[2] The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-Dín Rúmí. "Wisdom of the East" Series.

[3] See E. H. Whinfield's translation.

[4] Gulshan-i-Raz. Translated by E. H. Whinfield.

[5] Compare the miraculous speaking of the babe Jesus in a cave, mentioned in the New Testament Apocryphal Writings.

[6] See the Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

[7] Compare Firdawsí's description of the horse Rakush in the Shahnámá. Also Kyrat, the wonderful steed of the bandit-poet, Kurroglou.

[8] Compare Rama's attitude after the destruction of Lanka.

[9] Persia Past and Present. A Book of Travel and Research.


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