Preface to the first edition ix
Preface to the second edition x
Foreword xi
Introduction 1
I. ANCIENT AND CHRISTIAN EGYPT
(A) ANCIENT EGYPT
1. THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
The Island of the Serpent
The Adventures of Sinuhe
2. HYKSOS PERIOD
Tales of the Magicians
3. THE NEW KINGDOM
The Tale of the Two Brothers
4. PERSIAN EGYPT
Rhampsinitus and the Clever Thief, by Herodotus
5. GRECO-ROMAN EGYPT
The Miracles of Khonsu
The Story of Khamwise
The Dream of Nectanebo
(B) CHRISTIAN EGYPT:
Saint Pisentius and the Jealous Man
Saint Pisentius and the Mummy
II. MUSLIM EGYPT
1. TALES OF RECOMPENSE
Three stories by Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn ad-Daya
A Merchant and His Wife
One of the Kings of India and a Merchant
The Midwife of Khumarawaih and Her Sister
2. ECHOES OF THE PAST
Two stories from the “Abridgment of Marvels”
The Image that Exposed Adulterers
A Visit to the Source of the Nile
From the Egyptian History of Murtada ibn al-Khafif:
Miraculous Stories of the Pyramids
Of Queen Charoba of Egypt and Gebirus the Metapheguian
3. FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS:
The Three Walis
4. TALES OF A CAIRENE COOK
The Story of Dalal
The Story of ‘Arab-Zandiq
5. FROM MODERN EGYPT:
‘Amm Mitwalli by Mahmud Taimur
The Lawsuit by Naguib Mahfou
Half a Day by Naguib Mahfouz