03955nam 22005772 450 991099669430332120251019235412.09789004729049900472904610.1163/9789004729049(MiAaPQ)EBC31973983(Au-PeEL)EBL31973983(CKB)38040894600041(nllekb)BRILL9789004729049(OCoLC)1512318738(EXLCZ)993804089460004120250319d2025 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Arabic Fable An Inventory of Short Stories Featuring Speaking Animals and Other Nonhuman Characters in Premodern Arabic Literature /Ulrich Marzolph1st ed.Leiden ;Boston :Brill,2025.©20251 online resource (443 pages)Global Arabic Literary Cultures ;3Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 20259789004729001 9004729003 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Abbreviations and Concordance of Numbers -- Introduction -- 1 Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature: Two Strands of Tradition -- 2 Towards a Definition of the Arabic Fable -- 3 Data Relevant for the History of the Arabic Fable -- 4 Fables in Authored Literature -- 5 Content Characteristics of the Arabic Fable Proper -- Annotated Bibliography -- Inventory of Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature -- I. Scattered Fables (SF; nos.1–160) -- II. Fables in Literature (nos.161–330) -- A. Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, Kalīla wa-Dimna ( KD; nos.161–208) -- B. Qiṣṣat Jalīʿād wa-Shīmās (JSh; nos.209–217) -- C. Qiṣṣat Malik Balāsh ( MB; nos.218–221) -- D. Bilawhar wa-Būdhāsaf ( BB; no.222) -- E. Ibn al-Habbāriyya, al-Ṣādiḥ wa-’l-bāghim ( ṢB; nos.223–229) -- F. al-Kalāʿī, Iḥkām ṣanʿat al-kalām ( KI; nos.230–232) -- G. Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī, Sulwān al-muṭāʿ fī ʿudwān al-atbāʿ ( SM; nos.233–241) -- H. Qiṣṣat Ḥayqār ( QḤ; nos.242–257) -- I. Amthāl Luqmān al-ḥakīm ( AL; nos.258–289) -- J. Ibn ʿArabshāh, Fākihat al-khulafāʾ wa-mufākat al-ẓurafāʾ (FKh; nos.290–313) -- K. Alf Layla wa-layla ( ALL; nos.314–329) -- III. Supplement (S; no.330) -- IV. Appendix: Concordance for the Fables in the Manuscripts Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, arabe 3463 and arabe 3464 -- Appendix: Arabic Texts of the Scattered Fables (Selection) -- Bibliography -- Concordance of References to Major Reference Works, Studies, and Translations -- Index of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) -- List of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) in Chronological Sequence -- Index of Non-Human Characters Acting in the Fables -- General Index.The present book is the first attempt to provide a representative inventory of fables documented in premodern Arabic literature. It surveys a total of 330 numbered fables with short summaries, exhaustive references, and concise comments.Global Arabic Literary Cultures ;3.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.An Inventory of Short Stories Featuring Speaking Animals and Other Nonhuman Characters in Premodern Arabic LiteratureArtHistoryLiterature and cultural studiesMiddle East and Islamic StudiesArtHistory.Literature and cultural studies.Middle East and Islamic Studies.709Marzolph Ulrich639722NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910996694303321The Arabic Fable4372714UNINA