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Contents List of Illustrations * vii Translator’s Note * ix Acknowledgments * xiii Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi’s Introduction * 1 The Meaning of “Party-Crashing” in the Language and the First Person Named after It * 6 Early Party-Crashing * 11 Going to a Meal Without Being Invited Is Deemed Rude * 19 Those Who Cast Aspersions on Party-Crashing and Its Practitioners and Satirize and Denounce Them * 30 Those Who Praise, Make Excuses for, or Speak Well of Party-Crashing * 36 Contents vi Party-Crashers from among the Notables, the Noble, the Learned, and the Cultured * 42 Those Who Engage in Very Subtle Acts of Party-Crashing * 72 Those Who Love People to Sponge and Facilitate It * 79 Anecdotes about Party-Crashers Who Exert Themselves in Party-Crashing and Make It a Trade and Occupation * 85 Accounts of the Ones That the Guards Would Refuse, but Who Outwit the Guards with a Lie or a Ruse * 99 Mention of the Party-Crashers’ Conversations, Advice, and Poetry * 111 Accounts of Bunan, the Party-Crasher * 128 A Document Pertaining to Party-Crashing * 163 Bibliography * 175 ...