Classical Arabic stories an anthology (Columbia University Press, 2010)
I. Pre-Islamic tales. 1. The sons of Nizar – 2. The priestess of the Banu Sa'd – 3. Faithfulness and sense of honor – 4. Al-Nu'man's outfit – 5. A lowly man gains a wife – 6. A charitable gift – 7. A cunning message – 8. A noble wife – 9. The exile of al-Harith ibn Midad – 10. The story of the cave where Shaddad ibn 'Aad was: how the adventurers entered and what happened to them there – 11. Luqman – II. Tales of rulers and other notable persons. 12. 'Amara the Faqih and 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan – 13. The justice of 'Adud al-Dawla – 14. The piety of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz – 15. A further story of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz – 16. The chief of police and Caliph al-Hadi – 17. At Khosrow's court – 18. An Arab at Khosrow's court – 19. I take refuge in your justice, prince of the faithful – 20. Tricked she was – 21. Um Asya the midwife and the palace of Khumarawayh – 22. Yazid and Habbaba – 23. A ruse of Mu'awiya – 24. Caliph 'Umar and the soldier's wife – 25. Al-Akhtal imprisoned in a church – 26. A miserly governor – 27. All lies – 28. Two great musicians – 29. An attendant of al-Hallaj fasts for fifteen days – 30. A vizier removes a dessert stain with ink – 31. How a Baghdadi chief of police questioned suspects – 32. God alone be thanked – 33. Al-Hajjaj orders the torture of Azadmard – 34. Iyas as judge – 35. The wisdom of Judge Iyas – 36. Why a judge pardoned a fraudster – –