The story of Joseph = Kissa'i Yusuf /

Ali, active 13th century,

The story of Joseph = Kissa'i Yusuf / by Kol Gali ; a translation, with commentaries by Fred Beake and Ravil Bukharaev ; illustrations by Azat Minnekaev. - 1 online resource (xlii, 229 pages)

Includes bibliographical references.

THE STORY OF JOSEPH; Contents; Map: Volga-Bulgaria, AD1200; THREE INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS; 1 VOLGA-BULGARIA AND THE KAZAN TATARS; 2 KOL GALI AND HIS POEM; 3 RELIGION IN THE STORY OF JOSEPH; TRADITIONAL SCORE FOR THE DECLAMATION OF KISSA'I YUSUF; ON TRANSLATING THE STORY OF JOSEPH BY FRED BEAKE; KOL GALI AND HIS POEM KISSA'I YUSUF BY NURMUHAMMAT HISAMOV; List of Illustrations; The Story of Joseph; INTRODUCTION; 1 JOSEPH'S DREAM; 2 CONCERNING JOSEPH'S WELL; 3 JOSEPH'S BROTHERS RETURN FROM ABANDONING JOSEPH; 4 THE DREAM OF MALIK, SON OF DAGHIR; 5 THE STORY OF ZULEIKHA 6 THE WET NURSE ENQUIRES ABOUT ZULEIKHA'S CONDITION 7 ON WOMEN SLANDERING ZULEIKHA; 8 ABOUT AN ARAB FROM CANAAN; 9 JOSEPH IS FREED FROM HIS GAOL; 10 THE STORY OF JOSEPH'S FIRST MINISTER; 11 JOSEPH'S MARRIAGE; 12 SOJOURN OF THE SONS OF JACOB IN EGYPT; 13 JOSEPH BUILDS A PALACE; 14 JOSEPH SENDS HIS ROBE TO JACOB; 15 HOW KING REYYAN INVITED PROPHET JACOB TO HIS PALACE; 16 JACOB LEAVES EGYPT; 17 JOSEPH LEAVES EGYPT; 18 DEMISE OF JOSEPH, PEACE BE UPON HIM; EPILOGUE; FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN TEXT

The Story of Joseph, the only surviving work by the founder of Bulgar-Tatar literature Kul Gali, is rendered into English for the first time in its entirety by Fred Beake and Ravil Bukharaev. Supporting the annotated translation are forty specially commissioned illustrations by one of Russia's leading contemporary artists Azat Minnekaev.


Translated from the Bulgar-Tatar, with facsimiles of original handwritten text in Arabic script.

9789004212862 (electronic bk.) 9004212868 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (hbk.)

10.1163/9789004212862 doi


Bashkir literature.
Folk literature, Bashkir.
Tatar literature.
Littérature bashkir.
Littérature populaire bashkir.
Littérature tatare.
FICTION--General.
Bashkir literature.
Folk literature, Bashkir.
Tatar literature.


Electronic books.
Poetry.

PL248.A378 / K53413 2010

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