The Story Of   Valeh and Hadijeh   Translated by   Mirza Mahomed and C. Spring Rice
CONTENTS
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Title Page
Introduction	1
The Praise of God	15
A Prayer	18
The Praise of Love	20
The Subject of the Book	22
THE STORY
Birth of Ali Ghuli Khan	25
The Birth of Hadijeh	27
The Death of the Hero's Father	29
How Valeh Loved Hadijeh	30
Description of Hadijeh	32
The Ruin of Iran	34
The Disappointment of Valeh	36
How Mahmoud's Courtier Wooed Hadijeh	39
The Marriage of Hadijeh	41
How Hadijeh came to her Mother's House after her Marriage, and how she met Valeh there	44
How Hadijeh's Father was Released from Prison, and how Hadijeh came to Live in her Father's House	47
Playing at King's	49
Death of Hassan Ali Khan and Conquests of Shah Tamasib	52
The Love Pain of Hadijeh and Valeh, and how Valeh made himself a Dervish	58
How Valeh Stole Hadijeh's Shoes	61
How Valeh did Honour to Hadijeh's Dog, and had Dishonour of the People	64
How Valeh's Mother Reasoned with him in vain	69
Valeh's Mother visits Hadijeh's Mother, and Complains that Hadijeh has Stolen her Son's Heart and Spoilt his Life	72
Valeh Parts from Hadijeh	74
Valeh goes to the Desert	78
The Praise of Hindostan	85
Valeh goes to India and is Honoured by the Emperor	87
The Sorrow of Hadijeh	91
Hadijeh's Letter	94
Of Valeh's Impatience ; and how he read Hadijeh's Letter	99
Valeh's Answer to Hadijeh, written in Verse, a Table of Eloquence spread for the Feast of Posey	101
How Valeh saw Hadijeh in a Vision	111
The End	117
Epilogue	119