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A Group of Eastern Romances and Stories

by W. A. Clouston

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Dedication — Epigraph
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Introduction
  5. 5History of Nassar
  6. 6First Advice
  7. 7Story of Shah Manssur
  8. 8Second Advice
  9. 9Story of Hatim Taï and the Benevolent Lady
  10. 10Third Advice
  11. 11Story of Prince Kasharkasha
  12. 12Continuation of the History of Nassar
  13. 13Story of the Foolish Hermit
  14. 14Story of the Treacherous Vazír
  15. 15Story of the Unlucky Shoayb
  16. 16Conclusion of the History of Nassar
  17. 17History of Farrukhrúz, the Favourite of Fortune
  18. 18Chapter II — The Hero’s Quest of a Throne of Marvellous Gems
  19. 19Chapter III — The Hero Goes in Quest of Four Treasure-Trees, and Is…
  20. 20Chapter IV — How the Hero Pretended to Visit Paradise, and Caused A…
  21. 21The King and His Four Ministers
  22. 22Story of the Lost Camel
  23. 23Story of the Hunter and His Faithful Dog
  24. 24Story of the Bráhman’s Wife and the Mungús
  25. 25Story of the Faithless Wife and the Ungrateful Blind Man
  26. 26Story of the Wonderful Mango Fruit
  27. 27The Story of the Poisoned Food
  28. 28Story of the Bráhman and the Rescued Snake
  29. 29The Rose of Bakáwalí
  30. 30Chapter I — The Astrologers’ Prediction at the Birth of Our Hero…
  31. 31Chapter II — The Prince Determines to Rescue His Brethren…
  32. 32Chapter III — Showing How the Prince Is Helped in His Quest by a Fr…
  33. 33Chapter IV
  34. 34Chapter V — Bakáwalí Returns to Her Own Country, and There Writes a…
  35. 35Chapter VI — The Prince Comes to the Castle of a Fierce Demon Calle…
  36. 36Chapter VII — Bakáwalí Goes to the Court of Indra, Where She Sings…
  37. 37Chapter VIII — The Prince Is Married to Chitrawat, but, Visiting Ba…
  38. 38Chapter IX — Bakáwalí Is Re-Born in the House of a Farmer…
  39. 39Chapter X — Bahram Is Long Love-Sick, but by the Help of Two Sympat…
  40. 40Persian Stories
  41. 41The Envious Vazír
  42. 42The Blind Beggar
  43. 43The Kazi of Ghazni and the Merchant’s Wife
  44. 44The Independent Man and His Travelling Companions
  45. 45The King Who Learned a Trade
  46. 46The Hidden Treasure
  47. 47The Deaf Man and His Sick Friend
  48. 48The Gardener and the Little Bird
  49. 49Appendix
  50. 50Story of Prince Kasharkasha
  51. 51Story of the Unlucky Shoayb — p. 110ff
  52. 52History of Farrukhrúz
  53. 53The King and His Four Ministers
  54. 54The Lost Camel — p. 194
  55. 55The Hunter and His Dog — p. 206
  56. 56The Bráhman’s Wife and the Mungús — p. 211
  57. 57The Faithless Wife and the Ungrateful Blind Man — p. 215
  58. 58The Wonderful Mango Fruit — p. 220
  59. 59The Poisoned Food — p. 226
  60. 60The Rescued Snake — p. 231
  61. 61The Rose of Bakáwalí
  62. 62The Three Deceitful Women — p. 355
  63. 63The Kázi and the Merchant’s Wife — p. 414
  64. 64The Hidden Treasure — p. 442
  65. 65The Deaf Man and His Sick Friend — p. 446
  66. 66The Gardener and the Little Bird — p. 448
  67. 67Additional Notes

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