The book of charlatans / Jamāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī ; edited by Manuela Dengler ; translated by Humphrey Davies ; foreword by S. A. Chakraborty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222, author.

Contributor:

Dengler, Manuela, editor.

Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman), translator.

Chakraborty, S. A., writer of foreword.

Pomerantz, Maurice A., editor.

Series:

Library of Arabic Literature ; 64

Standardized Title:

Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swindlers and swindling--Islamic Empire.

Impostors and imposture--Islamic Empire.

Quacks and quackery--Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 2 maps

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New York University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"A comprehensive guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth century in the cities of the Middle East, especially in Syria and Egypt"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Letter from the General Editor

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Map: al-Jawbarī's World: The Periphery

Map: al-Jawbarī's World: The Center

Note on the Text

Notes to the Introduction

The Book of Charlatans

Chapter 1: Expose of the Tricks of Fake Prophets

Chapter 2: Expose of the Tricks of Fake Shaykhs and Illusionists among the Dervishes, the Shaykhs, and "the Righteous"

Chapter 3: Expose of the Tricks of Fire-and-Brimstone Preachers

Chapter 4: Expose of the Tricks of Monks

Chapter 5: Expose of the Tricks of Jews and Others

Chapter 6: Expose of the Tricks of the Banū Sāsān

Chapter 7: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Work Solomon's Ant

Chapter 8: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Practice War and Bear Arms

Chapter 9: Expose of the Tricks of the People of the Kāf, That Is, Alchemy

Chapter 10: Expose of the Tricks of Apothecaries

Chapter 11: Expose of the Tricks of the People of the Mīm (Who Are Treasure Hunters Who Pretend to Have Access to Hoards of Wealth and Buried Treasure)

Chapter 12: Expose of the Tricks of Astrologers Who Ply Their Trade on the Highway

Chapter 13: Expose of the Tricks of Spirit Conjurors

Chapter 14: Expose of the Tricks of the Doctors Who Practice on the Highways

Chapter 15: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Extract Worms from Teeth

Chapter 16: Expose of the Tricks of Eye Doctors Who Use Metal Instruments

Chapter 17: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Dye Horses

Chapter 18: Expose of Their Tricks; Example: Those Who Dye Humans

Chapter 19: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Manipulate Fire and Can Block Its Heat

Chapter 20: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Concoct Artificial Foodstuffs

Chapter 21: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Stupefacients

Chapter 22: Expose of the Tricks of Notaries, That Is, of the People Who Draw Up Contracts

Chapter 23: Expose of the Tricks of Prestidigitators

Chapter 24: Expose of Jewelers and Their Fake Products

Chapter 25: Expose of the Tricks of Money Changers, of Scams They Pull and Scams Pulled on Them

Chapter 26: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Creep Up on Beardless Boys at Music and Chanting Performances and Weddings and on Journeys and So On

Chapter 27: Expose of the Tricks of "the Masters of the Crafts"

Chapter 28: Expose of the Tricks of Sneak Thieves (Thieves Who Enter Houses Unlawfully)

Chapter 29: Expose of the Tricks of the Thieves Who Enter Houses by Making Holes in Walls and Committing Murder

Chapter 30: Expose of the Tricks of Women, and of Their Cunning, Craftiness, and Duplicity

Notes

Glossary of People, Places, and Little-Known Simples

Bibliography

Further Reading

Index

About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute

About the Typefaces

Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature

About the Editor

About the Translator

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-6944-9

OCLC:

1157349833