Contents

pp 5-8

Preface

pp 9-12

Part 1 - Literature

pp 13-14

Tawfiq Al Hakim and Charles Dickens. A comparativestudy between Al Hakim’s The Return of the Spiritand Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities

pp 15-24

The Ghost of al-Ḥallāj by Maqbūl al-ʿAlawī. Only anovel on envy and ill will, rivalry and intrigues inpast and present societies?

pp 25-36

Representation of women in early republic eraTurkish novels

pp 37-46

Partitioned state of undivided mind. The life andtime of Saadat Hasan Manto

pp 47-54

“To lift up people’s hearts and enlighten theirminds.” The series of historical novels by ǦurǧīZaydān and Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

pp 55-66

Hindi writer on civilization. Ajñeya’s critique ofsabhyatā

pp 67-78

Where will The Address lead us this time? On thehermeneutical labyrinths Sohrāb Sepehri’s poemtempts us to enter

pp 79-90

What makes a tanka poem a tanka? Modern approachesto form and versification in Japanese tankapoetry

pp 91-100

Part 2 - Linguistics

pp 101-102

The authorship of the Chāndogyopaniṣad-Bhāṣya. Astylometric approach

pp 103-116

Japanese nominal elements. Why morphology?

pp 117-126

Looking for God. The translation of a biblicalmetaphor into Polish and Arabic

pp 127-142

What’s in a poem? Some remarks on ClassicalJapanese “names of things”

pp 143-158

Let’s talk globally, let’s talk locally – how toovercome communication problems. Arabic and Frenchlinguistic contacts in the discourse on the MoroccanInternet media

pp 159-172

Persian dishes in the 13th century Kitāb al-ṭabīkhby al-Baghdādī

pp 173-190

New Turkish vocabulary in Sadik Bey Agabeyov’sTurkish grammar (1930)

pp 191-200

Part 3 - History

pp 201-202

Has the son outgrown his father? The life and workof Ǧaʿfar Ibn Aḥmad an-Nāṣirī as-Salāwī(1893–1980)

pp 203-212

Emirs of Malikšāh and their struggle for power overSyria 1092–1098

pp 213-222

Dialogue or confrontation. The Egyptian religiouselite and the French occupation authorities(1798–1801)

pp 223-232

On the eve of colonialism. Arab rulers and Russianauthorities at the last third of 18thcentury

pp 233-240

The chronicle of Niqula al-Turk as a source on thehistory of the campaign of Bonaparte in Syria in1799

pp 241-246

Part 4 - History of Oriental Studies

pp 247-248

Kraków in the life of Tadeusz Kowalski

pp 249-256

Studies in Arabic linguistics at the JagiellonianUniversity in Kraków. Areas of interest and state ofresearch

pp 257-264

Reaching back to the Qur’ān’s literary(pre-)history. Source text for the critical editionwanted

pp 265-274