The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East/Volume 6
THE SACRED BOOKS AND EARLY LITERATURE OF THE EAST
WITH HISTORICAL SURVEYS OF THE CHIEF WRITINGS OF EACH NATION
Translations, Bibliographies, etc., by the following Leading Orientalists:
IN AMERICA:
MORRIS JASTROW, LL.D., Professor of Semitic Languages, University of Pennsylvania; JAMES H. BREASTED, LL.D., Professor of Egyptology, University of Chicago; CHARLES C. TORREY, D.D., Professor of Semitic Languages, Yale University; A. V. W. JACKSON, LL.D., Professor of Indo- Iranian, Columbia University; CHARLES R. LANMAN, LL.D., Professor of Sanskrit, Harvard University; Rev. CHARLES F. AIKEN, S.T.D., Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Catholic University; FRIEDRICH HIRTH, LL.D., Professor of Chinese, Columbia University; Rev. WILLIAM E. GRIFFIS, D.D., former Professor at the Imperial University, Tokio.
IN EUROPE:
E. A. W. BUDGE, F.S.A., Director of Egyptology in the British Museum; Sir GASTON MASPERO, D.C.L., Member of the Royal Institute of France; Rev. A. H. SAYCE. LL.D., Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford University; W. FLINDERS-PETRIE, LL.D., Professor of Egyptology, University College, London; STEPHEN LANGDON. Ph.D., Professor of Assyriology, Oxford University; Sir ERNEST SATOW, LL.D., G.C.M.G., British Minister to Japan; H. OLDENBERG, LL.D., Professor of Sanskrit, Kiel University; T. W. RHYS-DAVIDS, LL.D., Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society; ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY, LL.D., Professor of Oriental Languages, University of Budapest.
IN ASIA:
Sir M. COOMARA SWAMY, Legislative Council of Ceylon; ROMESH CHUNDER DUTT, C.I.E., Author of the History of Civilization in Ancient India; DARAB D. P. SANJANA. Educational Society of Bombay; Viscount KENCHO SUYEMATSU. LL.M., Japanese Minister of the Interior; SHEIK FAIZ-ULLAH-BHAI, Head Master of the Schools of Anjuman-i-Islam; RALPH T. GRIFFITH, President Benares College, India; JIVANJI JAMSHEDJI MODI, Fellow of Bombay University, Officier de l'Académie Française.
Under the editorship of a staff of specialists directed by
Prof. CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, Inc.
NEW YORK LONDON
This Volume is one of a complete set of the Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, consisting of fourteen volumes. In Volume I of the series will be found a certificate as to the limitation of the edition and the registered number of this set.
Copyright, 1917,
Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb, Inc.
THE SACRED BOOKS AND EARLY LITERATURE OF THE EAST
VOLUME VI
MEDIEVAL ARABIC, MOORISH, AND TURKISH
In Translations by
E. J. W. GIBB of the Royal Asiatic Society; STANLEY LANE-POOLE, Litt.D., Professor of Arabic, Trinity College, Dublin; ARMINIUS VAMBERY, LL.D., Professor of Oriental Languages, University of Budapest; THOMAS CHENERY, M.A., Former Professor of Arabic at Oxford University; ERNEST RENAN, Former Professor of Hebrew, College of France; CLAUD FIELD, M.A.; and other authorities.
With a Brief Bibliography by
Charles C. Torrey, LL.D., and Prof. Edward H. Johns, Ph.D.
With an Historical Survey and Descriptions by
Prof. CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, Inc.
NEW YORK LONDON
"Let there be light."—Genesis I, 3.
"There never was a false god, nor was there ever really a false religion, unless you call a child a false man."—Max Müller.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI
LITERATURES DESCENDED FROM
THE ARABIC
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction—How the Teaching of Mohammed Spread into Many Lands and Created Many Literatures | 1 | |
| MEDIEVAL ARAB LITERATURE | ||
| I.—The Sunan, | ||
| Or Holy Traditions of Mohammed (A.D. 850–890) | 9 | |
| II.—Early History and Science | 33 | |
| Masoudi's "Golden Meadows" (A.D. 956) | 37 | |
| Legends of the Early Caliphs. | ||
| Avicenna on "Medicine" (A.D. 1020) | 90 | |
| The Chief Work of the Arabs' Chief Scientist. | ||
| Al Biruni's "Existing Monuments" (A.D. 1040) | 92 | |
| The First Effort at Scientific Study of the Past. | ||
| III.—Philosophy and Religion | 97 | |
| Al Ghazali's "Rescuer from Error" (A.D. 1106) | 102 | |
| The Spiritual Autobiography of a Great Teacher. | ||
| Zamakhshari's "Kashshaf," or "Discoverer of Truth" (A.D. 1140) | 134 | |
| The Boldest Commentary on the Koran. | ||
| Zamakhshari's "Golden Necklaces" | 138 | |
| Mohammedan Precepts of Morality. | | |
| IV.—Romance | 141 | |
| The "Assemblies" of Al Hariri (A.D. 1122) | 145 | |
| The Most Renowned Piece of Pure Literature in Arabic. | ||
| V.—The Poets of Arabia | 203 | |
| MOORISH LITERATURE | ||
| VI.—Science and History | 235 | |
| Averroes' "Philosophy" (A.D. 1195) | 239 | |
| Al Maqqari's "Breath of Perfumes" (A.D. 1628) | 241 | |
| VII.—Love Poetry of the Spanish Moors | 243 | |
| TURKISH LITERATURE | ||
| VIII.—Legends and Poetry | 257 | |
| The Queen of Night, an Old Folk-lore Tale | 262 | |
| The Earliest Turkish Poem (A.D. 1332) | 272 | |
| Book of Alexander the Great (A.D. 1412) | 273 | |
| The Loves of Shirin (A.D. 1426) | 275 | |
| The Book of Mohammed (A.D. 1449) | 277 | |
| Poems by Turkish Sultans | 280 | |
| Turkish Poetesses | 290 | |
| The Great Turkish Poets | 292 | |
| IX.—The Travels of Sidi Ali Reis | 327 | |
| The "Mirror of Countries" (A.D. 1556) | 332 | |
| Bibliography of Arabic Literature | 397 | |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME VI
| FACING PAGE | |
| The Slave Girl of Abu Zayd | Frontispiece |
| The Death of Abu Mustem | 42 |
| The Song of Abu Al Salam | 210 |
| The Queen of Night | 264 |
| The Ancient Church of St. Sophia | 320 |