CONTENTS

TITLE
DEDICATION			v
PREFACE			vii
ILLUSTRATIONS			x
SONNET TO THE LADY OF THE LOTUS			xi
INTRODUCTION			1
	PART I
		Of Ladies of the Lotus	3
		Of Mālwa and Māndu and the coming of Bāz Bahādur	4
		Of the Legend of the Goddess of the River, and of her dealings with Rup Mati and Bāz Bahādur	8
		Of the latter days and death of Bāz Bahādur	18
	PART II
		Of the finding of the Persian Manuscript, the Pictures, and the Verses	19
		Of the Author of the Manuscript and its History	23
		Of the Pictures	25
		Of the Historical Value of the Manuscript	27
	PART III
		Of the Songs and Verses attributed to Rup Mati	31
		Conclusion	33
A STRANGE TALE OF FAITHFULNESS, by Āhmad-ul-Umri, Turkomān, written by him in the Persian in the year A.D. 1599, and now for the first time rendered into English			35
	I.	Introduction	38
	II.	The Tale of the Beginning of the Love of Bāz Bahādur	38
	III.	Evil Omens	47
	IV.	The Beginning of the End	50
	V.	The Escape	53
	VI.	A Martyr to Faithfulness	56
SONGS AND VERSES attributed to Rup Mati during the years A.D. 1556-61			67
NOTES			83
BIBLIOGRAPHY			95