Note on the Text

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iv
3. Table of Contents viii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction xvi
6. Map: Heartlands of the Abbasid Caliphate xxxii
7. Note on the Text xxxiii
8. Notes to the Introduction xxxviii
9. Urjūzahs and Qasidas Recorded by the Experts 1
10. Poems on Various Topics, Some of Which Are Authentic, Others Not 95
11. A Series of Poems Attributed to Abū Nuwās in the Manuscripts but Not Recorded by the Experts on His Verse 113
12. A Poem Not Contained in al-Iṣfahānī’s Recension and Found Only in al-Ṣūlī’s Recension 327
13. Poems Attributed to Abū Nuwās, Preserved Only in al-Shimshāṭī’s Kitāb al-Anwār wa-maḥāsin al-ashʿār 355
14. Two Qasidas with Hunting Scenes 367
15. Notes 379
16. Glossary 389
17. Bibliography 400
18. Further Reading 404
19. Index 407
20. About the NYUAD Research Institute 425
21. Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 426
22. About the Editor–Translator 432