CONTENTS
[INTRODUCTION]
[INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE]
[THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA]
[CHAPTER I — Of Hajji Baba’s birth and education.]
[CHAPTER II — Hajji Baba commences his travels—His encounter with the Turcomans, and his captivity.]
[CHAPTER III — Into what hands Hajji Baba falls, and the fortune which his razors proved to him.]
[CHAPTER IV — Of his ingenuity in rescuing his master’s money from the Turcoman, and of his determination to keep it.]
[CHAPTER V — Hajji Baba becomes a robber in his own defence, and invades his native city.]
[CHAPTER VI — Concerning the three prisoners taken by the Turcomans, and of the booty made in the caravanserai.]
[CHAPTER VII — Hajji Baba evinces a feeling disposition—History of the poet Asker.]
[CHAPTER VIII — Hajji Baba escapes from the Turcomans—The meaning of ‘falling from the frying-pan into the fire’ illustrated.]
[CHAPTER IX — Hajji Baba, in his distress, becomes a saka, or water-carrier.]
[CHAPTER X — He makes a soliloquy, and becomes an itinerant vendor of smoke.]
[CHAPTER XI — History of Dervish Sefer, and of two other dervishes.]
[CHAPTER XII — Hajji Baba finds that fraud does not remain unpunished, even in this world—He makes fresh plans.]
[CHAPTER XIII — Hajji Baba leaves Meshed, is cured of his sprain, and relates a story.]
[CHAPTER XIV — Of the man he meets, and the consequences of the encounter.]
[CHAPTER XV — Hajji Baba reaches Tehran, and goes to the poet’s house.]
[CHAPTER XVI — He makes plans for the future, and is involved in a quarrel.]
[CHAPTER XVII — He puts on new clothes, goes to the bath, and appears in a new character.]
[CHAPTER XVIII — The poet returns from captivity—the consequences of it for Hajji Baba.]
[CHAPTER XIX — Hajji Baba gets into the service of the king’s physician—Of the manner he was first employed by him.]
[CHAPTER XX — He succeeds in deceiving two of the faculty, getting a pill from one, and a piece of gold from the other.]
[CHAPTER XXI — He describes the manner in which the Shah of Persia takes medicine.]
[CHAPTER XXII — Hajji Baba asks the doctor for a salary, and of the success of his demand.]
[CHAPTER XXIII — He becomes dissatisfied with his situation, is idle, and falls in love.]
[CHAPTER XXIV — He has an interview with the fair Zeenab, who relates how she passes her time in the doctor’s harem.]
[CHAPTER XXV — The lovers meet again, and are very happy—Hajji Baba sings.]
[CHAPTER XXVI — The history of Zeenab, the Cûrdish slave.]
[CHAPTER XXVII — Of the preparations made by the chief physician to receive the Shah as his guest, and of the great expense which threatened him.]
[CHAPTER XXVIII — Concerning the manner of the Shah’s reception; of the present made him, and the conversation which ensued.]
[CHAPTER XXIX — A description of the entertainment, which is followed by an event destructive to Hajji Baba’s happiness.]
[CHAPTER XXX — Hajji Baba meets with a rival in the Shah himself, and loses the fair object of his affections.]
[CHAPTER XXXI — His reflections on the loss of Zeenab—He is suddenly called upon to exert his skill as a doctor.]
[CHAPTER XXXII — Hajji is appointed to a situation under government—He becomes an executioner.]
[CHAPTER XXXIII — He accompanies the Shah to his camp, and gets some insight into his profession.]
[CHAPTER XXXIV — Employed in his official capacity, Hajji Baba gives a specimen of Persian despotism.]
[CHAPTER XXXV — Fortune, which pretended to frown, in fact smiles upon Hajji Baba, and promotes him to be sub-lieutenant to the chief executioner.]
[CHAPTER XXXVI — Although by trade an executioner, he shows a feeling heart—He meets with a young man and woman in distress.]
