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Index
Cover
About The Author
Title page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction
Further Reading
Note on the Translation
Dedication
Spiritual Verses
THE SONG OF THE REED
THE KING WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A SLAVE-GIRL AND BUYS HER
THE TALE OF THE GREENGROCER AND THE PARROT, AND THE PARROT’S SPILLING OIL ON THE STALL
THE STORY OF THE JEWISH KING WHO KILLED CHRISTIANS ON ACCOUNT OF HIS BIGOTRY
THE STORY OF ANOTHER JEWISH KING WHO MADE AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE RELIGION OF JESUS
EXPLANATION OF TRUST IN GOD, AND THE HUNTED ANIMALS TELLING THE LION TO CEASE FROM STRIVING
THE COMING OF THE BYZANTINE AMBASSADOR TO THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL, OMAR, MAY GOD BE PLEASED WITH HIM, AND HIS SEEING THE BLESSED POWERS OF OMAR, MAY GOD BE PLEASED WITH HIM
THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT WHOSE CAGED PARROT GAVE HIM A MESSAGE FOR THE PARROTS OF HINDUSTAN AT THE TIME OF HIS GOING THERE FOR TRADE
THE DANGER OF BEING HONOURED BY PEOPLE AND BEING IN THE LIMELIGHT
EXPLANATION OF THE TRADITION ‘AS GOD WILLS SO IT COMES TO PASS’
THE TALE OF THE OLD HARPIST WHO IN THE TIME OF OMAR (MAY GOD BE PLEASED WITH HIM) ONE DAY WHEN HE WAS PENNILESS PLAYED THE HARP FOR GOD IN THE GRAVEYARD
THE STORY OF THE CALIPH WHO SURPASSED HĀTEM OF TAYYI IN GENEROSITY AND HAD NO EQUAL IN HIS TIME
THE WOLF AND THE FOX ATTEND THE LION ON A HUNT
HOW A CERTAIN GUEST CAME TO JOSEPH (PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND CLAIMED FROM HIM A GIFT AND A PRESENT
THE STORY OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND CHINESE ON THE ART OF PAINTING AND DRAWING
THE PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM) ASKS ZAYD, ‘HOW ARE YOU TODAY, AND HOW DID YOU RISE?’ AND HIS REPLY: ‘I WOKE UP A BELIEVER, O MESSENGER OF GOD’
HOW AN ENEMY SPAT IN THE FACE OF THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL ALI (MAY GOD BESTOW HONOUR ON HIS PERSON) AND HOW ALI THREW HIS SWORD FROM HIS HAND
Appendix
Notes to Dedication
Notes to Spiritual Verses
Index
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