The Book of Charlatans / / Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī.

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• VerfasserIn: al-Jawbarī, Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm,
• MitwirkendeR: Chakraborty, S. A.,; Davies, Humphrey,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 82
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East The Book of Charlatans is 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. Al-Jawbarī was well versed in the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Map: al-Jawbarī’s World: The Periphery
• Map: al-Jawbarī’s World: The Ce
• Note on the Text
• Notes to the Introduction
• The Book of Charlatans
• Introduction
• Chapter One, in Fourteen Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Prophets
• Chapter Two, in Twenty-Four Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Shaykhs and Illusionists27 among the Dervishes, the Shaykhs, and “the Righteous”
• Chapter Three, in Four Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Fire-and-Brimstone Preachers
• Chapter Four, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Monks
• Chapter Five, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Jews and Others
• Chapter Six, in Eight Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the Banū Sāsān
• Chapter Seven, in Two Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Solomon’s Ant
• Chapter Eight, in Seven Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Practice War and Bear Arms
• Chapter Nine, in Nine Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Kāf, That Is, Alchemy
• Chapter Ten, in Twelve Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Apothecaries
• Chapter Eleven, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Mīm 136 (Who Are Treasure Hunters Who Pretend to Have Access to Hoards of Wealth and Buried Treasure)
• Chapter Twelve, in Nine Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Astrologers Who Ply Their Trade on the Highway
• Chapter Thirteen, in Thirteen Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Spirit Conjurors
• Chapter Fourteen, in Twenty-Two Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the Doctors Who Practice on the Highways
• Chapter Fifteen, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Extract Worms from Teeth
• Chapter Sixteen, in One Section: Exposé of the Tricks of Eye Doctors Who Use Metal Instruments
• Chapter Seventeen, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Dye Horses
• Chapter Eighteen, in Ten Sections: Exposé of Their Tricks; Example: Those Who Dye Humans
• Chapter Nineteen, in Three Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Manipulate Fire and Can Block Its Heat
• Chapter Twenty, in Eight Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Concoct Artificial Foodstuffs
• Chapter Twenty-One, in Five Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Stupefacients
• Chapter Twenty-Two, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Notaries, That Is, of the People Who Draw Up Contracts
• Chapter Twenty-Three, in Eight Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Prestidigitators
• Chapter Twenty-Four, in Eleven Sections: Exposé of Jewelers and Their Fake Products
• Chapter Twenty-Five, in Six Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Money Changers, of Scams They Pull and Scams Pulled on Them
• Chapter Twenty-Six, in One Section: Exposé 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 Twenty-Seven, in Thirty-Two Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of “the Masters of the Crafts”
• Chapter Twenty-Eight, in Three Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of Sneak Thieves (Thieves Who Enter Houses Unlawfully)
• Chapter Twenty-Nine, in Four Sections: Exposé of the Tricks of the Thieves Who Enter Houses by Making Holes in Walls and Committing Murder
• Chapter Thirty, in Two Sections Exposé 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 Editor
• The Library of Arabic Literature