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The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

by James Morier

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Introductory Epistle
  3. 3Chapter I — Of Hajji Baba’s Birth and Education
  4. 4Chapter II — Hajji Baba Commences His Travels — His Encounter With…
  5. 5Chapter III — Into What Hands Hajji Baba Falls, and the Fortune Whi…
  6. 6Chapter IV — Of His Ingenuity in Rescuing His Master’s Money From t…
  7. 7Chapter V — Hajji Baba Becomes a Robber in His Own Defence, and Inv…
  8. 8Chapter VI — Concerning the Three Prisoners Taken by the Turcomans,…
  9. 9Chapter VII — Hajji Baba Evinces a Feeling Disposition — History of…
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Hajji Baba Escapes From the Turcomans — The Meaning…
  11. 11Chapter IX — Hajji Baba, in His Distress, Becomes a Saka, or Water-…
  12. 12Chapter X — He Makes a Soliloquy, and Becomes an Itinerant Vendor o…
  13. 13Chapter XI — History of Dervish Sefer, and of Two Other Dervishes
  14. 14Chapter XII — Hajji Baba Finds That Fraud Does Not Remain Unpunishe…
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Hajji Baba Leaves Meshed, Is Cured of His Sprain, an…
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Of the Man He Meets, and the Consequences of the Enco…
  17. 17Chapter XV — Hajji Baba Reaches Tehran, and Goes to the Poet’s House
  18. 18Chapter XVI — He Makes Plans for the Future, and Is Involved in a Q…
  19. 19Chapter XVII — He Puts on New Clothes, Goes to the Bath, and Appear…
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Poet Returns From Captivity — The Consequences…
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Hajji Baba Gets Into the Service of the King’s Physic…
  22. 22Chapter XX — He Succeeds in Deceiving Two of the Faculty, Getting a…
  23. 23Chapter XXI — He Describes the Manner in Which the Shah of Persia T…
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Hajji Baba Asks the Doctor for a Salary, and of the…
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — He Becomes Dissatisfied With His Situation, Is Idle…
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — He Has an Interview With the Fair Zeenab, Who Relate…
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Lovers Meet Again, and Are Very Happy — Hajji Bab…
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — The History of Zeenab, the Cûrdish Slave
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — Of the Preparations Made by the Chief Physician to…
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — Concerning the Manner of the Shah’s Reception; of…
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — A Description of the Entertainment, Which Is Followe…
  32. 32Chapter XXX — Hajji Baba Meets With a Rival in the Shah Himself, an…
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — His Reflections on the Loss of Zeenab — He Is Sudden…
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — Hajji Is Appointed to a Situation Under Government…
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — He Accompanies the Shah to His Camp, and Gets Some…
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — Employed in His Official Capacity, Hajji Baba Gives…
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — Fortune, Which Pretended to Frown, in Fact Smiles Up…
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — Although by Trade an Executioner, He Shows a Feelin…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — The History of Yûsûf, the Armenian, and His Wife M…
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — Sequel of the Foregoing History, and of the Resol…
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — The Armenian Yûsûf Proves Himself Worthy of Hajji B…
  42. 42Chapter XL — Hajji Baba Gives an Account of His Proceedings to His…
  43. 43Chapter XLI — He Describes an Expedition Against the Russians, and…
  44. 44Chapter XLII — He Proceeds to the King’s Camp, and Gives a Specimen…
  45. 45Chapter XLIII — He Relates a Horrid Tale, the Consequences of Which…
  46. 46Chapter XLIV — Hajji Baba Meets With an Old Friend, Who Cheers Him…
  47. 47Chapter XLV — He Takes Refuge in a Sanctuary, Where His Melancholy…
  48. 48Chapter XLVI — He Becomes a Saint, and Associates With the Most Cel…
  49. 49Chapter XLVII — Hajji Baba Is Robbed by His Friend, and Left Utterl…
  50. 50Chapter XLVIII — Hajji Baba Reaches Ispahan, and His Paternal Roof,…
  51. 51Chapter XLIX — He Becomes Heir to Property Which Is Not to Be Found…
  52. 52Chapter L — Showing the Steps He Takes to Discover His Property, an…
  53. 53Chapter LI — Of the Diviner’s Success in Making Discoveries, and of…
  54. 54Chapter LII — Hajji Baba Quits His Mother, and Becomes the Scribe t…
  55. 55Chapter LIII — The Mollah Nadân Gives an Account of His New Scheme…
  56. 56Chapter LIV — Hajji Baba Becomes a Promoter of Matrimony, and of th…
  57. 57Chapter LV — Of the Man Hajji Baba Meets, Thinking Him Dead; and of…
  58. 58Chapter LVI — Showing How the Ambition of the Mollah Nadân Involves…
  59. 59Chapter LVII — Hajji Baba Meets With an Extraordinary Adventure in…
  60. 60Chapter LVIII — Of the Consequences of the Adventure, Which Threate…
  61. 61Chapter LIX — Hajji Baba Does Not Shine in Honesty — The Life and A…
  62. 62Chapter LX — Hajji and the Mollah Make Plans Suited to Their Critic…
  63. 63Chapter LXI — The Punishment Due to Hajji Baba Falls Upon Nadân, Wh…
  64. 64Chapter LXII — Hajji Baba Hears an Extraordinary Sequel to His Adve…
  65. 65Chapter LXIII — He Is Discovered and Seized, but His Good Stars Aga…
  66. 66Chapter LXIV — He Reaches Bagdad, Meets His First Master, and Turns…
  67. 67Chapter LXV — He Purchases Pipe-Sticks, and Inspires a Hopeless Pas…
  68. 68Chapter LXVI — He Becomes a Merchant, Leaves Bagdad, and Accompanie…
  69. 69Chapter LXVII — Hajji Baba Makes a Conquest of the Widow of an Emir…
  70. 70Chapter LXVIII — He Obtains an Interview With the Fair Shekerleb, M…
  71. 71Chapter LXIX — From a Vender of Pipe-Sticks He Becomes a Rich Aga,…
  72. 72Chapter LXX — His Desire to Excite Envy Lays the Foundation of His…
  73. 73Chapter LXXI — He Is Discovered to Be an Impostor, Loses His Wife,…
  74. 74Chapter LXXII — An Incident in the Street Diverts His Despair — He…
  75. 75Chapter LXXIII — In Endeavouring to Gain Satisfaction From His Enem…
  76. 76Chapter LXXIV — He Becomes Useful to an Ambassador, Who Makes Him a…
  77. 77Chapter LXXV — Of His First Essays in Public Life, and of the Use H…
  78. 78Chapter LXXVI — Hajji Baba Writes the History of Europe and With Hi…
  79. 79Chapter LXXVII — The Ceremony of Receiving a Frank Ambassador at th…
  80. 80Chapter LXXVIII — Hajji Is Noticed by the Grand Vizier, and Is the…
  81. 81Chapter LXXIX — Of the Manner in Which He Turned His Influence to U…
  82. 82Chapter LXXX — The Conclusion — Misfortune Seems to Take Leave of H…

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