BY JAMES MORIER
ILLUSTRATED BY H.R. MILLAR WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE HON.
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE
CHAPTER I Of Hajji Baba's birth and education.
CHAPTER II Hajji Baba commences his travels His encounter with the Turcomans, and his captivity.
CHAPTER III Into what hands Hajji Baba falls, and the fortune which his razors proved to him.
CHAPTER IV Of his ingenuity in rescuing his master's money
CHAPTER V Hajji Baba becomes a robber in his own defence, and invades his native city.
CHAPTER VI Concerning the three prisoners taken by the
CHAPTER VII Hajji Baba evinces a feeling disposition History of the poet Asker.
CHAPTER VIII Hajji Baba escapes from the Turcomans The
CHAPTER IX Hajji Baba, in his distress, becomes a saka, or water-carrier.
CHAPTER X He makes a soliloquy, and becomes an itinerant vendor of smoke.
CHAPTER XI History of Dervish Sefer, and of two other dervishes.
CHAPTER XII Hajji Baba finds that fraud does not remain
CHAPTER XIII Hajji Baba leaves Meshed, is cured of his sprain, and relates a story.
CHAPTER XIV Of the man he meets, and the consequences of the encounter.
CHAPTER XV Hajji Baba reaches Tehran, and goes to the poet's house.
CHAPTER XVI He makes plans for the future, and is involved in a quarrel.
CHAPTER XVII He puts on new clothes, goes to the bath, and appears in a new character.
CHAPTER XVIII The poet returns from captivity the consequences of it for Hajji Baba.
CHAPTER XIX Hajji Baba gets into the service of the king's
CHAPTER XX He succeeds in deceiving two of the faculty,
CHAPTER XXI He describes the manner in which the Shah of Persia takes medicine.
CHAPTER XXII Hajji Baba asks the doctor for a salary, and of the success of his demand.
CHAPTER XXIII He becomes dissatisfied with his situation, is idle, and falls in love.
CHAPTER XXIV He has an interview with the fair Zeenab, who
CHAPTER XXV The lovers meet again, and are very happy Hajji Baba sings.
CHAPTER XXVI The history of Zeenab, the Curdish slave.
CHAPTER XXVII Of the preparations made by the chief
CHAPTER XXVIII Concerning the manner of the Shah's
CHAPTER XXIX A description of the entertainment, which is
CHAPTER XXX Hajji Baba meets with a rival in the Shah
CHAPTER XXXI His reflections on the loss of Zeenab He is
CHAPTER XXXII Hajji is appointed to a situation under government He becomes an executioner.
CHAPTER XXXIII He accompanies the Shah to his camp, and gets some insight into his profession.
CHAPTER XXXIV Employed in his official capacity, Hajji Baba gives a specimen of Persian despotism.
CHAPTER XXXV Fortune, which pretended to frown, in fact
CHAPTER XXXVI Although by trade an executioner, he shows a
CHAPTER XXXVII The history of Yusuf, the Armenian, and his wife Mariam.
CHAPTER XXXVIII Sequel of the foregoing history, and of the
CHAPTER XXXIX The Armenian Yusuf proves himself worthy of Hajji Baba's confidence.
CHAPTER XL Hajji Baba gives an account of his proceedings to
CHAPTER XLI He describes an expedition against the Russians,
CHAPTER XLII He proceeds to the king's camp, and gives a specimen of lying on a grand scale.
CHAPTER XLIII He relates a horrid tale, the consequences of which plunge him in the greatest misery.
CHAPTER XLIV Hajji Baba meets with an old friend, who cheers
CHAPTER XLV He takes refuge in a sanctuary, where his
CHAPTER XLVI He becomes a saint, and associates with the most celebrated divine in Persia.
CHAPTER XLVII Hajji Baba is robbed by his friend, and left
CHAPTER XLVIII Hajji Baba reaches Ispahan, and his paternal
CHAPTER XLIX He becomes heir to property which is not to be found, and his suspicions thereon.
CHAPTER L Showing the steps he takes to discover his property, and who the diviner, Teez Negah, was.
CHAPTER LI Of the diviner's success in making discoveries,
CHAPTER LII Hajji Baba quits his mother, and becomes the scribe to a celebrated man of the law.
CHAPTER LIII The mollah Nadan gives an account of his new
CHAPTER LIV Hajji Baba becomes a promoter of matrimony, and of the register he keeps.
CHAPTER LV Of the man Hajji Baba meets, thinking him dead; and of the marriage which he brings about.
CHAPTER LVI Showing how the ambition of the mollah Nadan involves both him and his disciples in ruin.
CHAPTER LVII Hajji Baba meets with an extraordinary
CHAPTER LVIII Of the consequences of the adventure, which
CHAPTER LIX Hajji Baba does not shine in honesty The life and adventures of the mollah Nadan
CHAPTER LX Hajji and the mollah make plans suited to their
CHAPTER LXI The punishment due to Hajji Baba falls upon
CHAPTER LXII Hajji Baba hears an extraordinary sequel to his
CHAPTER LXIII He is discovered and seized, but his good stars again befriend and set him free.
CHAPTER LXIV He reaches Bagdad, meets his first master, and turns his views to commerce.
CHAPTER LXV He purchases pipe-sticks, and inspires a
CHAPTER LXVI He becomes a merchant, leaves Bagdad, and accompanies a caravan to Constantinople.
CHAPTER LXVII Hajji Baba makes a conquest of the widow of an
CHAPTER LXVIII He obtains an interview with the fair
CHAPTER LXIX From a vender of pipe-sticks he becomes a rich
CHAPTER LXX His desire to excite envy lays the foundation of his disgrace He quarrels with his wife.
CHAPTER LXXI He is discovered to be an impostor, loses his
CHAPTER LXXII An incident in the street diverts his
CHAPTER LXXIII In endeavouring to gain satisfaction from his
CHAPTER LXXIV He becomes useful to an ambassador, who makes him a partaker of his confidence.
CHAPTER LXXV Of his first essays in public life, and of the use he was to his employer.
CHAPTER LXXVI Hajji Baba writes the history of Europe and with his ambassador returns to Persia.
CHAPTER LXXVII The ceremony of receiving a Frank ambassador at the court is described.
CHAPTER LXXVIII Hajji is noticed by the grand vizier, and is
CHAPTER LXXIX Of the manner in which he turned his influence
CHAPTER LXXX The conclusion Misfortune seems to take leave
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