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Hanauer, J.E.

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CONTENTS


SECTION I

CONCERNING THE CREATION AND DIVERS SAINTS AND MIRACLES
　
　
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I.
A LEARNED MOSLEM'S IDEAS ON COSMOGONY


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The Tablet of Destiny, and the great fountain-pen.--The creation of water, of Allah's throne, of the atmosphere, of the great serpent, of the solid earth and the mountains, the "Kâf" range, and the seven seas and continents.--How the universe is upheld.--The cause of earthquakes and of eclipses.--How all these things became known.
　
II.
OUR FATHER ADAM


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Adam formed out of various kinds of dust.--Disobedience of Iblìs.--Adam's first troubles.--"El Karìneh," Lilith, or "El Brûsha."--Creation of Eve.--Iblìs bribes the serpent, and thus gets back into Paradise.--Adam's forethought--The fall of Man, and the ejection from Eden.--Increase and origin of various evil spirits.--Repentance of Adam and his reunion with Eve.--He is shown his posterity.--His great stature.--His death.--Place of Adam's burial.
　
III.
NOAH AND OG


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Idrìs.--Birth and dwelling-place of Noah.--The "Nâkils."--Opposition.--The Deluge.--Iblìs gets into the Ark.--A donkey in Paradise.--Og.--Voyage of the Ark.--Noah's daughter and her supposed sisters.--Noah buried at Kerak.
　
IV.
JOB AND HIS FAMILY


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Job.--His wife's patience.--El Hakìm Lokman identified with Æsop.--Account of a surgical operation.
　
V.
ABRAHAM, "THE FRIEND OF GOD"


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Circumstances of his birth.--Impiety of Nimrûd.--The child's precocity. His longing for spiritual knowledge.--Destruction of Idols.--The furnace.--The flying-machine.--Death of Nimrûd.--Flight of Ibrahìm.--His buildings.--The sheep-skin jacket.--Ibrahìm's hospitality.--A false friend.--A churl.--Several customs attributed to Ibrahìm.--His death.--He is still alive.--His posthumous protection of the Jews at Hebron.
　
　
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VI.
LOT AND THE TREE OF THE CROSS


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VII.
THE LAST HOURS OF AARON AND MOSES


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Aaron's shrine on Mount Hor.--Legend concerning his death.--Different accounts of the death of Moses.--Legend of Moses' shepherd.
　
VIII.
DAVID AND SOLOMON


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David's piety.--Learns a trade.--His presumption and fall.--His remorse.--Solomon and the two birds.--The carob-tree.--Solomon's death.
　
IX.
EL KHUDR


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The fountain of youth.--Dhu’lkarnein and his companions.--El Khudr popularly identified with various saints.--His haunts and habits.--The insane asylum near the "Pools of Solomon."--The holy stone.--Other shrines.--Elijah's cave on Carmel.--An English doctor's story.--St George and the Dragon.--Elijah's Synagogue at Jerusalem.--El Khudr and Moses.
　
X.
SIMON THE JUST


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His so-called tomb.--Biographical sketch.--Simon the Just and Ptolemy Philopator.--Simon and the Nazarite.--Rabbi Galanti and the great drought.
　
　
NOTES


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SECTION II

CONTAINING LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES POSSIBLY FOUNDED ON FACT
I.
"BAB EL KHALìL" OR THE JAFFA GATE


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Origin of Name.--Antichrist.--Two cenotaphs.--Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar.--El ’Ozair.--An ass in Paradise.--El Edhemìeh.--Rabbi Judah ha Levi.--Mezuzah at Jaffa Gate.
　
II.
"TURBET BIRKET MAMILLA"--JOHHA


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Kubbet el ’Abd.--Legends.--Johha and his mother.--Johha and the donkeys.--Johha's peg.--The baby saucepan and the defunct cauldron.--Johha's neighbours.
　
III.
"EN NEBI DâUD"


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En Nebi Daûd and Ibn Faraj.--The dagger.--The Jewish washerwoman.
　
　
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IV.
"BâB EL ASBâT


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Traditional names.--The lions.--Sultan Selìm's dream.--The Legend of the Bath-house of Belkis.
　
V.
DETECTIVE STORIES


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Kolonimos.--Incident at house of a rabbi.--Two anecdotes of Ibrahìm Pasha.
　
VI.
SCRAPS OF UNWRITTEN HISTORY


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Traces of the Essenes.--Female Recluses.--A Legend of El Hâkim bi amr Illah.--The Avengers of Blood.--Massacre of Kurds at Hebron.--Faction-fights.--Massacre at Artass.--A petty despot.
　
VII.
JUDGEMENTS OF KARAKASH


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The weaver.--The red gown.--The miser.
　
VIII.
THE SARAGOSSAN PURIM


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IX.
SULTAN MAHMûD'S AUTOGRAPH


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X.
A WISE ANSWER


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NOTES


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SECTION III

STORIES AND ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING SOCIAL IDEAS, SUPERSTITIONS, ETC.
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FOLKS GENTLE AND SIMPLE


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Ahmad Almuttafakhir.--The two Wazìrs.--The Emperor of China's pig.
　
II.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS


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III.
THREE PROVERBS


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Keep your legs stretched according to the length of your coverlet.--Moving a tent peg.--"Shûrûlûb."
　
IV.
MORAL TALES.


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Honourable old age.--Trust in Allah.--Benevolence.--Disinterestedness.--An upright judge.--The surety.
　
　
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V.
AZRAEL


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His appointment.--His son.--Francesco.
　
VI.
THE UNDERGROUND FOLK--OUR BETTERS--THE NAME OF ALLAH BE ROUND ABOUT US!


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Their creation, etc.--The name of Allah.--Intercourse with human beings.--Mysterious thefts.--Khuneyfseh.--The abducted wife.--A shepherd's experience.--Experiences of a good woman.--Of a chieftain's son.--The frog.--The wedding procession.
　
VII.
NURSERY TALES


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Ijbeyneh.--Uhdeydûn.--Bluebeard.--Snowmaiden.
　
VIII.
SATIRE


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Invention of a shrine.--The patriarch.--A learned clergyman.--An almanac.--The fasting monk.--The endangered poultry.--The ill-used camels.
　
IX.
ABOUT WOMAN.


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Treatment of a mother-in-law.--A cunning old woman.--The rebellious owl.--Stories told by a rebellious hoopoe.--The mourner.--The partners.--The merchant and the animals.
　
X.
ABOUT ANIMALS


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The dog.--The cat.--The hyÆna.--The fox.--The dib-dib.--The serpent.
　
XI.
ABOUT PLANTS


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The olive.--The storax.--The sage.--The lotus and the tamarisk.--The tortoise herb.
　
XII.
ABOUT COFFEE


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Its discovery--First uses.--Subject of religious controversy.--Customs among the desert Arabs.--Esh-Sheykh esh Shadhilly.--The Bedawi and the Memlûk.
　
XIII.
SOME MAGIC CURES


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Mûmmia.--Indûlko.--Freskûra.--Charms.--Translation of a typical Kanii.
　
XIV.
A POPULAR CALENDAR AND SOME SAYINGS


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NOTES


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