Flavors
Poetry from 18th-Century Najd
ḤMĒDĀN AL-SHWĒʿIR Edited and Translated by MARCEL KURPERSHOEK
A Syrian Cookbook
Edited and Translated by CHARLES PERRY
Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisies
208 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-7806-2 • $35.00
Delectable recipes from the medieval Middle East
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Light in the Heavens
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The Sword of Ambition
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MUḤAMMAD AL-MUWAYLIḤĪ Translated by ROGER ALLEN Foreword by MARIA GOLIA
Abū Bakr al-S·ūlī
translated by beatrice gruendler foreword by terence cave
A robust defense of a poetic genius
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Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British rule
Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British rule 524 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-4091-5 • $17.00
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A robust defense of a poetic genius 296 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6802-5 • $15.00
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The Life and Times of Abū Tammām
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YŪSUF AL-SHIRBĪNĪ and MUḤAMMAD IBN MAḤFŪẒ ALSANHŪRĪ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES 380 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2966-8 • $16.00
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224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2478-6 • $16.00
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes, Volume Two
Satires of rural society in Ottoman Egypt
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The Sword of Ambition
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IBN QUTAYBAH Translated by SARAH BOWEN SAVANT and PETER WEBB Foreword by JACK WEATHERFORD
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A Hundred and One Nights
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A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder
IBN AL-SĀʿĪ Translated by THE EDITORS OF THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE Introduction by JULIA BRAY Foreword by MARINA WARNER
Women and the Court of Baghdad
translated by bruce fudge foreword by robert irwin
Fantastic tales of magic and wonder
IBN FAḌLĀN
Translated by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY
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Ah·mad ibn Fad·lān
A riveting travelogue from Baghdad to the Central Asian steppe
Women and the Court of Baghdad
Ibn al-Sā ī translated by shawkat m. toorawa and the editors of the library of arabic literature introduction by julia bray foreword by marina warner Accounts of remarkable women at the world’s most powerful court
“A unique text… Offers the pleasure of reading about the highs and lows of women’s often hidden lives at the Abbasid court.” —Times Literary Supplement
Foreword by TIM SEVERIN
translated by james e. montgomery foreword by tim severin
Consorts of the Caliphs
“A rare and unusual book providing glimpses into the lives of influential Muslim women who often pulled the strings from behind the scene… Indispensable for the study of medieval Muslim culture and society.” —The Muslim News
Mission to the Volga
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The earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic
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translated by tahera qutbuddin foreword by rowan williams Insights into a life of integrity by a master of Arabic eloquence
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Sayings, Sermons and Teachings of ʿAlī, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jāḥiẓ
Accounts of China and India Abū Zayd al-Sīr āfī translated by tim mackintosh-smith foreword by zvi ben-dor benite
Lively depictions of the natural life, peoples, and kingdoms around the Indian Ocean
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An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, this book is a compilation of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse territory 124 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3059-6 • $15.00
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Being Muslim
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“A moving and incisive account of Muslim immigrant experiences.” — Saba Mahmood, author of Politics of Piety 409 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0056-8 • $27.00 In the Nation of Nations series
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RELIGION The Practice of Islam in America An Introduction
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Cover art: Pair of Doors, ca. 1325-30, Cairo, Egypt. Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891. Metropolitan Museum of Art 91.1.2064
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