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The Book of Charlatans /
"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"--
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Jawbarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, |d active 1216-1222, |e author. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār wa-hatk al-astār. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Book of Charlatans / |c Jamāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī ; edited by Manuela Dengler ; translated by Humphrey Davies ; foreword by S.A. Chakraborty ; volume editor, Maurice A. Pomerantz. |
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| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2022 | |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Letter from the General Editor -- |t Table of Contents -- |t Foreword -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Introduction -- |t Map: al-Jawbarī's World: The Periphery -- |t Map: al-Jawbarī's World: The Center -- |t Note on the Text -- |t Notes to the Introduction -- |t The Book of Charlatans -- |t Introduction -- |t Chapter 1: Expose of the Tricks of Fake Prophets -- |t Chapter 2: Expose of the Tricks of Fake Shaykhs and Illusionists among the Dervishes, the Shaykhs, and "the Righteous" -- |t Chapter 3: Expose of the Tricks of Fire-and-Brimstone Preachers -- |t Chapter 4: Expose of the Tricks of Monks -- |t Chapter 5: Expose of the Tricks of Jews and Others -- |t Chapter 6: Expose of the Tricks of the Banū Sāsān -- |t Chapter 7: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Work Solomon's Ant -- |t Chapter 8: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Practice War and Bear Arms -- |t Chapter 9: Expose of the Tricks of the People of the Kāf, That Is, Alchemy -- |t Chapter 10: Expose of the Tricks of Apothecaries -- |t Chapter 11: Expose 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) -- |t Chapter 12: Expose of the Tricks of Astrologers Who Ply Their Trade on the Highway -- |t Chapter 13: Expose of the Tricks of Spirit Conjurors -- |t Chapter 14: Expose of the Tricks of the Doctors Who Practice on the Highways -- |t Chapter 15: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Extract Worms from Teeth -- |t Chapter 16: Expose of the Tricks of Eye Doctors Who Use Metal Instruments -- |t Chapter 17: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Dye Horses -- |t Chapter 18: Expose of Their Tricks; Example: Those Who Dye Humans -- |t Chapter 19: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Manipulate Fire and Can Block Its Heat -- |t Chapter 20: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Concoct Artificial Foodstuffs -- |t Chapter 21: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Stupefacients -- |t Chapter 22: Expose of the Tricks of Notaries, That Is, of the People Who Draw Up Contracts -- |t Chapter 23: Expose of the Tricks of Prestidigitators -- |t Chapter 24: Expose of Jewelers and Their Fake Products -- |t Chapter 25: Expose of the Tricks of Money Changers, of Scams They Pull and Scams Pulled on Them -- |t Chapter 26: Expose of the Tricks of Those Who Creep Up on Beardless Boys at Music and Chanting Performances and Weddings and on Journeys and So On -- |t Chapter 27: Expose of the Tricks of "the Masters of the Crafts" -- |t Chapter 28: Expose of the Tricks of Sneak Thieves (Thieves Who Enter Houses Unlawfully) -- |t Chapter 29: Expose of the Tricks of the Thieves Who Enter Houses by Making Holes in Walls and Committing Murder -- |t Chapter 30: Expose of the Tricks of Women, and of Their Cunning, Craftiness, and Duplicity -- |t Notes -- |t Glossary of People, Places, and Little-Known Simples -- |t Bibliography -- |t Further Reading -- |t Index -- |t About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- |t About the Typefaces -- |t Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature -- |t About the Editor -- |t About the Translator |
| 520 | |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Swindlers and swindling |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01140414 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Quacks and quackery |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01084852 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Impostors and imposture |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00968230 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Impostors and imposture |z Islamic Empire. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Quacks and quackery |z Islamic Empire. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Swindlers and swindling |z Islamic Empire. | |
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| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Pomerantz, Maurice A., |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Chakraborty, S. A., |e author of foreword. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Davies, Humphrey T. |q (Humphrey Taman), |e translator. | |
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