Table of Contents
Letter from the General Editor iii
Foreword x
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction xv
Map: al-Jawbari's World: The Periphery xxi
Map: al-Jawbari's World: The Center xxii
Note on the Text xxiii
Notes to the Introduction xxvi
The Book of Charlatans 1
Chapter 1 Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Prophets 9
Chapter 2 Exposé of the Tricks of Fake Shaykhs and Illusionists among the Dervishes, the Shaykhs, and "the Righteous" 20
Chapter 3 Exposé of the Tricks of Fire-and-Brimstone Preachers 39
Chapter 4 Exposé of the Tricks of Monks 45
Chapter 5 Exposé of the Tricks of Jews and Others 51
Chapter 6 Exposé of the Tricks of the Banu Sasan 55
Chapter 7 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Solomon's Ant 66
Chapter 8 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Practice War and Bear Arms 78
Chapter 9 Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Kaf, That Is, Alchemy 82
Chapter 10 Exposé of the Tricks of Apothecaries 102
Chapter 11 Exposé of the Tricks of the People of the Mim (Who Are Treasure Hunters Who Pretend to Have Access to Hoards of Wealth and Buried Treasure) 108
Chapter 12 Exposé of the Tricks of Astrologers Who Ply Their Trade on the Highway 114
Chapter 13 Exposé of the Tricks of Spirit Conjurors 129
Chapter 14 Exposé of the Tricks of the Doctors Who Practice on the Highways 142
Chapter 15 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Extract Worms from Teeth 156
Chapter 16 Exposé of the Tricks of Eye Doctors Who Use Metal Instruments 160
Chapter 17 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Dye Horses 161
Chapter 18 Exposé of Their Tricks; Example: Those Who Dye Humans 164
Chapter 19 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Manipulate Fire and Can Block Its Heat 169
Chapter 20 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Concoct Artificial Foodstuffs 172
Chapter 21 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Work Knockout Drugs and Stupefacients 176
Chapter 22 Exposé of the Tricks of Notaries, That Is, of the People Who Draw Up Contracts 180
Chapter 23 Exposé of the Tricks of Prestidigitators 183
Chapter 24 Exposé of Jewelers and Their Fake Products 186
Chapter 25 Exposé of the Tricks of Money Changers, of Scams They Pull and Scams Pulled on Them 192
Chapter 26 Exposé of the Tricks of Those Who Creep Up on Beardless Boys at Music and Chanting Performances and Weddings and on Journeys and So On 197
Chapter 27 Exposé of the Tricks of "the Masters of the Crafts" 200
Chapter 28 Exposé of the Tricks of Sneak Thieves (Thieves Who Enter Houses Unlawfully) 226
Chapter 29 Exposé of the Tricks of the Thieves Who Enter Houses by Making Holes in Walls and Committing Murder 228
Chapter 30 Exposé of the Tricks of Women, and of Their Cunning, Craftiness, and Duplicity 232
Notes 240
Glossary of People, Places, and Little-Known Simples 269
Bibliography 290
Further Reading 296
Index 298
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 312
About the Translator 313
The Library of Arabic Literature 314
