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A Reader of Classical Arabic Literature is one of a very small group of resources in English for the teaching of intermediate and advanced level classical Arabic. Based on his lecture notes, the late Seeger Bonebakker designed a superb teaching text, which he then asked his UCLA colleague, Michael Fishbein, to help him annotate and augment. The result is a truly valuable reader, one used widely in the United States and Europe, featuring judicious and instructive selections from such works as Ibn al-Qifti's Inbah al-ruwat, al-Tanukhi's al-Faraj ba'd al-shidda, and al-Dhahabi's Siyar a'lam al-nubala', among others.
Table of ContentsPreface to the first printing Preface to the reprint edition Introduction Chapter 1 - Al-Silafï, from Mu'jam al-Safar, "Makkiyya bt. 'Umar'" "Ibn al-Aghlab iläIbn Rashïq" Chapter 2 - Ibn al-Quitï, from Inbäh al-ruwat 'alä anbäh al-nuhät, " Ibn al-Birr al-Siqillï". Arabic Biographical Dictionaries Chapter 3 - ---- "Tähir b, Bäbshäd" Chapter 4 - Al-Mu'äfä al Nahrawänï, from k. al-JalÏs al-sälih, "Shukr wa-radd 'alayh" Chapter 5 - ---- "Hïlat 'IräqÏ" Chapter 6 - Al-DhahabÏ, from Siyah a'läm al-nubalä', "Al-Mu'äfa" Handbooks on the Spelling of Names and Nisbus. Chapter 7 - Al-Tanükhï, from al-Faraj ba'd al-shidda, "Rajul min ahl al-jund" Chapter 8 - Muhammad b. Hiläl al-Säbï, from al-Hafawät al-nädira, "Yahyä akhü al-Saffäh" Chapter 9 - ---- "Bishr b. 'Alï" Chapter 10 - ---- "Abu 'Alï al-Khäqänï" Chapter 11 - ---- Al-Bakrï, from K. al-Masäkil wa-'l-mamälik, "Barshilüna" Chapter 12 - ---- Al-Isfahänï, from K. al-AghänÏ, "Buthayana" Chapter 13 - Ibn Jubayr, from Rihlat Ibn Jubayr, "Massïna" Chapter 14 - Three Poems Index Addenda Correngenda
