Drower's Folk-Tales of Iraq

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Introduction Preface Contents List Of Plates Note On Transliteration I. The Crazy Woman II. The Goat and the Old Woman III. Three Little Mice IV. The Sparrow and his Wife V. Dungara Khsheybān VI. The Crystal Ship VII. The Old Couple and their Goat VIII. Shamshūm al Jabbār IX. Husain an Nim-Nim X. The Blackbeetle who Wished to get Married XI. The Thorn-seller XII. The Blind Sultan XIII. Jarāda XIV. The Stork and the Jackal XV. 'It is not the Lion's Fur Coat!' XVI. Two stories of Abu Nowās XVII. A story of the Khalīfa Hārūn ar Rashīd XVIII. Another story of the Khalīfa XIX. The Tricks of Jānn XX. It was Enough to bewilder the Lion XXI. Two Nursery Rhymes XXII. The Bitter Orange XXIII. Tale told by a Shammar Tribesman XXIV. Shammar Stories. I XXV. Shammar Stories. II XXVI. Shammar Stories. III XXVII. Hājir XXVIII. The Woman of the Well XXIX. Hasan the Thief XXX. Moses and the Two Men XXXI. Al Gumeyra (Little Moon) XXXII. The Three Dervishes and the Wonderful Lamp XXXIII. The King and the Three Maidens, or the Doll of Patience XXXIV. The Merchant's Daughter XXXV. Wudayya (Little White Shell) XXXVI. The Poor Girl and Her Cow XXXVII. The Prince and the Daughter of the Thorn-seller XXXVIII. Uhdeydān, Uch'eybān, and Unkheylān XXXIX. Melek Muhammad and the Ogre XL. Er Rūm XLI. The Cotton-carder and Kasilūn XLII. Bunayya XLIII. The Cat XLIV. The Fish that Laughed XLV. The Honest Man XLVI. The Generous Man and the Niggardly Man XLVII. The Boy and the Deyus XLVIII. The Shepherd and his Brother Notes Part II Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Story Of The Khalifa And The Three Maidens 2. The Valiant Shepherd, Or The Chinese Egg 3. The Adventures Of Sultan Mahmud's Youngest Son 4. Harun Al-Rashid And The Poor Man's Daughter 5. The Arabi Boy 6. The Loves Of Ahmad Sultan And Tar Aswar 7. The Sardines 8. The Coppersmith And The Jinni 9. The Story Of The Avaricious Man 10. The Story Of The Fisherman And The Sultan 11. The Story Of The Jackal Who Turned Hajji (Pilgrim To Mecca) 12. Juj And Majuj (Gog And Magog) 13. The Story Of Hasan Al-Basri 14. The Girl And The Rat 15. How The All-Powerful Yielded A Hundredfold 16. The Appearance Of The White Cat 17. Allah Maku (There Is No God) 18. The Faithful Slave 19. The Lion And The Jackal 20. How Heskel Was Possessed By A Jewish Demon 21. Lokman 22. The Black Cat 23. The Story Of Budur Bibliography