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The Sacred Books and Early Literature of The East

The Sacred Books and Early Literature of The East

by Charles F. Horne

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Editor
Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Title
The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, Volume 6 (of 14) Medieval Arabic, Moorish, and Turkish
Credits
Produced by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
Subject
Oriental literature -- Translations into English
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 55674
Release Date
October 2, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE SACRED BOOKS AND EARLY LITERATURE OF THE EAST
  4. 4.CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI — ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME VI
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION HOW THE TEACHING OF MOHAMMED SPREAD INTO MANY LANDS AND CREATED MANY LITERATURES
  6. 6.ARABIC LITERATURE — THE SUNAN THE DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF MOHAMMED AS PRESERVED BY HIS FOLLOWERS
  7. 7.(INTRODUCTION)
  8. 8.SELECTIONS FROM THE SUNAN OR, SAYINGS AND TRADITIONS OF MOHAMMED
  9. 9.EARLY HISTORY AND SCIENCE
  10. 10.(INTRODUCTION)
  11. 11.THE BOOK OF GOLDEN MEADOWS AND OF MINES OF PRECIOUS STONES
  12. 12.ON MEDICINE (BY AVICENNA)
  13. 13.THE EXISTING MONUMENTS OR "CHRONOLOGY" OF AL BIRUNI
  14. 14.PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
  15. 15.(INTRODUCTION)
  16. 16.THE RESCUER FROM ERROR
  17. 17.ZAMAKHSHARI'S COMMENTARY ON THE KORAN
  18. 18.GOLDEN NECKLACES OR THE MAXIMS OF ZAMAKHSHAHI
  19. 19.THE "ASSEMBLIES" OF AL HARIRI
  20. 20.(INTRODUCTION)
  21. 21.PREFACE
  22. 22.THE FIRST ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF SAN'A") 15 — THE SECOND ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF HOLWAN") 16 — THE THIRD ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF KAYLAH") 17 — THE FOURTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF DAMIETTA") 18 — THE FIFTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF KUFA") 19 — THE SIXTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF MERAGHAH," OR "THE DIVERSIFIED") 20 — THE SEVENTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF BARAK'ID") 21 — THE EIGHTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF MA'AKRAH") 22 — THE NINTH ASSEMBLY, (CALLED "OF ALEXANDRIA") 24 — THE TENTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF RAHBAH") 25 — THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF SAWEH") 26 — THE TWELFTH ASSEMBLY (CALLED "OF DAMASCUS") 27
  23. 23.THE POETS OF ARABIA
  24. 24.(INTRODUCTION)
  25. 25.THE SONG OF MAISUNA 28 — TO MY FATHER 29 — ON FATALISM 30 — TO THE CALIPH HAROUN AL RASHID 31 — LINES TO HAROUN AND YAHIA 32 — THE RUIN OF THE BARMECIDES 33 — TO TAHER BEN HOSIEN 34 — TO MY MISTRESS 35 — TO A FEMALE CUP-BEARER 36 — MASHDUD ON THE MONKS OF KHABBET 37 — RAKEEK TO HIS FEMALE COMPANIONS — DIALOGUE BY RAIS — TO A LADY WEEPING 38 — ON A VALETUDINARIAN — ON A MISER — TO CASSIM OBIO ALLAH 39 — A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY 40 — TO A CAT — FIRE — TO A LADY BLUSHING 41 — ON THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE — TO A DOVE — ON A THUNDER-STORM — TO MY FAVORITE MISTRESS — CRUCIFIXION OF EBN BAKIAH — CAPRICES OF FORTUNE 42 — ON LIFE — EXTEMPORE VERSES 44 — ON THE DEATH OF A SON 45 — ON MODERATION IN OUR PLEASURES 46 — THE VALE OF BOZAA 47 — TO ADVERSITY 48 — ON THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF PRIDE AND TRUE GLORY 49 — THE DEATH OF NEDHAM ALMOLK — TO A LADY — AN EPIGRAM 50 — ON A LITTLE MAN WITH A VERY LARGE BEARD — THE LAMENT OF THE VIZIER ABU ISMAEL 51
  26. 26.MOORISH LITERATURE — SCIENCE AND HISTORY AMONG THE MOORS
  27. 27.(INTRODUCTION)
  28. 28.PHILOSOPHIC THOUGHTS — TARIK'S ADDRESS TO HIS SOLDIERS
  29. 29.POETRY OF THE SPANISH MOORS
  30. 30.(INTRODUCTION) — VERSES TO MY DAUGHTERS 53 — SERENADE TO MY SLEEPING MISTRESS 54 — THE INCONSISTENT 57 — THE BULLFIGHT OF GAZUL 58 — THE ZEGRI'S BRIDE 59 — ZARA'S EARRINGS — THE LAMENTATION FOR CELIN
  31. 31.TURKISH LITERATURE — LEGEND AND POETRY AMONG THE TURKS
  32. 32.(INTRODUCTION)
  33. 33.THE QUEEN OF NIGHT
  34. 34.THE DIVAN OF THE LOVER THE EARLIEST TURKISH POEM
  35. 35.THE BOOK OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT — THE LOVES OF SHIRIN
  36. 36.THE BOOK OF MOHAMMED
  37. 37.POEMS BY TURKISH RULERS — RUBA'I — GAZEL — FRAGMENT OF GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — FRAGMENT — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — TO SULTAN MURAD IV. — IN REPLY TO THE PRECEDING — LUGAZ — MUNAJAT
  38. 38.TURKISH POETESSES — A GAZEL BY ZEYNEB — A GAZEL BY MIHRI — A GAZEL BY MIHRI
  39. 39.POEMS OF NEJATI — FROM HIS SPRING QASIDA — FROM HIS QASIDA ON THE ACCESSION OF SULTAN BAYEZID II. — GAZEL — RUBA'IS
  40. 40.POEMS OF LAMI'I — ON AUTUMN — ON SPRING — ROSE TIME
  41. 41.POEMS OF GAZALI — FROM AN ELEGY ON ISKENDER CHELEBI — FRAGMENT
  42. 42.POEMS OF FUZULI — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — MUSEDDES — MUKHAMMES — FROM LEYLI AND MEJNUN — MEJNUN ADDRESSES NEVFIL — MEJNUN'S GAZEL — ZEYD'S VISION
  43. 43.POEMS OF NABI — MUKHAMMES — GAZEL
  44. 44.POEMS OF BAQI — A QAISDA ON SULTAN SULEIMAN — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — ON AUTUMN — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — GAZEL — ELEGY ON SULTAN SULEIMAN I.
  45. 45.THE MIRROR OF COUNTRIES OR THE ADVENTURES OF SIDI ALI REIS
  46. 46.THE MIRROR OF COUNTRIES
  47. 47.THE MIRROR OF COUNTRIES OR THE ADVENTURES OF SIDI ALI REIS
  48. 48.BIBLIOGRAPHIES — MEDIEVAL ARABIC — TURKISH LITERATURE — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes

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