Persianate Prose and the Making of Malay Muslim Literature : Text, Translation and Commentary of the Durr Al-Majalis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daneshgar, Majid.

Series:

Gibb Memorial Trust Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic literature.

Persian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (722 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Presents the most complete Persian edition and the first known English translation of the Durr al-Majālis.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Transliteration Format

Table of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Part A: On Literature , Context and Text

I. Introduction

Durr al‑Majālis in Southeast Asia

The Persian-Malay Network: Historical Ties between Muslims

Persian Phonology in Malay Language

Persian Origin of Malay Islamic Literature

II. Durr al‑Majālis: Origins and Identity

Reception of the Text

Bibliographical and Biographical Details

III. Transregional Circulation

Durr al‑Majālis in Punjabi

Durr al‑Majālis in Pushto

Durr al‑Majālis in Bengali (and in Bengal)

Durr al‑Majālis in Turkic Languages and Contexts

Durr al‑Majālis in the Arabic Zone

Durr al‑Majālis in Kurdish

IV. Islamic Themes and Novelty

Belief and Doctrine

Philosophical Theology

Occultism and Magic

About the Prophets

A Killing Story of Sunnis and Shīʿīs, and the idea of de-Shīʿitisation

Dialogue

V. Persianate-Malay Islamic Stories: A Comparative Analysis

On Persian-Malay Muslim Literature

Shared Islamic Stories in Persian and Malay

Close Similarities

VI. A Critical Persian Edition and Critically Edited Translation of Durr al‑Majālis

Persian Edition

English Translation

Formation

Part B: Persian Edition and English Translation

Introduction

1. On the virtues of the creation of His Eminence Adam (pbuh) and further similar examples

2. On the virtue of Abraham's (pbuh) generosity and further similar examples

3. On the virtue of Jethro (pbuh)

4. On the virtue of His Eminence Moses

5. On the virtue of His Eminence Solomon (pbuh)

6. On the virtue of His Eminence Jesus (pbuh) and his miracle

7. On the virtue of our Prophet

8. The right of orphans

9. The story of the Prophet's (pbuh) injured teeth.

10. An Entreaty

11. On the Virtue of the Hero, the Commander of Believers ʿAlī (pbuh)

12. The story of Mary the Copt, the servant of Muḥammad (pbuh)

13. On the virtue of the Joseph-like youth after he was treated for the sake of God

14. On the virtue of Khālid b. Walīd (pbuh)

15. On the virtue of Bilāl, and a king from the Arab region

16. The advice of Luqmān the Wise, ʿAbd al‑Raḥmān, to his son

17. On the coming to faith of an idolater through Abraham

18. The story of Sultan Ibrāhīm Adham, may his grave be sanctified

19. The story of the generous husband and the miserly wife

20. The story of Āzar, the idol-maker

21. The story of the parrot speaking with the Prophet Solomon (pbuh)

22. The story of Khwāja Ḥasan Baṣrī God's mercy be upon him

23. The story of the request of the outcast Satan who harassed the nation of the Prophet Muḥammad

24. The story of the King of Nishapur's treatment of the oppressed

25. The story of Khwāja Rabīʿ Ḥusām

26. The story of Khwāja Sufyān Thawrī with the outcast Satan, God's curse be upon him

27. The story of Khwāja Ḥasan Nūrī, may God's mercy be upon him

28. The story of Shaykh Barsīsā

29. On the virtue of the holy month of Ramadan

30. The story of the Kaʿba

31a. The story of the killing of the commanders of believers Ḥasan and Ḥusayn (pbuh)

31b. The story of the killing of the commanders of believers Ḥasan and Ḥusayn (pbuh)

32. The story of our sovereign-master Abu Saʿīd Abū al‑Khayr

33. The story of the inhabitants of paradise

34. Regarding Balʿam Bāʿūr

35. The tale of Moses

36. The story of the King of the Levant

Epilogue: Nūr-nāma

List of the Chapters

PART C: Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Persian Preface.

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Other Format:

Print version: Daneshgar, Majid Persianate Prose and the Making of Malay Muslim Literature

ISBN:

9781399537599

OCLC:

1517997258