Contents
CONTENTS
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| I. | A LEARNED MOSLEM'S IDEAS ON COSMOGONY | |
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| The Tablet of Destiny, and the great fountain-pen.--The creation of water, of Allah's throne, of the atmosphere, of the great serpent, of the solid earth and the mountains, the "Kâf" range, and the seven seas and continents.--How the universe is upheld.--The cause of earthquakes and of eclipses.--How all these things became known. |
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| II. | OUR FATHER ADAM | |
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| Adam formed out of various kinds of dust.--Disobedience of Iblìs.--Adam's first troubles.--"El Karìneh," Lilith, or "El Brûsha."--Creation of Eve.--Iblìs bribes the serpent, and thus gets back into Paradise.--Adam's forethought--The fall of Man, and the ejection from Eden.--Increase and origin of various evil spirits.--Repentance of Adam and his reunion with Eve.--He is shown his posterity.--His great stature.--His death.--Place of Adam's burial. |
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| III. | NOAH AND OG | |
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| Idrìs.--Birth and dwelling-place of Noah.--The "Nâkils."--Opposition.--The Deluge.--Iblìs gets into the Ark.--A donkey in Paradise.--Og.--Voyage of the Ark.--Noah's daughter and her supposed sisters.--Noah buried at Kerak. |
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| IV. | JOB AND HIS FAMILY | |
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| Job.--His wife's patience.--El Hakìm Lokman identified with Æsop.--Account of a surgical operation. |
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| V. | ABRAHAM, "THE FRIEND OF GOD" | |
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| Circumstances of his birth.--Impiety of Nimrûd.--The child's precocity. His longing for spiritual knowledge.--Destruction of Idols.--The furnace.--The flying-machine.--Death of Nimrûd.--Flight of Ibrahìm.--His buildings.--The sheep-skin jacket.--Ibrahìm's hospitality.--A false friend.--A churl.--Several customs attributed to Ibrahìm.--His death.--He is still alive.--His posthumous protection of the Jews at Hebron. |
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| VI. | LOT AND THE TREE OF THE CROSS | |
| VII. | THE LAST HOURS OF AARON AND MOSES | |
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| Aaron's shrine on Mount Hor.--Legend concerning his death.--Different accounts of the death of Moses.--Legend of Moses' shepherd. |
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| VIII. | DAVID AND SOLOMON | |
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| David's piety.--Learns a trade.--His presumption and fall.--His remorse.--Solomon and the two birds.--The carob-tree.--Solomon's death. |
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| IX. | EL KHUDR | |
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| The fountain of youth.--Dhu’lkarnein and his companions.--El Khudr popularly identified with various saints.--His haunts and habits.--The insane asylum near the "Pools of Solomon."--The holy stone.--Other shrines.--Elijah's cave on Carmel.--An English doctor's story.--St George and the Dragon.--Elijah's Synagogue at Jerusalem.--El Khudr and Moses. |
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| X. | SIMON THE JUST | |
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| His so-called tomb.--Biographical sketch.--Simon the Just and Ptolemy Philopator.--Simon and the Nazarite.--Rabbi Galanti and the great drought. |
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| I. | "BAB EL KHALÌL" OR THE JAFFA GATE | |
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| Origin of Name.--Antichrist.--Two cenotaphs.--Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar.--El ’Ozair.--An ass in Paradise.--El Edhemìeh.--Rabbi Judah ha Levi.--Mezuzah at Jaffa Gate. |
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| II. | "TURBET BIRKET MAMILLA"--JOHHA | |
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| Kubbet el ’Abd.--Legends.--Johha and his mother.--Johha and the donkeys.--Johha's peg.--The baby saucepan and the defunct cauldron.--Johha's neighbours. |
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| III. | "EN NEBI DÂUD" | |
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| En Nebi Daûd and Ibn Faraj.--The dagger.--The Jewish washerwoman. |
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| IV. | "BÂB EL ASBÂT | |
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| Traditional names.--The lions.--Sultan Selìm's dream.--The Legend of the Bath-house of Belkis. |
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| V. | DETECTIVE STORIES | |
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| Kolonimos.--Incident at house of a rabbi.--Two anecdotes of Ibrahìm Pasha. |
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| VI. | SCRAPS OF UNWRITTEN HISTORY | |
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| Traces of the Essenes.--Female Recluses.--A Legend of El Hâkim bi amr Illah.--The Avengers of Blood.--Massacre of Kurds at Hebron.--Faction-fights.--Massacre at Artass.--A petty despot. |
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| VII. | JUDGEMENTS OF KARAKASH | |
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| The weaver.--The red gown.--The miser. |
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| VIII. | THE SARAGOSSAN PURIM | |
| IX. | SULTAN MAHMÛD'S AUTOGRAPH | |
| X. | A WISE ANSWER | |
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| I. | FOLKS GENTLE AND SIMPLE | |
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| Ahmad Almuttafakhir.--The two Wazìrs.--The Emperor of China's pig. |
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| II. | THE SECRET OF SUCCESS | |
| III. | THREE PROVERBS | |
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| Keep your legs stretched according to the length of your coverlet.--Moving a tent peg.--"Shûrûlûb." |
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| IV. | MORAL TALES. | |
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| Honourable old age.--Trust in Allah.--Benevolence.--Disinterestedness.--An upright judge.--The surety. |
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| V. | AZRAEL | |
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| His appointment.--His son.--Francesco. |
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| VI. | THE UNDERGROUND FOLK--OUR BETTERS--THE NAME OF ALLAH BE ROUND ABOUT US! | |
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| Their creation, etc.--The name of Allah.--Intercourse with human beings.--Mysterious thefts.--Khuneyfseh.--The abducted wife.--A shepherd's experience.--Experiences of a good woman.--Of a chieftain's son.--The frog.--The wedding procession. |
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| VII. | NURSERY TALES | |
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| Ijbeyneh.--Uhdeydûn.--Bluebeard.--Snowmaiden. |
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| VIII. | SATIRE | |
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| Invention of a shrine.--The patriarch.--A learned clergyman.--An almanac.--The fasting monk.--The endangered poultry.--The ill-used camels. |
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| IX. | ABOUT WOMAN. | |
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| Treatment of a mother-in-law.--A cunning old woman.--The rebellious owl.--Stories told by a rebellious hoopoe.--The mourner.--The partners.--The merchant and the animals. |
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| X. | ABOUT ANIMALS | |
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| The dog.--The cat.--The hyæna.--The fox.--The dib-dib.--The serpent. |
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| XI. | ABOUT PLANTS | |
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| The olive.--The storax.--The sage.--The lotus and the tamarisk.--The tortoise herb. |
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| XII. | ABOUT COFFEE | |
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| Its discovery--First uses.--Subject of religious controversy.--Customs among the desert Arabs.--Esh-Sheykh esh Shadhilly.--The Bedawi and the Memlûk. |
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| XIII. | SOME MAGIC CURES | |
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| Mûmmia.--Indûlko.--Freskûra.--Charms.--Translation of a typical Kanii. |
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| XIV. | A POPULAR CALENDAR AND SOME SAYINGS | |
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