Herb / / Franz Rosenthal.

• VerfasserIn: Rosenthal, Franz,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : BRILL,, 1971.
• Year of Publication: 1971
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Monographs on hashish and some of the more important sources -- III. The use of hashish -- 1. The names of the drug -- 2. The history of the use of hashish -- 3. The preparation of hashish and the manner of its use -- 4. The reported effects of hashish -- 5. Habituation to hashish and its cure -- IV. The legal discussion -- 1. The general attitude -- 2. Hashish considered as "intoxicating" and as "corruptive" -- 3. The ritual cleanliness or uncleanliness of hashish -- 4. Prayer and divorce -- 5. The feeding of hashish to animals -- 6. The punishment for drug use -- V. Hashish and its users in society -- 1. Economic aspects -- 2. The asocial character of drug use -- 3. The addict's social standing -- 4. Hashish, the individual, and society -- Appendix A: Some hashish poems translated -- 1. Al-Isʿirdī's Rangstreit of hashish and wine -- 2. Poems against hashish by Ibn Ghānim and an anonymous poet -- 3. Poems on hashish from the Dīwān of Ṣafī-ad-dīn al-Ḥillī -- Appendix B: The Arabic text of az-Zarkashī's Zahr al-ʿarīsh -- ADDITIONS -- Indexes.