A Group of Eastern Romances and Stories from the Persian, Tamil and Urdu
WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND APPENDIX By W. A. CLOUSTON, AUTHOR OF “POPULAR TALES AND FICTIONS” AND THE “BOOK OF NOODLES”; EDITOR OF THE “BOOK OF SINDIBAD,” THE “BAKHTYAR NAMA,” ETC.
“Who is he, that is now wholly overcome with idleness or otherwise involved in a labyrinth of worldly cares and troubles and discontents, that will not be much lightened in his mind by reading some enticing story, true or feigned?”—Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy .
PRIVATELY PRINTED.
MDCCCLXXXIX.
Edition— 300 Copies.
TO FORSTER FITZGERALD ARBUTHNOT, ESQ., MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
My Dear Arbuthnot,
Since you have always been warmly interested in my own works as well as in Oriental Literature generally, allow me to Dedicate to you the present collection of Eastern Tales. This I do with the greater pleasure, knowing that no man is more able than yourself to appreciate their value for the comparative study of popular fictions, and also to recognise their entertaining qualities.
Believe me,
Unknown
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
HISTORY OF NASSAR, THE SON OF KHOJA HUMAYUN, THE MERCHANT OF BAGHDAD.
First Advice.
Second Advice.
Third Advice.
Continuation of the History of Nassar.
Conclusion of the History of Nassar.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
THE KING AND HIS FOUR MINISTERS.
THE ROSE OF BAKÁWALÍ.
PROEM.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
PERSIAN STORIES.
THE THREE DECEITFUL WOMEN.
THE ENVIOUS VAZÍR.
THE BLIND BEGGAR.
THE KAZI OF GHAZNI AND THE MERCHANT’S WIFE.
THE INDEPENDENT MAN AND HIS TRAVELLING COMPANIONS.
THE KING WHO LEARNED A TRADE.
THE HIDDEN TREASURE.
THE DEAF MAN AND HIS SICK FRIEND.
THE GARDENER AND THE LITTLE BIRD.
APPENDIX.
Story of Prince Kasharkasha.
History of Farrukhrúz
The King and his Four Ministers.
The Rose of Bakáwalí.
FOOTNOTES
INDEX.
