Masudi

Meadows Of Gold (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136145308
• Artikelnr.: 47894037

Autorenporträt

Mas'udi . Translated and Edited by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Abu Ja'far Mansur
Chapter 2 A Conversation With the King of Nubia
Chapter 3 Loyalty to Hisham
Chapter 4 In the Audience Hall
Chapter 5 The Death of Mansur
Chapter 6 The Character of Mansur
Chapter 7 The Caliphate of Mahdi
Chapter 8 Mahdi and the Qadi
Chapter 9 Mahdi and the Peasant
Chapter 10 Mahdi and the Bedouin
Chapter 11 Mahdi and the Treasurer
Chapter 12 The Wheel of Fortune
Chapter 13 Unrequited Love
Chapter 14 An Amusing Story About the King of Hira
Chapter 15 The Last Days of Mahdi
Chapter 16 The Character of Hadi
Chapter 17 Isa Ibn Da'b
Chapter 18 Revenge
Chapter 19 The Death of the Great-Great-Great Grandson of the Prophet
Chapter 20 The Fall of Khaizuran
Chapter 21 Blood Feuds
Chapter 22 The Climate of Egypt
Chapter 23 Basra Versus Kufa
Chapter 24 Harun Al-Rashid and the Death of Hadi
Chapter 25 The Dream of Mahdi
Chapter 26 The Sword Samsama
Chapter 27 The Accession of Harun Al-Rashid
Chapter 28 Sheep's Head
Chapter 29 A Qadi's Interpretation
Chapter 30 The Last Pilgrimage of Harun Al-Rashid
Chapter 31 Doctor Jabra'il and a Fish
Chapter 32 The Dream of Harun Al-Rashid
Chapter 33 A Black and a Song
Chapter 34 Poem on a Dove
Chapter 35 Ma'n Ibn Za'ida
Chapter 36 Amin and Ma'mun as Children
Chapter 37 The Education of Amin
Chapter 38 Amin and Ma'mun
Chapter 39 The Succession
Chapter 40 Zubaida's Opinion
Chapter 41 Rashid's Pilgrimage With His Sons
Chapter 42 The Devil's Song
Chapter 43 A Hard-won Song
Chapter 44 Horse-Racing at Raqqa
Chapter 45 Fish Tongues
Chapter 46 The Name Ibrahim
Chapter 47 Bamboo and Reed
Chapter 48 The Death of Harun Al-Rashid
Chapter 49 Khalid Ibn Barmak and His Sons
Chapter 50 The Barmakids
Chapter 51 The Advice of Yahya
Chapter 52 Harun Al-Rashid and the Singing Girl
Chapter 53 The Avarice of Asma'i
Chapter 54 A Poet on Rashid and Ja'far Ibn Yahya
Chapter 55 On Love
Chapter 56 The Fall of the Barmakids
Chapter 57 The Murder of Ja'far Al-Barmaki
Chapter 58 Elegies on the Barmakids
Chapter 59 The Mother of Ja'far
Chapter 60 The Wealth of the Barmakids
Chapter 61 Fadl in Prison
Chapter 62 Miscellaneous on Rashid and the Barmakids
Chapter 63 The Caliphate of Amin
Chapter 64 The Dreams of Zubaida
Chapter 65 Trouble Between Amin and Ma'mun
Chapter 66 The Jealousy of Zubaida
Chapter 67 Ill-Omens for Amin
Chapter 68 Amin's Beloved
Chapter 69 The Frivolity of Amin
Chapter 70 Amin and the Lion
Chapter 71 The Birth of Musa Al-Hadi
Chapter 72 Miscellaneous Anecdotes
Chapter 73 The Palace of Manbij
Chapter 74 Musa Declared Heir Apparent
Chapter 75 Rebellion
Chapter 76 Amin in Retreat
Chapter 77 Baghdad Besieged
Chapter 78 The Naked Army
Chapter 79 Baghdad in Flames
Chapter 80 Resistance
Chapter 81 Famine
Chapter 82 Amin at Bay
Chapter 83 The Death of Amin
Chapter 84 An Eye-Witness Account
Chapter 85 Amin's Head
Chapter 86 The Laments of the Women
Chapter 87 The Caliphate of Ma'mun
Chapter 88 Sayings of Ma'mun
Chapter 89 Ma'mun's Wedding Speech
Chapter 90 Ma'mun and the Sponger
Chapter 91 The Caliph and the Poet
Chapter 92 Kulthum Al-Attabi
Chapter 93 Professionally Unlucky
Chapter 94 Abu Al-Atahiya
Chapter 95 The Caliph's Cooking
Chapter 96 Ma'mun Embarrassed
Chapter 97 Ma'mun Justifies Himself to the Sufis
Chapter 98 The Death of Shafi'i
Chapter 99 Ma'mun and the False Prophets
Chapter 100 The Rise and Death of Imam Rida
Chapter 101 The Capture of Ibrahim Ibn Al-Mahdi
Chapter 102 The Marriage of Buran
Chapter 103 An Adventure of Ibrahim Ibn Al-Mahdi
Chapter 104 The Poverty of Waqidi
Chapter 105 Mansur and the Cadger
Chapter 106 The Death of Ibn A'isha
Chapter 107 The Death of Abu Al-Atahiya
Chapter 108 Ma'mun's Campaigns Against the Byzantines and His Death
Chapter 109 The Caliphate of Mu'tasim
Chapter 110 Mu'tasim on Agriculture
Chapter 111 Mu'tasim and His Doctor
Chapter 112 The Kind Heart of Mu'tasim
Chapter 113 The New Capital of Samarra
