CONTENTS.
W. A. Clouston
INTRODUCTION.
Page
I—Oriental Fictions—The Arabian Nights—The Book of Sindib?d
xiii
II—The Bakhty?r N?ma and its Versions
xxxi
THE BAKHTY?R N?MA.
CHAPTER I.
History of King ?z?dbakht and the Vizier’s Daughter
3
CHAPTER II.
Story of the Ill-Fated Merchant and his Adventures
22
CHAPTER III.
Story of the Impatient Prince of Aleppo
33
CHAPTER IV.
Story of Ab? Saber; or, The Patient Man
45
CHAPTER V.
Story of the King of Yemen and his Slave Abraha
55
CHAPTER VI.
Story of King D?d?n and his Two Viziers
62
CHAPTER VII.
Story of the King of Abyssinia; showing the Artifice of Women
73
CHAPTER VIII.
Story of the Jewel-Merchant
86
CHAPTER IX.
Story of Ab? Tem?m
97
CHAPTER X.
Story of the King of Persia
107
Conclusion
115
NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Prefatory
121
Chapter I—King ?z?dbakht
123
Chapter II—Ill-Fated Merchant
146
Chapter III—Prince of Aleppo
156
Chapter IV—Ab? Saber
163
Chapter V—King of Yemen
173
Chapter VI—King D?d?n
181
Chapter VII—King of Abyssinia
195
Chapter VIII—Jewel Merchant
201
Chapter IX—Ab? Tem?m
209
Chapter X—King of Persia
216
Conclusion
227
Additional Notes
228
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