Arabic Fable

Ulrich Marzolph, Dr. phil. (1981), Cologne, is a retired adjunct Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen, Germany. His field of expertise is the narrative culture of the Muslim world on which he has published widely.

• PrefaceAbbreviations and Concordance of NumbersIntroduction1 Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature: Two Strands of Tradition2 Towards a Definition of the Arabic Fable3 Data Relevant for the History of the Arabic Fable4 Fables in Authored Literature5 Content Characteristics of the Arabic Fable ProperAnnotated BibliographyInventory of Fables in Premodern Arabic LiteratureI. Scattered Fables (SF; nos.1–160)II. Fables in Literature (nos.161–330)A. Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, Kalīla wa-Dimna (KD; nos.161–208)B. Qiṣṣat Jalīʿād wa-Shīmās (JSh; nos.209–217)C. Qiṣṣat Malik Balāsh (MB; nos.218–221)D. Bilawhar wa-Būdhāsaf (BB; no.222)E. Ibn al-Habbāriyya, al-Ṣādiḥ wa-’l-bāghim (ṢB; nos.223–229)F. al-Kalāʿī, Iḥkām ṣanʿat al-kalām (KI; nos.230–232)G. Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī, Sulwān al-muṭāʿ fī ʿudwān al-atbāʿ (SM; nos.233–241)H. Qiṣṣat Ḥayqār (QḤ; nos.242–257)I. Amthāl Luqmān al-ḥakīm (AL; nos.258–289)J. Ibn ʿArabshāh, Fākihat al-khulafāʾ wa-mufākat al-ẓurafāʾ (FKh; nos.290–313)K. Alf Layla wa-layla (ALL; nos.314–329)III. Supplement (S; no.330)IV. Appendix: Concordance for the Fables in the Manuscripts Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, arabe 3463 and arabe 3464Appendix: Arabic Texts of the Scattered Fables (Selection)BibliographyConcordance of References to Major Reference Works, Studies, and TranslationsIndex of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works)List of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) in Chronological SequenceIndex of Non-Human Characters Acting in the FablesGeneral Index