Chapter 114 Mu'tasim
Chapter 115 The Caliphate of Wathiq
Chapter 116 Wathiq Discusses Medicine
Chapter 117 An Aphorism on the Death of Alexander
Chapter 118 The Caliphate of Mutawakkil
Chapter 119 Mutawakkil
Chapter 120 Mutawakkil's Palace of the Two Wings
Chapter 121 A Donkey in Love
Chapter 122 A Vigorous old Scholar
Chapter 123 Saved From Rape
Chapter 124 At the Caliph's Table
Chapter 125 The Sailor's Stew
Chapter 126 Love's Despair - Jahiz
Chapter 127 The Slapping of a Secretary
Chapter 128 The Death of Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Chapter 129 The Testing of an Assassin
Chapter 130 The Indian Sword
Chapter 131 The Assassination of Mutawakkil
Chapter 132 Court Factions
Chapter 133 Mutawakkil's Last Day
Chapter 134 The Reign of Mutawakkil
Chapter 135 Mahbuba
Chapter 136 The Caliphate of Muntasir
Chapter 137 The Carpet of Annihilation
Chapter 138 Vicious Viziers
Chapter 139 On the Death of Muntasir
Chapter 140 The Generosity of Muntasir
Chapter 141 An Old Love Regained
Chapter 142 Love at First Sight
Chapter 143 Meccan Morals
Chapter 144 The Caliphate of Musta'in
Chapter 145 The Aftermath
Chapter 146 Things That Give Pleasure
Chapter 147 Afra and Urwa
Chapter 148 Bugha the Elder
Chapter 149 Mu'tazz Acclaimed Caliph
Chapter 150 The Assassination of Musta'in
Chapter 151 The Caliphate of Mu'tazz
Chapter 152 A Remarkable Ring
Chapter 153 The Death of Muhammad, the Grandson of Tahir
Chapter 154 The Imprisonment of Mu'ayyad
Chapter 155 The Murder of Bugha the Younger
Chapter 156 The Caliphate of Muhtadi
Chapter 157 The Death of Mu'tazz
Chapter 158 The Death of Muhtadi
Chapter 159 The Adventure of a Gate-Crasher
Chapter 160 The Austerity of Muhtadi
Chapter 161 A Tradition Concerning Ali
Chapter 162 The Death of Jahiz
Chapter 163 The Caliphate of Mu'Tamid
Chapter 164 The Discipline of Saffar's Army
Chapter 165 The Horrors of the Zanj Rebellion
Chapter 166 Wily Muslims Admired by the Byzantines
Chapter 167 Mu'awiya Takes Revenge on a Byzantine
Chapter 168 The Night Conversations of Mu'tamid
Chapter 169 Mu'tamid Dies by Poison
Chapter 170 The Caliphate of Mu'tadid
Chapter 171 The Splendid Dowry of Qatr al-Nada
Chapter 172 The Wit of Abu al-Ayna
Chapter 173 An Idol Comes to Baghdad
Chapter 174 A Delegation From Basra
Chapter 175 The Clucking of a Grammarian
Chapter 176 Umm Sharif, the Aunt of the Rebel
Chapter 177 On Eunuchs
Chapter 178 The Funeral of Khumarawaih
Chapter 179 Mu'tadid Takes a Thief
Chapter 180 The Mimic and the Eunuch
Chapter 181 A Master Thief
Chapter 182 Alchemical Texts
Chapter 183 Mu'tadid's Ghosts
Chapter 184 The Death of Ibrahim al-Harbi the Jurist
Chapter 185 Two Students Enamoured
Chapter 186 The Qadi Ibn Jabir
Chapter 187 The Eunuch Wasif
Chapter 188 Why Mu'tadid Preferred the Alids
Chapter 189 The Death of Mu'tadid
Chapter 190 The Caliphate of Muktafi
Chapter 191 Qasim's Hatred of Badr
Chapter 192 The Ransoming of Treachery
Chapter 193 The Avarice of Muktafi
Chapter 194 Nougat and Fritters
Chapter 195 Dushab and Harisa
Chapter 196 The Death of Muktafi
Chapter 197 The Caliphate of Muqtadir
Chapter 198 Hospitality
Chapter 199 The Death of Muqtadir
Chapter 200 Cyprus Seized
Chapter 201 The Caliphate of Qahir
Chapter 202 Qahir Demands a True History of the Caliphate
Chapter 203 The Caliphate of Radi
Chapter 204 The Caliph radi's Accomplishments
Chapter 205 Chess and Backgammon
Chapter 206 The Qualities of a General
Chapter 207 The Breeches of the Tallest Man
Chapter 208 The Marvels of Creation
Chapter 209 Arabic Words for Lavatory*
Chapter 210 Black and Green
Chapter 211 The Garden of Qahir
Chapter 212 The Generosity of Radi
Chapter 213 Bajkam the Turk Coins His Own Money
Chapter 214 The Caliphate of Muttaqi
Chapter 215 The Blinding of Muttaqi
Chapter 216 Summing Up
Chapter 217 The Caliphate of Mustakfi
Chapter 218 The Unwanted Page Boy
Chapter 219 The Battle of the Flowers
Chapter 220 The Buwaihids Come to Power
Chapter 221 The Caliphate of Muti'
Chapter 222 The Rising of Utrush
Chapter 223 Mas'udi's Address to the Reader
Chapter 224 Mas'udi's Final Words