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The book of charlatans /

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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, active 1216-1222 (Autor)
Otros Autores:	Chakraborty, S. A. (Contribuidor), Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman) (Traductor)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés Arabic
Publicado:	New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Colección:	Library of Arabic literature.
Temas:	Swindlers and swindling > Islamic Empire. Quacks and quackery > Islamic Empire. Impostors and imposture > Islamic Empire. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern. Impostors and imposture. Quacks and quackery. Swindlers and swindling. Islamic Empire.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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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

The book of charlatans /

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