[CHAPTER XXXVII — The history of Yûsûf, the Armenian, and his wife Mariam.]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII — Sequel of the foregoing history, and of the resolution which Hajji Baba takes in consequence.]
[CHAPTER XXXIX — The Armenian Yûsûf proves himself worthy of Hajji Baba’s confidence.]
[CHAPTER XL — Hajji Baba gives an account of his proceedings to his superiors, and shows himself a friend to the distressed.]
[CHAPTER XLI — He describes an expedition against the Russians, and does ample justice to the cowardice of his chief.]
[CHAPTER XLII — He proceeds to the king’s camp, and gives a specimen of lying on a grand scale.]
[CHAPTER XLIII — He relates a horrid tale, the consequences of which plunge him in the greatest misery.]
[CHAPTER XLIV — Hajji Baba meets with an old friend, who cheers him up, gives him good advice, and secures him from danger.]
[CHAPTER XLV — He takes refuge in a sanctuary, where his melancholy thoughts are diverted by a curious story.]
[CHAPTER XLVI — He becomes a saint, and associates with the most celebrated divine in Persia.]
[CHAPTER XLVII — Hajji Baba is robbed by his friend, and left utterly destitute; but is released from his confinement.]
[CHAPTER XLVIII — Hajji Baba reaches Ispahan, and his paternal roof, just time enough to close the eyes of his dying father.]
[CHAPTER XLIX — He becomes heir to property which is not to be found, and his suspicions thereon.]
[CHAPTER L — Showing the steps he takes to discover his property, and who the diviner, Teez Negah, was.]
[CHAPTER LI — Of the diviner’s success in making discoveries, and of the resolution which Hajji Baba takes in consequence.]
[CHAPTER LII — Hajji Baba quits his mother, and becomes the scribe to a celebrated man of the law.]
[CHAPTER LIII — The mollah Nadân gives an account of his new scheme for raising money, and for making men happy.]
[CHAPTER LIV — Hajji Baba becomes a promoter of matrimony, and of the register he keeps.]
[CHAPTER LV — Of the man Hajji Baba meets, thinking him dead; and of the marriage which he brings about.]
[CHAPTER LVI — Showing how the ambition of the mollah Nadân involves both him and his disciples in ruin.]
[CHAPTER LVII — Hajji Baba meets with an extraordinary adventure in the bath, which miraculously saves him from the horrors of despair.]
[CHAPTER LVIII — Of the consequences of the adventure, which threaten danger, but end in apparent good fortune.]
[CHAPTER LIX — Hajji Baba does not shine in honesty—The life and adventures of the mollah Nadân]
[CHAPTER LX — Hajji and the mollah make plans suited to their critical situation, showing that no confidence can exist between rogues.]
[CHAPTER LXI — The punishment due to Hajji Baba falls upon Nadân, which makes the former a staunch predestinarian.]
[CHAPTER LXII — Hajji Baba hears an extraordinary sequel to his adventure in the bath, and feels all the alarms of guilt.]
[CHAPTER LXIII — He is discovered and seized, but his good stars again befriend and set him free.]
[CHAPTER LXIV — He reaches Bagdad, meets his first master, and turns his views to commerce.]
[CHAPTER LXV — He purchases pipe-sticks, and inspires a hopeless passion in the breast of his old master’s daughter.]
[CHAPTER LXVI — He becomes a merchant, leaves Bagdad, and accompanies a caravan to Constantinople.]
[CHAPTER LXVII — Hajji Baba makes a conquest of the widow of an emir, which at first alarms, but afterwards elates him.]
[CHAPTER LXVIII — He obtains an interview with the fair Shekerleb, makes a settlement upon her, and becomes her husband.]
[CHAPTER LXIX — From a vender of pipe-sticks he becomes a rich Aga, but feels all the inconvenience of supporting a false character.]
