The Book of Charlatans /

The Book of Charlatans / / Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī; ed. by Manuela Dengler.

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Uncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle EastThe 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. The author, al-Jawbarī, was well v...

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VerfasserIn:
al-Jawbarī, Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm,
MitwirkendeR:
Chakraborty, S. A.,
Davies, Humphrey,
HerausgeberIn:
Dengler, Manuela,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Library of Arabic Literature ; 64
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 2 maps
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Table of 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
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Prophets
  • Chapter 2: Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Shaykhs and Illusionists among the Dervishes, the Shaykhs, and “the Righteous”
  • Chapter 3: Exposé of the Tricks of Fire-and-Brimstone Preachers
  • Chapter 4: Exposé of the Tricks of Monks
  • Chapter 5: Exposé of the Tricks of Jews and Others
  • Chapter 6: Exposé of the Tricks of the Banū Sāsān
  • Chapter 7: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Solomon’s Ant
  • Chapter 8: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Practice War and Bear Arms
  • Chapter 9: Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Kāf, That Is, Alchemy
  • Chapter 10: Exposé of the Tricks of Apothecaries
  • Chapter 11: Exposé 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: Exposé of the Tricks of Astrologers Who Ply Their Trade on the Highway
  • Chapter 13: Exposé of the Tricks of Spirit Conjurors
  • Chapter 14: Exposé of the Tricks of the Doctors Who Practice on the Highways
  • Chapter 15: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Extract Worms from Teeth
  • Chapter 16: Exposé of the Tricks of Eye Doctors Who Use Metal Instruments
  • Chapter 17: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Dye Horses
  • Chapter 18: Exposé of Their Tricks; Example: Those Who Dye Humans
  • Chapter 19: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Manipulate Fire and Can Block Its Heat
  • Chapter 20: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Concoct Artificial Foodstuffs
  • Chapter 21: Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Stupefacients
  • Chapter 22: Exposé of the Tricks of Notaries, That Is, of the People Who Draw Up Contracts
  • Chapter 23: Exposé of the Tricks of Prestidigitators
  • Chapter 24: Exposé of Jewelers and Their Fake Products
  • Chapter 25: Exposé of the Tricks of Money Changers, of Scams They Pull and Scams Pulled on Them
  • Chapter 26: 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 27: Exposé of the Tricks of “the Masters of the Crafts”
  • Chapter 28: Exposé of the Tricks of Sneak Thieves (Thieves Who Enter Houses Unlawfully)
  • Chapter 29: Exposé of the Tricks of the Thieves Who Enter Houses by Making Holes in Walls and Committing Murder
  • Chapter 30: 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 Typefaces
  • Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
  • About the Editor
  • About the Translator

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