Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Preface -- Part I -- Introduction -- Ancient Prejudices -- A Byzantine Misapprehension (Tenth Century) -- Sayings Attributed to the Prophet -- On National Character: Some Medieval Judgments -- A Persian View of the World (Sixth Century?) -- An Iraqi View (Early Tenth Century) -- View from Jerusalem (Late Tenth Century) -- Another Arab View (Late Tenth Century) -- Another Persian View (Twelfth-Thirteenth Centuries) -- On Subjugation (Fourteenth Century) -- A Consumer's Guide to Servants (Fifteenth-Century Iran) -- Some Western Prejudices -- Literary Stereotypes -- Some Religious Prejudices -- And Some Political Judgments -- Five British Views of the Arabs -- And Some American Prejudices -- Dr. Johnson on Orientalism -- Part II -- Introduction -- In Darkest Europe -- An Embassy from the Arab Ruler of Cordova to the Vikings (c. 845) -- Rome c. 886 -- The Northern Barbarians (c. 947) -- Whaling in the Irish Sea (Tenth Century) -- Northerners, Seen from Andalusia (1068) -- England and Ireland (1154) -- Franks in Syria (Twelfth Century) -- The British Isles (Thirteenth Century) -- The Land of the Franks (Thirteenth Century) -- On European Languages (Early Fourteenth Century) -- On European Science (Fourteenth Century) -- The State of Nature in Ireland and England (Early Fourteenth Century) -- The Mysterious Occident -- Emperor Leopold I in Vienna (1665) -- Frederick the Great (1763) -- A Moroccan Ambassador's View of Spain (1690-91) -- A Turkish Ambassador's View of Paris (1720) -- Parisian Commerce (1777) -- Two Revolutions -- Revolution in America (1779-88) -- The French Revolution: Contemporary Turkish Reactions -- The Western Menace -- A Visitor's Guide to Western Europe (c. 1799-1803) -- An Egyptian in Paris Discovers Newspapers, the Mails and Advertising (1826-31).

An Egyptian Lady in Paris (c. 1924) -- On Causes of the Progress of Europe and the Backwardness of the Orient, Though the Human Race Is One -- Western Dancing (1903) -- Germans in Turkey (1914-18) -- English Women and Men (1918) -- A Turkish View of Freedom and Eccentricity (1933) -- An Egyptian View of Western Civilization (1933) -- Plagued by the West (1961) -- Working Women: A View from Afghanistan (1998) -- Part III -- Introduction -- Part IV -- Introduction -- On Travel (1876) -- On Travelers (1717) -- Hints to Travelers in the East (1847) -- Salute to the Orient (1936) -- Looking the Other Way -- India and China -- An African Adventure (922-23) -- The Traveler of Islam (Fourteenth Century) -- Quarantine -- Contagion (Fourteenth Century) -- Symptoms (1369) -- Prayer (1348) -- Departure from Europe: Crossing the Sava River (1835) -- Western Travelers -- A Pilgrim (867) -- The Misadventures of an Italian Pilgrim (1384) -- A Rabbi on the Road (1481) -- Time and Space in Sixteenth-Century Turkey (1554) -- A Spiritual Exercise (1523) -- Letter from a Jesuit Missionary (1700) -- Testimony of Two English Slaves (Seventeenth Century) -- On the Habits and Character of the Inhabitants of Syria (1782-85) -- A Philosopher at Sea (1785) -- A French General in Egypt (1798) -- A Swiss Pilgrim in Medina (1814) -- Kinglake's Travels (1835) -- Damascus (1835) -- Persian Jews (1846-55) -- Travel Notebook Qusseyr, on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt (1850) -- A Pilgrim Arrives in Mecca (1853) -- Missionaries (1856) -- An Innocent Abroad: The Travels of Mark Twain (1867) -- Jerusalem (1877) -- Fraternizing with Orientals (1894-96) -- In Praise of Gardens (1894) -- On Punctuality (1947) -- Facing History in Jerusalem (1975) -- A Journey to the Islamic Revolution (1981) -- Interview with Qaddafi (1986) -- Part V -- Introduction -- Rules Concerning Ambassadors.

From an Arabic Manual of Statecraft (Ninth Century) -- From a Persian Manual of Statecraft (Eleventh Century) -- How to Write a Letter to Europe -- Reception and Negotiation -- An Offer of Marriage and Friendship, Apparently Unrequited, from a Frankish Queen (Baghdad, 905-6) -- A Letter from the Ottoman Grand Vizier Siyavush Pasha to Queen Elizabeth of England (1583) -- An Organ for the Sultan (1599) -- The Appointment of an Ottoman Ambassador to India (1653) -- The Manner of Reception of Foreign Ambassadors Among the Turks, and the Esteem They Have of Them (1667) -- The Dangers of Interpreting (1667) -- An Orientalist's View (Eighteenth Century) -- Advice on Negotiations (1768) -- Interpreting Treaties (1768) -- Thoughts on Book Learning and Intelligence, Credulity and Pedantry (1768) -- A Turkish Ambassador in Spain (1787) -- Petition from a Dragoman (c. 1767) -- The Dragoman System in the Levant: A Foreign Office Memorandum -- Embassy Etiquette and an Audience with the Sultan (1824-27) -- A Lesson in Pride (1833) -- Levantine Manners -- Reception and Reform (1867) -- An English View of an American Consul-General (1844) -- Advice to a Vice Consul, from a Friend (1837) -- And a Warning from an American Visitor (1856) -- Modern Diplomacy -- A Persian Mission to England (1838-39) -- The Shah in Europe (1873) -- Letters from Persia (1925) -- Politics in Syria Under the French Mandate (1934) -- Diplomacy and War: The Siege of Baghdad (1941) -- An American Diplomat in Baghdad (1944) -- The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Jordan, 1948) -- Mosadeq: Portrait of a Prime Minister (Tehran, 1951) -- President Nasser and King Hussein: Impressions of a Secretary of State (1969) -- Part VI -- Introduction -- Interpreting Scriptures -- Men and Women -- Middle Eastern Views -- Aphorisms (Eleventh Century) -- A Consumer's Guide (Eleventh Century).

