4. The Story told by Jewād to Iklilu’l Mulk.
a. The Story of Shābūr and Humā.
c. The Story of Ghazanfer and Rāhila.
5. The Story of Qara Khan.
The following deserve notice from our present point of view:—
The Story of Jewād.—Here we have magical illusions, as in Nos. 247 and 251a. Such narratives are common in the East; Lane, (Nights, ch. i. note 15) is inclined to attribute such illusions to the influence of drugs; but the narratives seem rather to point to so-called electro-biology, or the Scotch Glamour, (such influences, as is notorious, acting far more strongly upon Orientals than upon Europeans).
2. The Story of Monia Emīn corresponds to the Story of Naerdan and Guzulbec, in Caylus’ Oriental Tales. A story of magical illusions.
3. The Story of Ferah Nāz.—Here again we have a variant of Nos. 9a and 152.
3a. Khoja ’Abdu-ltab.—This is a version of the Story of Aboulcassem in the Thousand and One Days.
4a. Shābūr and Humā.—The commencement of this story might have suggested to Southey the adventures of Thalaba and Oneida in the Gardens of Aloadin; the remainder appears to be taken from the Story of the young King of Thibet, in the Thousand and One Days.