Introduction, AVARICE &THE AVARICIOUS The Prologue; A Letter from Sahl ibn Haroun; The People of Khurasan ; The Mosque Loungers of Basra ; Zubayda ibnHumayd; Layla Na‘tiya ; WalidQurashi; Abu Mazin; Ahmad ibn Khalaf ; Miscellaneous Anecdotes (1) ; Khalid ibn Yazid; A Glossary of Khalid ibn Yazid’s Cant ; Miscellaneous Anecdotes (2); AbuJa‘far ;Hizami, Khalid ibn ‘Abdullah Qasri 65; Harithi; A Glossary of AbuT Fatik’s Jargon; Kindi; Muhammad ibn abi Mu’ammil, ; Asad ibn Jani; Abu ‘Abdulrahman Thawri, Miscellaneous Anecdotes (3) ; Tammam ibn Ja‘far Miscellaneous Anecdotes (4); Ibn ‘Aqadi, Miscellaneous Anecdotes (5); Abu Sa‘id Mada’ini, Asma‘i ; Abu ‘Uyayna; Miscellaneous Anecdotes (6), A Letter from AbuT‘As; Ibn Tau’am’s Reply, Miscellaneous Anecdotes (7)
Biography
JIM COLVILLE has wide experience throughout the Middle East and North Africa as an Arabic/English translator and interpreter. He is currently with the Royal Commission in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
