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Kalilah and Dimnah : fables of virtue and vice /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Ibn al-MuqaffaÊ», -approximately 760 (Translator), Fishbein, Michael (Editor, Translator), Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Series:Library of Arabic literature.
Subjects:
Didactic literature, Arabic > Translations into English.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Letter from the General Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Map: Principal Translations of the Arabic Kalilah wa-Dimnah
  • Note on the Text
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • Kal+lah and Dimnah
  • How Anksharwαn Sent Barzawayh to India to Transcribe Kal+lah and Dimnah
  • The Book of Kal+lah and Dimnah
  • The Chapter of Barzawayh the Physician
  • The Lion and the Ox
  • The Investigation of Dimnah
  • The Ring Dove
  • The Crows and the Owls
  • The Turtle and the Monkey
  • The Holy Man and the Mongoose
  • The Cat and the Rat
  • The King and the Bird Finzah
  • The Lion and the Jackal
  • King Haylαr and His Minister Baylαr
  • The Mendicant and the Goldsmith
  • The King's Son and His Companions
  • The Horseman, the Lioness, and the Jackal
  • The Ascetic and His Guest
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Further Reading
  • Index of Proper Names
  • About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
  • About this E-book
  • Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
  • About the Editor-Translators