22. The Black Cat

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Introduction vii
3. Preface ix
4. Contents xxi
5. List Of Plates xxiii
6. Note On Transliteration xxv
7. I. The Crazy Woman 1
8. II. The Goat and the Old Woman 7
9. III. Three Little Mice 10
10. IV. The Sparrow and his Wife 12
11. V. Dungara Khsheybān 14
12. VI. The Crystal Ship 20
13. VII. The Old Couple and their Goat 27
14. VIII. Shamshūm al Jabbār 30
15. IX. Husain an Nim-Nim 36
16. X. The Blackbeetle who Wished to get Married 40
17. XI. The Thorn-seller 45
18. XII. The Blind Sultan 58
19. XIII. Jarāda 74
20. XIV. The Stork and the Jackal 80
21. XV. 'It is not the Lion's Fur Coat!' 83
22. XVI. Two stories of Abu Nowās 85
23. XVII. A story of the Khalīfa Hārūn ar Rashīd 87
24. XVIII. Another story of the Khalīfa 89
25. XIX. The Tricks of Jānn 91
26. XX. It was Enough to bewilder the Lion 93
27. XXI. Two Nursery Rhymes 95
28. XXII. The Bitter Orange 98
29. XXIII. Tale told by a Shammar Tribesman 103
30. XXIV. Shammar Stories. I 105
31. XXV. Shammar Stories. II 108
32. XXVI. Shammar Stories. III 112
33. XXVII. Hājir 114
34. XXVIII. The Woman of the Well 120
35. XXIX. Hasan the Thief 127
36. XXX. Moses and the Two Men 141
37. XXXI. Al Gumeyra (Little Moon) 142
38. XXXII. The Three Dervishes and the Wonderful Lamp 145
39. XXXIII. The King and the Three Maidens, or the Doll of Patience 157
40. XXXIV. The Merchant's Daughter 162
41. XXXV. Wudayya (Little White Shell) 183
42. XXXVI. The Poor Girl and Her Cow 187
43. XXXVII. The Prince and the Daughter of the Thorn-seller 194
44. XXXVIII. Uhdeydān, Uch'eybān, and Unkheylān 205
45. XXXIX. Melek Muhammad and the Ogre 210
46. XL. Er Rūm 219
47. XLI. The Cotton-carder and Kasilūn 224
48. XLII. Bunayya 231
49. XLIII. The Cat 246
50. XLIV. The Fish that Laughed 253
51. XLV. The Honest Man 263
52. XLVI. The Generous Man and the Niggardly Man 267
53. XLVII. The Boy and the Deyus 275
54. XLVIII. The Shepherd and his Brother 287
55. Notes 293
56. Part II
57. Table of Contents 307
58. Preface 309
59. Acknowledgments 315
60. 1. The Story Of The Khalifa And The Three Maidens 317
61. 2. The Valiant Shepherd, Or The Chinese Egg 321
62. 3. The Adventures Of Sultan Mahmud's Youngest Son 331
63. 4. Harun Al-Rashid And The Poor Man's Daughter 339
64. 5. The Arabi Boy 345
65. 6. The Loves Of Ahmad Sultan And Tar Aswar 351
66. 7. The Sardines 377
67. 8. The Coppersmith And The Jinni 381
68. 9. The Story Of The Avaricious Man 383
69. 10. The Story Of The Fisherman And The Sultan 387
70. 11. The Story Of The Jackal Who Turned Hajji (Pilgrim To Mecca) 415
71. 12. Juj And Majuj (Gog And Magog) 419
72. 13. The Story Of Hasan Al-Basri 421
73. 14. The Girl And The Rat 439
74. 15. How The All-Powerful Yielded A Hundredfold 441
75. 16. The Appearance Of The White Cat 443
76. 17. Allah Maku (There Is No God) 449
77. 18. The Faithful Slave 459
78. 19. The Lion And The Jackal 465
79. 20. How Heskel Was Possessed By A Jewish Demon 467
80. 21. Lokman 469
81. 22. The Black Cat 471
82. 23. The Story Of Budur 479
83. Bibliography 485