Book of Charlatans

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Jamal al-Din Ê¿Abd al-Rahim al-Jawbari(Autor*in)

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Erschienen am 3. Mai 2022

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Cover
Series Page
Letter from the General Editor
About this Paperback
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Map: al-Jawbari's World: The Periphery
Map: al-Jawbari's World: The Center
Note on the Text
Notes to the Introduction
The Book of Charlatans
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 Banu Sasan
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 Kaf, That Is, Alchemy
Chapter 10: Exposé of the Tricks of Apothecaries
Chapter 11: Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Mim (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 Translator
The Library of Arabic Literature

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