| A. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
| Part I, Chapter IX: On the Punitive system of the Kings. | |||
| f140a | f94a | 483 | A short introduction. ‘Uthmán the Caliph’s warning to the wicked and blessings to the peaceful. |
| ” | ” | 484 | Shápúr b. Ardashír’s advice to his son to beware of revolution and mob-fury. |
| ” | ” | 485 | The Caliph al-Manṣúr rids himself of Abú Muslim, his benefactor, as he was growing dangerous. |
| f140b | ” | 486 | al-Ḥajjáj selects ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán b. ‘Amr at-Tamímí as his vice-gerent on account of his scrupulousness and justice. |
| ” | f94b | 487 | Núshírwán’s proclamation against crime and murder — branding of criminals —. |
| ” | ” | 488 | A king of Ṭukháristán orders the trial of a favourite courtier for murder, while the opponent excuses him and accepts the blood-price. |
| ” | ” | 489 | Atábak-i-Zangí, a king of Persia, sentences a vagabond of Shíráz to death. |
| f141a | ” | 490 | A similar instance of Sharaf’s treachery in the time of Sultan Quṭbu’d-Dín Aybak, (related by the author, al-Awfí, himself). |
| ” | ” | 491 | Ḥajjáj’s warning to the people of Kúfa. |
| ” | ” | 492 | The intrigues of the general, Abu’l-‘Abbás, and his assassination in the reign of Ghiyáthu’d-Dín. (Another contemporary incident). |
| f141b | f95a | 493 | Sultan Maḥmúd severely punishes his chamberlain. |
| ” | ” | 494 | Sultan Maḥmúd’s admonition to his brother Amír Naṣr by ordering the Royal drums to be beaten at his door (retold in pt. IV. ch. ii. Anec. 1802). |
| ” | ” | 495 | Ḥammád attacks Fadhl b. Yaḥyá, the Barmecide, for his impertinence before Hárúnu’r-Rashíd. |
| ” | ” | 496 | Bábak-i-Khurramí brought before Mu‘taṣim and killed at the advice of Afshín. |
| f142a | f95b | 497 | Ṣadíf’s ode in praise of as-Saffáḥ and the assassination of Sulaymán b. Hishám and his son at the poet’s instigation. |
| ” | ” | 498 | The Caliph al-Hádí kills two women caught committing an unnatural offence. |
| ” | ” | 499 | ‘Adhudu’d-Dawla drowns his favourite slave-girl, since his infatuation for her weaned him away too much from state affairs |
| f142b | f96a | 500 | Amír Ismá‘íl b. Aḥmad Sámání’s shrewd policy and the capture of Isfíjáb. (The Ta’ríkh-i-Amír Ismá‘íl [wa] Naṣr b. Aḥmad Sámání is indefinitely mentioned as the source) (?). |
| A. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
| f143a | f96a | 501 | Abú Muslim’s furious gaze strikes terror in the heart of a criminal. |
| ” | ” | 502 | Terrorism of princes: Mu‘taṣim and Marwán — illustrated from the fable of a hawk and a hen. |
| ” | f96b | 503 | Núshírwán punishes a boon-companion for furthering the interests of a cruel Amír. |
| ” | ” | 504 | Núshírwán throws to the dogs the body of a rebellious governor of Armenia. |
| ” | ” | 505 | al-Manṣúr counts only four great names among the Umayyads and omits that of ‘Umar II. |
| f143a | ” | 506 | The Caliph Hárún and his last order for the destruction of the Barmecides, — another cause of their downfall connected with their secret protection of Yaḥyá b. ‘Abdu’llah b. al-Ḥusayn al-‘Alawí. |
| f144a | f97a | 507 | The Caliph ‘Uthmán expounds the art of government. |
| ” | ” | 508 | An instance of Ṭamgháj Khán the Great’s stern justice. |
| ” | ” | 509 | How Ṭamgháj Khán arrested and slew the band of robbers in Samarqand. |
| f144b | f97b | 510 | al-Manṣúr punishes Rabí‘, the chamberlain, and the wardrobe-keeper for a slight neglect of duty. |
| ” | ” | 511 | as-Saffáḥ dismisses a favourite, and reinstates him after a long time. |
| ” | ” | 512 | ‘Umar II’s views on equity and justice. |
| ” | ” | 513 | Hishám b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik’s punishment of a cruel governor. |
| f145a | ” | 514 | The three unpardonable acts in the eyes of the Caliph al-Ma’mún. |
| ” | f98a | 515 | ‘Abdu’llah b. Ḥusayn’s mighty stroke in beheading a prisoner of Rúm handed over to him for execution by Sulaymán b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik, the Caliph. |
| ” | ” | 516 | The tyrannical extortions of Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik, and his just doom at the hands of al-Mutawakkil. |
| ” | ” | 517 | al-Mu‘tamid orders on his death-bed the execution of ‘Amr b. Layth. |
| ” | ” | 518 | Confiscation and physical torture as deterrent of crime in the days of the Kisrás. |
| ” | ” | 519 | A general of Hurmuz pays heavy damages to a gardener, lest Núshírwán should come to know of his cruelty. |
| f145b | ” | 520 | Sultan Maḥmúd inspires awe in the mind of a general and stops blackmail. |
| ” | f98b | 521 | A courtier expires at the summons of Sultan Muḥammad Saljúq. |
| ” | ” | 522 | Sultan Maḥmúd punishes severely and hangs one of his elephant-keepers. (Cf. B. T. M. pp. 557—8) see above, pp. 60—64. |
| The chapter ends with a short eulogy on the Wazír. | |||