Poems from The Epic of ʿAntar

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. About this Paperback iv
4. Contents xi
5. Foreword xiv
6. Acknowledgments xxi
7. Introduction xxiv
8. A Note on the Text lvi
9. Maps lxv
10. Map 1: The Tribes of Pre-Islamic Arabia [c. ad 600] lxvii
11. Map 2: The Topography of the Poetry of ʿAntarah lxviii
12. Notes to the Introduction lxix
13. Al-Aṣmaʿī’s Redaction 1
14. Two Qasidas from Ibn Maymūn’s Anthology 75
15. Poems from al-Baṭalyawsī’s Recension 91
16. Poems from The Epic of ʿAntar 123
17. Appendix 1 151
18. Appendix 2 156
19. Appendix 3 167
20. Notes 189
21. Glossary 206
22. Concordance of Principal Editions 219
23. Bibliography 223
24. Further Reading 229
25. Index 235
26. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 241
27. About the Translators 242
28. The Library of Arabic Literature 243