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Cover 1 Introduction 10 A Note on Transliteration and Bibliography 16 Part 1: Formation of a Tradition 18 Persian Aspects of the Romance Tradition 20 Mapping the Alexander Romance 36 King Midas’ Ears on Alexander’s Head: In Search of the Afro-Asiatic Alexander Cycle 78 The Alexander Romance and the Pattern of Hero-Legend 98 Part 2: Perspectives 120 The Persians in Late Byzantine Alexander Romances: A Portrayal under Turkish Influences 122 Adventures of Alexander in Medieval Turkish 134 Some Talk of Alexander 144 Part 3: Texts 176 Alexander the Great in the Shāhnāmeh of Ferdowsī 178 The King Explorer: A Cosmographic Approach to the Persian Alexander 192 ‘Umāra’s Qiṣṣa al-Iskandar as a Model of the Arabic Alexander Romance 222 Al-Tabari’s Tales of Alexander: History and Romance 236 Al-Mubaššir ibn Fātik and the α Version of the Alexander Romance 250 Aspects of Alexander in Coptic Egypt 272 The Islamized Alexander in Chinese Geographies and Encyclopaedias 280 Part 4: Themes 292 Sekandar, Dragon-Slayer 294 Stories of the Persian Bride: Alexander and Roxane 312 Alexander the Philosopher in the Greco-Roman, Persian and Arabic Traditions 328 In Search of Water of Life: The Alexander Roman

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Stoneman, Richard,Erickson, Kyle,Netton, Ian Richard

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