1893
Copyright, 1893.
By S.C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY.
The Lakeside Press
R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO., CHICAGO
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PERSIAN LITERATURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
| Division I.—Early Tablets and Mythology. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| HISTORIC OUTLINE. | |
| ORIGIN OF PERSIAN LITERATURE—ACCAD AND SUMER—LITERATURE OF NINEVEH—BABYLON—ĪRĀN OR PERSIA—PHYSICAL FEATURES—PERSIAN ART—MANUSCRIPTS—EARLY LITERATURE—THE ARABIAN CONQUEST—LITERATURE OF MODERN PERSIA—PERSIAN ROMANCE | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS. | |
| EARLY LITERATURE—HISTORIC TABLETS—THE INSCRIPTIONS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR—THE FALL OF BABYLON—CYRUS, THE ACHÆMENIAN—BEHISTUN INSCRIPTIONS—DARIUS AT PERSEPOLIS—INSCRIPTIONS OF XERXES—ARTAXERXES—A LATER PERSIAN TABLET—RÉSUMÉ | [30] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| THE POETRY AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE TABLETS. | |
| PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY—ANŪ—SEVEN EVIL SPIRITS—ACCADIAN POEM—ASSUR—HEA—NIN-CI-GAL—SIN, THE MOON GOD—HEA-BANI—NERGAL—MERODACH—NEBO—NINIP—CHEMOSH—INCANTATIONS TO FIRE AND WATER—IM—BAAL—TAMMUZ—ISHTAR—ISHTAR OF ARBELA—ISHTAR OF ERECH—LEGEND OF ISHTAR AND IZDŪBAR—ISHTAR, QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY—THE DESCENT OF ISHTAR | [53] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY. | |
| THE COMMON SOURCE OF MYTHOLOGY—MYTHICAL MOUNTAINS—RIVERS—MYTHICAL BIRDS—AHŪRA MAZDA—ATAR—THE STORM GOD—YIMA—THE CHINVAT BRIDGE—MITHRA—RÉSUMÉ | [86] |
| Division II.—Period of the Zend-Avesta. | |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| THE ZEND-AVESTA. | |
| DERIVATION AND LANGUAGE—DIVISIONS—AGE OF THE ZEND-AVESTA—MANUSCRIPTS—ZARATHUŚTRA—THE EARLY PĀRSĪS—THE MODERN PĀRSĪS | [109] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| THE TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA. | |
| THE GĀTHAS—THE WAIL OF THE KINE—THE LAST GĀTHA—THE MARRIAGE SONG—THE YASNA—COMMENTARY ON THE FORMULAS—THE YASNA HAPTANG-HĀITI—THE SRAŌSHA YAŚT—THE YASNA CONCLUDING | [127] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| TEACHINGS OF THE ZEND-AVESTA, CONCLUDED. | |
| THE VENDĪDAD—FARGARD II—THE VARA OF YIMA—THE LAWS OF PURIFICATION—DISPOSITION OF THE DEAD—PUNISHMENTS—THE PLACE OF REWARD—THE VISPARAD—TEACHING OF THE MODERN PĀRSĪS | [146] |
| Division III.—The Time of the Mohammedan | |
| Conquest and the Korān. | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| THE KORĀN. | |
| THE SUCCESSOR OF THE ZEND-AVESTA—AUTHOR OF THE KORĀN—FIRST REVELATIONS—THE HIGRAH—CONTINUED WARFARE—DEATH OF MOHAMMED—RECENSION OF THE TEXT—TEACHING OF THE KORĀN—HEAVEN—HELL—PREDESTINATION—POLYGAMY—LITERARY STYLE OF THE KORĀN | [165] |
| Division IV.—The Period Succeeding the | |
| Mohammedan Conquest. | |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| THE ANWĀR-I-SUHALI. | |
| HISTORY OF THE WORK—PREFACE—THE BEES AND THEIR HABITS—THE TWO PIGEONS—THE BLIND MAN AND HIS WHIP—AMICABLE INSTRUCTION—THE PIGEONS AND THE RAT—THE ANTELOPE AND THE CROW—THE ELEPHANT AND THE JACKAL—GEMS FROM THE HITOPADEŚA | [189] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| PERSIAN POETRY. | |
| SEVEN ERAS—THE FIRST PERIOD—THE HOMER OF ĪRĀN—THE SHĀH NĀMAH—HISTORY OF THE PERSIAN EPIC—FIRDUSĪ—INVECTIVE—MŪTESHIM—THE SHĀH’S REPENTANCE—DEATH OF FIRDUSĪ—THE POEM | [214] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| STORY OF THE SHĀH NĀMAH. | |
| SĀM SUWĀR—THE SĪMǕRGH’S NEST—THE FATHER’S DREAM—RǕDABEH—THE MARRIAGE—RUSTEM—THE TǕRĀNIAN INVASION—THE WHITE DEMON | [228] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| THE HEFT-KHĀN, OR SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM. | |
| A LION SLAIN BY RAKUSH—ESCAPE FROM THE DESERT—THE DRAGON SLAIN—THE ENCHANTRESS—CAPTURE OF AULĀD—VICTORY OVER DEMONS—SEVENTH LABOR, THE WHITE DEMON SLAIN—THE MARRIAGE OF RUSTEM—SOHRĀB | [252] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| ISFENDIYĀR. | |
| THE HEFT-KHĀN OF ISFENDIYĀR—THE BRAZEN FORTRESS—THE CONFLICT WITH RUSTEM—THE FALL OF THE WARRIORS | [272] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| SECOND PERIOD. | |
| ANWĀRI—NIZĀMĪ—LAILĪ AND MAJNŪN—A FRIEND—THE WEDDING—DELIVERANCE—THE MEETING IN THE DESERT—DEATH OF THE LOVERS—VISION OF ZYD | [284] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| THIRD PERIOD. | |
| GENGHIS KHĀN—JALAL-UDDIN RŪMI—SĀ’DĪ—WORKS OF SĀ’DĪ—THE BŪSTĀN—THE PEARL—KINDNESS TO THE UNWORTHY—SILENCE, THE SAFETY OF IGNORANCE—DARIUS AND HIS HORSE-KEEPER—STORIES FROM THE GULISTĀN—THE WISE WRESTLER—DANGERS OF PROSPERITY—BORES | [309] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| LATER PERIODS. | |
| THE FOURTH PERIOD—LITERARY KINGS—HĀFIZ PĪR-I-SEBZ—SHIRĀZ—THE FEAST OF SPRING—MY BIRD—FIFTH PERIOD—JĀMI—THE WORKS OF JĀMI—RECEPTION—THE SIXTH PERIOD—THE SEVENTH PERIOD | [321] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| MEHER AND MŪSHTERI. | |
| PERSIAN ROMANCE—THE TWO COMRADES—THE SEPARATION—THE QUEEN—THE DEPARTURE—THE ANNOUNCEMENT | [338] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED. | |
| THE EXILES—THE DESERT—A SHIPWRECK—THE RESCUE—THE CAPTURE | [351] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED. | |
| THE FUGITIVES—ROYAL INTERVIEWS—THE CONFLICT—A GARDEN SCENE—AFTERWARDS—THE DECISION | [365] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONTINUED. | |
| THE CAPTIVES—ARREST AND TRIAL—ROYAL FAVOR—THE SENTENCE | [383] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| MEHER AND MŪSHTERI—CONCLUDED. | |
| THE WEDDING—A COUNCIL—ROYAL CAVALCADE—THE MESSENGER—RECEPTION | [392] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| CONCLUSION. | |
| SUMMARY—PRIESTLY RULE—RUSSIAN OPPRESSION | [403] |