[CHAPTER LXX — His desire to excite envy lays the foundation of his disgrace—He quarrels with his wife.]
[CHAPTER LXXI — He is discovered to be an impostor, loses his wife, and the wide world is again before him.]
[CHAPTER LXXII — An incident in the street diverts his despair—He seeks consolation in the advice of old Osman.]
[CHAPTER LXXIII — In endeavouring to gain satisfaction from his enemies he acquires a friend—Some account of Mirza Firouz.]
[CHAPTER LXXIV — He becomes useful to an ambassador, who makes him a partaker of his confidence.]
[CHAPTER LXXV — Of his first essays in public life, and of the use he was to his employer.]
[CHAPTER LXXVI — Hajji Baba writes the history of Europe and with his ambassador returns to Persia.]
[CHAPTER LXXVII — The ceremony of receiving a Frank ambassador at the court is described.]
[CHAPTER LXXVIII — Hajji is noticed by the grand vizier, and is the means of gratifying that minister’s favourite passion.]
[CHAPTER LXXIX — Of the manner in which he turned his influence to use, and how he was again noticed by the vizier.]
[CHAPTER LXXX — The conclusion—Misfortune seems to take leave of Hajji Baba, who returns to his native city a greater man than when he first left.]
[FOOTNOTES.]
ILLUSTRATIONS
[Hajji Shaves the Camel-driver. 1.jpg]
[The Chaoûsh Tells What he Will Do when He Meets The Robbers. 2.jpg]
[Hajji’s Master and the Great Turcoman. 3.jpg]
[Hajji Baba Bleeds the Banou. 4.jpg]
[Turcomans Attack the Caravanserai. 5.jpg]
[The Prince’s Tent-pitcher Strikes Hajji over the Mouth With his Slipper. 6.jpg]
[Hajji Carries the Great Water-sack. 7.jpg]
[The Dervish Slays the Ape. 8.jpg]
[Hajji and the Disguised Mohtesib. 9.jpg]
[Hajji Receives the Ferosles. 10.jpg]
[The Shaving of the Ass. 11.jpg]
[Hajji is Cauterised for his Sprain. 12.jpg]
[‘Pretended to Receive a Violent Twitch.’ 13.jpg]
[Hajji and Zeenab. 14.jpg]
[Hajji Sings to Zeenab. 15.jpg]
[The Khanum Ill-treats Zeenab. 16.jpg]
[The Procession of Slaves Before the Shah. 17.jpg.]
[‘Explosion Took Place in the Very Room.’ 18.jpg]
[‘Beheld Her Fair Form in the Air, Falling Down The Giddy Height.’ 19.jpg]
[The Two Russians Drive Back the Persians. 20.jpg]
[Death of Zeenab. 21.jpg]
[Hajji Takes Sanctuary. 22.jpg]
[The Baked Head. 23.jpg]
[“O Mercy! Mercy!” Cried Kior Ali’. 24.jpg]
[‘Where the Dead Body of a Jew Lay Extended.’ 25.jpg]
[Hajji’s Father Dying. 26.jpg]
[The Diviner and the Rice. 27.jpg]
[Hajji Interviews the Fair Candidates for Marriage. 28.jpg]
[The Mock Marriage. 29.jpg]
[The Degradation of Hajji and the Mollah. 30.jpg]
[Drowning of the Mollah Bashi. 31.jpg]
[Hajji in the Mollah Bashi’s House. 32.jpg]
[Hajji Leaves the Village Hurriedly After Collecting The Money. 33.jpg]
[Hajji Meets Osman Aga Again. 34.jpg]
[The Curing of Hajji Baba. 35.jpg]
[Shekerleb Approaches Hajji. 36.jpg]
[Hajji Curses Shekerleb and Her Relations. 37.jpg]
[Hajji Disrobes. 38.jpg]
[Hajji Relates his Story to Mirza Firouz. 39.jpg]
[The British Ambassadors and the Shah. 40.jpg]