Part One: Introduction1. Avicenna and Islamic Allegory2. Avicenna: Courtier, Physician, PhilosopherPart Two: Allegory and Philosophy3. The Structure and Representation of the Cosmos4. Avicenna's Theory of the Soul5. Avicenna's Theory of KnowledgePart Three: The Mi'raj Nama6. Translation of the Mi(rajNamaPart Four: Interpretation and Allegory7. The Interpretation and Function of Allegory8. Allegory and AllegoresisAppendicesAppendix A. On AllegoryAppendix B. On the Attribution of the Mi'ra} NamaAppendix C. The ManuscriptsAppendix D. The Text of Avicenna's Version of the Mi'ra}(without his attendant commentary)