Transliterations, Translations and Thanks List of Illustrations 1. Practical adab and the practice of adab Alexander Key and Letizia Osti 2. Bodily peculiarities and lists in Ibn Qutayba's Kitab al-maarif Antonella Ghersetti 3. Insects: The Tiniest Creatures in Kalila wa-Dimna Beatrice Gruendler with Dima Mustafa Sakran and Mahmoud Kozae 4. The absence of Baghdad in the Iqd al-farid--Abbasid myth in the making Isabel Toral 5. Nobility and Prestige () as Criteria for Inclusion in Anthologies Bilal W. Orfali and Maurice A. Pomerantz 6.
The Novel in Adab: a Modern genre placed in conversation with al-Tanukhi Alexander Key 7. Al-birka al-husna and the birkas of Samarra Alastair Northedge 8. Al-Mutanabbi in Tiberias and Shiraz James E. Montgomery 9. Virtue in Misfortune: al-Buhturi on al-Fath ibn Khaqan's Fall from a Bridge Gabrielle Russo 10. Barmakid Benevolence: An Account from Deliverance Follows Adversity Shawkat M. Toorawa 11. Al-Tanukhi, Storytelling and Adab Wen-chin Ouyang 12.
A text from AR3222 Robert Hoyland 13. Letter to a treacherous lover: love and responsibility in Abbasid romance Pernilla Myrne 14. Parody and Play, Gender and Genre Jonny Lawrence 15. Trailing John Greaves's Timeline Taha Yasin Arslan, Fyza Parviz Jazra 16. In Search of Intertexts: Literary Imitation, Authorial Lineage and Networked Time in Premodern Arabic Criticism James White 17. Death in the monastery: visualising emotions, space, and performance in al-Tanukhi Letizia Osti 18. The flattening of the Arabic lexicon Michael Cooperson 19. Ibn Taymiyya on Reason, Anger and Desire Robert Gleave 20.
The Emotional Lives of Prophets in al-Kisai's Qisas al-anbiya Helen Blatherwick 21. Remarks on Recognition in Hadith and Akhbar Philip Kennedy 22. Inspired by Ibn al-Farid? An anonymous mukhammas () featuring St. John of Damascus, St. Peter and the Virgin Mary Hilary Kilpatrick 23. From Poem to Song: The Artistry of Singer-Composers in Abu l-Faraj al-Isbahani's Kitab al-Aghani Dwight F. Reynolds 24. Revisiting The Letter to the Proponents of Freewill (al-Risalah ila l-Qadariyyah) attributed to the Umayyad caliph Umar b.
Abd al-Aziz (r. 99-101/717-720) Sean W. Anthony 25. How to be a bad ruler: Miskawayh's demolition of Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar (r. 356/967-367-977) Hugh Kennedy 26. Al-Tanukhi and the Arabian Adventure Tale Peter Webb 27. Ibn Rushd on Fraud, Morality and The Law Joseph E. Lowry 28.
You Can Take it with You: Self, Wealth, and Legacy in Arabic Letters Devin J. Stewart Julia Bray's Published Works to Date Index Bibliography.