Índice de autores: p. [399]-400.

Bibliografía: p. [396]-398.

INTRODUCTION -- TRANSLITERATION -- ISLAMIC PROPER NAMES -- ISLAMIC DATES -- THE KORAN: SCRIPTURE AND LITERATURE -- Meccan Chapters -- Medinan Chapters -- EARLY ARABIC POETRY -- The Odes of Amru al-Qays, Labid, and Tarafah
-- Poems from Early Anthologies -- PROVERBS -- THE AGE OF THE CALIPHS -- HISTORICAL SUMMARY -- Ibn al-Muqaffa: The Monkey and the Tortoise -- In Ishaq: The Prophet Muhammed -- The New Poets -- Al-Jahiz: Clever Sayings -- Al-Jahiz: Flies and Mosquitoes -- Al-Hallaj: The Crucifixion of a Mystic -- Rudaki: Two Poems -- Al-Mutanabbi: Lauds -- Al-Kalabadhi: Sufi Sayings -- Firdawsi: Rustam and Sohrab -- Al-Maarri: Doubts -- Ibn Hazm: Falling in Love -- Ibn Hazm: Anxiety -- Moorish Poetry -- -TURKS, FRANKS, AND MONGOLS -- HISTORICAL SUMMARY -- Nizam al-Mulk: Advice to Governors -- Kai Kaus: The Purchase of Slaves -- Umar Khayyam: Quatrains -- Al-Ghazzali: Confessions of a Troubled Believer -- Samarqandi: Stories about Persian Poets -- Ibn Tufayl: Alone on a Desert Island -- Usamah: A Moslem View of teh Crusaders -- Ibn Jubayr: A Pilgrimage to Mecca -- Nizami: Star-Crossed Lovers -- Al-Warawini: The Demon and the Sage -- Attar: The Bird Parliament -- Rumi: Love Poems -- Rumi: Illustrations -- Sadi: Morals -- ISLAM'S NEW WORLD -- HISTORICAL SUMMARY -- Ibn Battutah: The Maldive Islands -- Hafiz: Ten Odes -- Ibn Khaldun: Group Solidarity -- Ibn Khaldun: Conversations with Tamerlane -- The Romance of Antar: Antar Slays a Lion -- The Thousand and One Nights: The Tale of the Three Apples -- The Thousand and One Nights: Maruf the Cobblers -- Jami: The Women of Memphis -- Babur: Memoirs of a Conqueror -- Mughal Poetry -- Hajji Khalifah: Tobacco and Coffee -- Sari Mehmed Pasha: Bribery -- Ottoman Poetry -- Karagoz: The Bloody Poplar -- Short bibliography -- Index of authors.