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The Book of Charlatans
Uniform Title
Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār. English
Title
The Book of Charlatans / Jamāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī ; edited by Manuela Dengler ; translated by Humphrey Davies ; foreword by S.A. Chakraborty ; volume editor, Maurice A. Pomerantz.
ISBN
9781479869442
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource: maps
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Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English; Arabic
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
Library of Arabic literature
Contents
Frontmatter
Letter from the General Editor
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Map: al-Jawbarī's World: The Periphery
Map: al-Jawbarī's World: The Center
Note on the Text
Notes to the Introduction
The Book of Charlatans
Introduction
Chapter 1: Expose of the Tricks of Fake Prophets
Chapter 2: Expose of the Tricks of Fake Shaykhs and Illusionists among the Dervishes, the Shaykhs, and "the Righteous"
Chapter 3: Expose of the Tricks of Fire-and-Brimstone Preachers
Chapter 4: Expose of the Tricks of Monks
Chapter 5: Expose of the Tricks of Jews and Others
Chapter 6: Expose of the Tricks of the Banū Sāsān
Chapter 7: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Work Solomon's Ant
Chapter 8: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Practice War and Bear Arms
Chapter 9: Expose of the Tricks of the People of the Kāf, That Is, Alchemy
Chapter 10: Expose of the Tricks of Apothecaries
Chapter 11: Expose of the Tricks of the People of the Mīm (Who Are Treasure Hunters Who Pretend to Have Access to Hoards of Wealth and Buried Treasure)
Chapter 12: Expose of the Tricks of Astrologers Who Ply Their Trade on the Highway
Chapter 13: Expose of the Tricks of Spirit Conjurors
Chapter 14: Expose of the Tricks of the Doctors Who Practice on the Highways
Chapter 15: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Extract Worms from Teeth
Chapter 16: Expose of the Tricks of Eye Doctors Who Use Metal Instruments
Chapter 17: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Dye Horses
Chapter 18: Expose of Their Tricks; Example: Those Who Dye Humans
Chapter 19: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Manipulate Fire and Can Block Its Heat
Chapter 20: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Concoct Artificial Foodstuffs
Chapter 21: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Stupefacients
Chapter 22: Expose of the Tricks of Notaries, That Is, of the People Who Draw Up Contracts
Chapter 23: Expose of the Tricks of Prestidigitators
Chapter 24: Expose of Jewelers and Their Fake Products
Chapter 25: Expose of the Tricks of Money Changers, of Scams They Pull and Scams Pulled on Them
Chapter 26: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Creep Up on Beardless Boys at Music and Chanting Performances and Weddings and on Journeys and So On
Chapter 27: Expose of the Tricks of "the Masters of the Crafts"
Chapter 28: Expose of the Tricks of Sneak Thieves (Thieves Who Enter Houses Unlawfully)
Chapter 29: Expose of the Tricks of the Thieves Who Enter Houses by Making Holes in Walls and Committing Murder
Chapter 30: Expose of the Tricks of Women, and of Their Cunning, Craftiness, and Duplicity
Notes
Glossary of People, Places, and Little-Known Simples
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
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Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
About the Editor
About the Translator
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