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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Map: Ḥannā Diyāb’s Travels viii
4. Foreword x
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction xvii
7. Note on the Text xxxvii
8. Notes to the Introduction xxxix
9. The Book of Travels
10. Chapter One 3
11. Chapter Two: My Departure from Tripoli in the Company of the Traveler Paul Lucas, in the Month of February 1707 of the Christian Era 20
12. Chapter Three: My First Time at Sea with Paul Lucas, in the Month of May 1707 27
13. Chapter Four: Our Voyage to Egypt and What Happened to Us in the Month of June 1707 35
14. Chapter Five: Our Travels to the Maghreb in the Year 1708 61
15. Chapter Six: Our Journey to the Lands of the Franks in the Year 1708 107
16. Chapter Seven: Our Voyage to France 150
17. Chapter Eight: Our Journey from Provence to France and the City of Paris 159
18. Chapter Nine: Our Arrival in Paris, in October 1708 165
19. Chapter Ten: The Last Days of 1708 224
20. Chapter Eleven: In the Lands of the East 253
21. Afterword: Ḥannā Diyāb and the Thousand and One Nights 318
22. Notes 339
23. Glossary of Names and Terms 364
24. Bibliography 373
25. Further Reading 384
26. Index 388
27. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 415
28. About the Translator 416
29. The Library of Arabic Literature 417