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The First Section: The Testimony of the Illustrious Book
The Second Section: The Example of the Messenger of God
The Third Section: The Testimony of the Ancient Authorities
The Fourth Section: The Example of Imam Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, God Be Pleased with Him
The Fifth Section: The Example of Imam ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
The Sixth Section: The Example of ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān
The Seventh Section: The Deeds of al-Ḥajjāj
The Eighth Section: The Example of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, God Be Pleased with Him
The Ninth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Manṣūr
The Tenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Mahdī
The Eleventh Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd
The Twelfth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Maʾmūn
The Thirteenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Mutawakkil
The Fourteenth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of Caliph al-Muqtadir Bi-llāh
The Fifteenth Section: Examples of the Jews’ Ignominy, Wickedness, and Trickery
The Second Chapter, A Description of the Copts and Their Perfidies, in Fifteen Sections
The First Section: A General Description of Them
The Second Section: Why the Copts Specialize as Secretaries and Neglect Other Professions
The Third Section: Concerning Their Pervasive yet Imperceptible Influence in the Land of Egypt
The Fourth Section: How Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn Discovered Their Notorious Malfeasance, and How He Resolved to Act toward Them
The Fifth Section: What Befell Them at the Hands of Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān
The Sixth Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh
The Seventh Section: The Events That Took Place in the Days of al-Āmir, and the Confiscations Carried Out by the Accursed Monk
The Eighth Section: Their Perfidy in the Story of ʿArīb the Singer
The Ninth Section: Their Scheming in the Days of al-Ḥāfiẓ, Their Perfidy during His Regime, and the Way in Which They Corrupted Aspects of His Life Which Had Otherwise Been Righteous
The Tenth Section: Their Shameless Testimony in Court Cases Involving Muslims
The Eleventh Section: Concerning Their Scheming in Carrying Out the Cadastral Survey, and Their Shamelessness in Causing Harm, with No Concern for God, Be He Exalted, No Fear of Scandal from the Discovery of Their Disgrace, and No Regard for Consequences
The Twelfth Section: Their Scheming against a Certain Judicial Witness Who Was in Their Company, and How They Cannot Be Restrained from Malfeasance
The Thirteenth Section: Concerning a Calculated Stratagem Carried Out by a Christian against His Jewish Associate, a Shocking Act That Only Someone of That Accursed Community Would Dare to Commit
The Fourteenth Section: Their Disgraceful Deeds in the Days of al-ʿĀḍid, When al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk Was Sultan
The Fifteenth Section: Why It Is That When One of Them Converts to Islam Due to Some Predicament or Calamity, He Becomes Even More Miserable and Dishonest than He Had Been Formerly, and Even More Insolent
The Third Chapter, A Description of Secretaries and Their Art, in Three Sections
The First Section: A Description of the Secretarial Art
The Second Section: An Account of Those Men Who May Properly Be Called Secretaries, along with Some of Their Achievements in Prose, Though It Be but a Single Phrase to Demonstrate the Excellence of Each One
The Third Section: Examples of the Poetry Produced by the Most Excellent Secretaries, Though It Be but a Single Line Each
The First Section: Poetry Composed about Such Men in Former and More Recent Times
The Second Section: Concerning Amusing Aspects of Their Vulgar Expression, and Their Foolishness
