A melancholy king of Rum, despairing of an heir, comes upon four wandering dervishes in a graveyard, and each tells the story of his own adventures: lost fortunes, faithless brothers, a faithful dog, princesses, jinns and voyages. Duncan Forbes’s translation of Mir Amman’s Urdu prose version adds notes on its language and manners.
A founding classic of modern Urdu prose, for readers who enjoy the Arabian Nights. Download the free EPUB.