The Bakhtyār Nāma: A Persian Romance

by Unknown

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.		Page
	I—Oriental Fictions—The Arabian Nights—The Book of Sindibād	[xiii]
	II—The Bakhtyār Nāma and its Versions	[xxxi]
THE BAKHTYĀR NĀMA.
CHAPTER I.
	History of King Āzādbakht and the Vizier’s Daughter	[3]
CHAPTER II.
	Story of the Ill-Fated Merchant and his Adventures	[22]
CHAPTER III.
	Story of the Impatient Prince of Aleppo	[33]
CHAPTER IV.
	Story of Abū Saber; or, The Patient Man	[45]
CHAPTER V.
	Story of the King of Yemen and his Slave Abraha	[55]
CHAPTER VI.
	Story of King Dādīn and his Two Viziers	[62]
CHAPTER VII.
	Story of the King of Abyssinia; showing the Artifice of Women	[73]
CHAPTER VIII.
	Story of the Jewel-Merchant	[86]
CHAPTER IX.
	Story of Abū Temām	[97]
CHAPTER X.
	Story of the King of Persia	[107]
	Conclusion	[115]
NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
	Prefatory	[121]
	Chapter I—King Āzādbakht	[123]
	Chapter II—Ill-Fated Merchant	[146]
	Chapter III—Prince of Aleppo	[156]
	Chapter IV—Abū Saber	[163]
	Chapter V—King of Yemen	[173]
	Chapter VI—King Dādīn	[181]
	Chapter VII—King of Abyssinia	[195]
	Chapter VIII—Jewel Merchant	[201]
	Chapter IX—Abū Temām	[209]
	Chapter X—King of Persia	[216]
	Conclusion	[227]
	Additional Notes	[228]

INTRODUCTION.

IF THOU PERCEIVEST ERRORS, SUPPLY THE DEFECTS—GLORIOUS

IS HE IN WHOM IS NEITHER FAULT NOR BLEMISH.