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Preface	v
Errata	xi
Introduction	1
The Preface of Al Ḥarîri	103
The First Assembly, Called “Of San‘â”	108
The Second Assembly, Called “Of Ḥolwân”	112
The Third Assembly, Called “Of Ḳaylah”	117
The Fourth Assembly, Called “Of Damietta”	121
The Fifth Assembly, Called “Of Kufa”	126
The Sixth Assembly, Called “Of Merâghah,” or “The Diversified”	132
The Seventh Assembly, Called “Of Barka‘îd”	139
The Eighth Assembly, Called “Of Ma‘arrah”	145
The Ninth Assembly, Called “Of Alexandria”	149
The Tenth Assembly, Called “Of Raḥbah”	158
The Eleventh Assembly, Called “Of Sâweh”	163
The Twelfth Assembly, Called “Of Damascus”	168
The Thirteenth Assembly, Called “Of Bagdad”	176
The Fourteenth Assembly, Called “Of Mecca”	181
The Fifteenth Assembly, Called “The Legal”	185
The Sixteenth Assembly, Called “Of the West”	194
The Seventeenth Assembly, Called “The Reversed”	200
The Eighteenth Assembly, Called “Of Sinjâr”	206
The Nineteenth Assembly, Called “Of Naṣînbîn”	214
The Twentieth Assembly, Called “Of Mayyâfâriḳîn”	220
The Twenty-First Assembly, Called “Of Rayy.”	224
The Twenty-Second Assembly, Called “Of the Euphrates”	229
The Twenty-Third Assembly, Called “Of the Precinct”	234
The Twenty-Fourth Assembly, Called “Of the Portion”	243
The Twenty-Fifth Assembly, Called “Of Kerej”	253
The Twenty-Sixth Assembly, Called “The Spotted”s	258
Notes To The Assemblies Of Al Ḥarîri	265
Preface	265
Notes to the First Assembly	278
Notes to the Second Assembly	285
Notes to the Third Assembly	295
Notes to the Fourth Assembly	302
Notes to the Fifth Assembly	308
Notes to the Sixth Assembly	321
Notes to the Seventh Assembly	328
Notes to the Eighth Assembly	336
Notes to the Ninth Assembly	344
Notes to the Tenth Assembly	351
Notes to the Eleventh Assembly	364
Notes to the Twelfth Assembly	368
Notes to the Thirteenth Assembly	380
Notes to the Fourteenth Assembly	391
Notes to the Fifteenth Assembly	398
Notes to the Sixteenth Assembly	410
Notes to the Seventeenth Assembly	419
Notes to the Eighteenth Assembly	427
Notes to the Nineteenth Assembly	443
Notes to the Twentieth Assembly	452
Notes to the Twenty-First Assembly	455
Notes to the Twenty-Second Assembly	469
Notes to the Twenty-Third Assembly	480
Notes to the Twenty-Fourth Assembly	493
Notes to the Twenty-Fifth Assembly	415
Notes to the Twenty-Sixth Assembly	524
Notes to the Introduction	539