Two Tales (Fourteenth-Century Egypt) -- On Beauty (Fifteenth Century) -- An Egyptian View of Marriageability (Seventeenth Century) -- A Traveler's Tale from Vienna (1665) -- French Influences (Cairo, 1800-1801) -- Frenchwomen, and a Note on Ballroom Dancing (1826-31) -- The Need to Educate Women (1867) -- The Koltuk Ceremony (Early Twentieth Century) -- Lessons and Learning (Cairo, Early Twentieth Century) -- In Praise of Women -- European Views -- A Wedding (1384) -- A Peek at the Harem (Istanbul, 1599) -- In Praise of Polygamy and Concubinage (1656) -- Women's Quarters (Istanbul, c. 1667) -- Tales of an English Lady (1717-18) -- On the Domestic Life of the Inhabitants of Syria and Why There Is so Little to Envy (1782 -85) -- A Physician Visits the Harem, with Notes on Certain Feminine Concerns (1824) -- The Price of a Slave (Istanbul, 1824) -- The Second Wife (Cairo, 1833 - 35) -- Thoughts on Polygamy (1849 -50) -- The Superior Sex (1858) -- Women in Muslim Law (Turkey, c. 1900) -- Behind the Veil (Egypt, 1923) -- Four Classical Love Poems -- Arabic -- Persian -- Hebrew -- Turkish -- Last Word from a Turkish Lady -- Part VII -- Introduction -- The Theory and Practice of Government -- Wisdom of the Rabbis -- From the Qur'an -- Sayings Attributed to the Prophet -- The Severity of Ziyad -- Cutting Bureaucracy (Eighth Century) -- A Letter to Secretaries (Eighth Century) -- Maxims on Statecraft (Seventh-Ninth Centuries) -- Advice on Government (Ninth-Tenth Centuries) -- The Democratic City (Tenth Century) -- Three Views of Kingship -- A Bureaucratic Parody (Eleventh Century) -- On Taxation and Its Effects (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries) -- Decline and Fall -- A Connoisseur's View of Kingship (1532) -- Another View, Some Time Later (1786) -- An Ottoman Official Offers Advice and a Warning to the Sultan (1630) -- Crime and Punishment.

Requisites of a Judge (Early Twelfth Century) -- Justice in Damascus (1384) -- Ottoman Advice on Trust and Fear (Mid-Seventeenth Century) -- An English Merchant Reviews Methods of Execution (1600) -- Turkish Justice (1650) -- Summary Justice in Syria (1782-85) -- Comments of a Military Adviser (1785) -- The Bastinado (Nubia, 1850) -- Disobedience and the Rules of Roguery in Cairo (1844) -- Aspects of Reform -- Despotism, Democracy and Human Rights: Reflections of an English Conservative (1832) -- Politics Here and There (1849-50) -- Reform and Emancipation -- Two Comments from a Turkish Liberal -- An Ottoman View of Ottoman Officials (1872) -- Persons and Institutions: a British View (1878) -- Education: a Memorandum to the Sultan (1880) -- Encounter with Freedom (1878) -- A Young Turk's View of Old Turk Government (1897) -- Imperial Sidelights -- Britain in Egypt (1883) -- The Leisure of a [British] Egyptian Official (1921) -- Trouble in Palestine (1920-22) -- Glubb Pasha on Arab Prospects (1941) -- Intellectuals and the State -- Dependence (1978) -- Words Versus Deeds (1986) -- Reflections of an Egyptian Statesman (1997) -- Revolution -- Tehran, August 1906 -- Istanbul, 1908 -- Three Poems of Revolution -- Atatürk on the State of the Union -- New Year's Message (1980) -- Turkey and Iran Look at Each Other -- Part VIII -- Introduction -- War and Peace -- Scriptures -- Sayings Attributed to the Prophet -- On Suicide -- Abu Bakr on the Rules of War -- St. Augustine on the Desire for Peace (413) -- Two Views on the Origins of the Crusades -- Terrorists in the Holy Land -- Crusader Encounters with the Assassins (Twelfth-Thirteenth Centuries) -- Murder and Paradise (1192) -- A Social Call on the Assassins (1198) -- Plus Ça Change (1250) -- The Proper Use of Spies -- The Spies of Moses -- The Qur'anon Privacy.

Catching Spies and How to Deal with Them: Two Legal Views (Eighth Century).