CONTENTS

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PREFATORY NOTE		v
ABBREVIATIONS		xvi
NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION		xviii
THE SASÁNIAN DYNASTY (continued)
BAHRÁM GÚR—
SECT.
1.	How Bahrám ascended the Throne, charged the Officers, and wrote Letters to all the Chiefs	7
2.	How Bahrám pardoned the Fault of the Íránians, farewelled Munzir and Nu'mán, and remitted the Íránians' Arrears of Taxes	9
3.	How Bahrám went to the House of Lambak, the Water-carrier, and became his Guest	12
4.	How Bahrám went to the House of Baráhám, the Jew, who treated him scurvily	16
5.	How Bahrám bestowed the Wealth of Baráhám upon Lambak	19
6.	How Bahrám slew Lions and forbade Wine-drinking	21
7.	The Story of the young Shoemaker, and how Bahrám allowed Wine again	24
8.	How Rúzbih, Bahrám's High Priest, ruined a Village by a Stratagem and restored it	26
9.	How Bahrám married a Country-miller's Daughters	31
10.	How Bahrám found the Treasures of Jamshíd and bestowed them upon the Poor	34
11.	How Bahrám, returning from Hunting, went to the House of a Merchant and departed displeased	39
12.	How Bahrám slew a Dragon and went to a Yokel's House	42
13.	How Bahrám went to the Chase and espoused the Daughters of the Thane Barzín	48
14.	How Bahrám slew Lions, went to the House of a Jeweller, and married his Daughter	55
15.	How Bahrám went to the Chase and passed the Night in the House of Farshídward	67
16.	How a Bramble-grubber revealed the Case of Far-shídward, and how Bahrám bestowed that Householder's Wealth upon the Poor	70
17.	How Bahrám went to the Chase and slew Lions	74
18.	How Bahrám went to hunt the Onager, showed his Skill before the Princes, and returned to Baghdád and Istakhr	80
19.	How the Khán of Chín led forth a Host to war with Bahrám, and how the Íránians asked Quarter of the Khán and submitted to him	84
20.	How Bahrám attacked the Host of the Khán and took him	89
21.	How Bahrám took a Pledge from the Túránians, how he set up a Pillar to delimit the Realm, and placed Shahra upon the Throne of Túrán	90
22.	How Bahrám wrote to announce his Victory to his Brother Narsí and returned to Írán	92
23.	How Bahrám wrote a Letter of Directions to his Officials	96
24.	How Bahrám called before him the Envoy of Cæsar, and how the Envoy questioned and answered the Archmages	101
25.	How Bahrám dismissed Cæsar's Envoy and charged his own Officials	106
26.	How Bahrám went with his own Letter to Shangul King of Hind	109
27.	How Shangul received the Letter from Bahrám and made Reply	114
28.	How Shangul prepared a Feast for Bahrám, and how Bahrám displayed his Prowess	116
29.	How Shangul suspected Bahrám and kept him from Írán	118
30.	How Bahrám fought with the Wolf at the Bidding of Shangul and slew it	121
31.	How Bahrám slew a Dragon	124
32.	How Shangul became troubled about Bahrám and gave a Daughter to him	126
33.	How Faghfúr of Chín wrote to Bahrám and how he replied	129
34.	How Bahrám fled from Hindústán to Írán with the Daughter of Shangul	131
35.	How Shangul followed Bahrám, learned who he was, and was reconciled to him	135
36.	How Shangul went back to Hind and Bahrám to Írán	137
37.	How Shangul with seven Kings visited Bahrám	140
38.	How Shangul returned to Hindústán, and how Bahrám remitted the Property-tax to the Landowners	144
39.	How Bahrám summoned Gipsies from Hindústán	148
40.	How the Time of Bahrám came to an End	150
YAZDAGIRD, SON OF BAHRÁM GÚR—
1.	How Yazdagird sat upon the Throne and exhorted the Captains of the Host	154
HURMUZ—
1.	How Hurmuz, Son of Yazdagird, ascended the Throne	157
PÍRÚZ—
1.	How Pírúz sat upon the Throne and made an Oration	161
2.	How Pírúz built the Cities of Pírúz-Rám and Bádán-Pírúz, and how he went to war with Túrán	163
3.	The Letter of Khúshnawáz to Pírúz	165
4.	How Pírúz fought with Khúshnawáz and was slain	167
BALÁSH—
1.	How Balásh ascended the Throne and harangued the Íránians	171
2.	How Súfarai had Tidings of the Slaying of Pírúz, how he wrote a Letter to Khúshnawáz, and how Khúshnawáz replied	173
3.	How Súfarai fought with Khúshnawáz, and how Kubád was released from his Bondage	176
KUBÁD, SON OF PÍRÚZ—
1.	How Kubád sat upon the Throne and made an Oration to the Íránians	188
2.	How Súfarai went to Shíráz, how the Íránians slandered him to Kubád, and how Kubád slew him	190
3.	How the Íránians put Kubád in Bonds and committed him to Rizmihr, the Son of Súfarai, and how Jámásp, the Brother of Kubád, was set upon the Throne	195
4.	How Kubád escaped from Ward with Rizmihr, how he wedded the Daughter of a Thane, and how he took Refuge with the Haitálians	197
5.	How Kubád returned from Haitál to Írán, how he had Tidings of the Birth of his Son Núshírwán, and reascended the Throne	199
6.	The Story of Kubád and Mazdak, and how Kubád adopted the Faith of Mazdak	201
7.	How Núshírwán rejected the Faith of Mazdak and slew him and his Followers	205
8.	How Kubád nominated Kisrá as Successor, and how the Great gave him the Name of Núshír-wán	209
NÚSHÍRWÁN—
PART I. NÚSHÍRWÁN'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE REALM, HIS WARS WITH FRONTIER-TRIBES AND WITH RÚM, AND THE REVOLT OF NÚSHZÁD
1.	The Prelude	220
2.	How Núshírwán ascended the Throne and made an Oration to the Íránians	221
3.	How Núshírwán divided his Realm into four Parts and wrote a Decree to his Officers on the Administration of Justice	224
4.	How Núshírwán required Bábak to muster the Host	230
5.	How Núshírwán harangued the Íránians, and how the Kings acknowledged his Supremacy	234
6.	How Núshírwán went round his Empire and built a Wall in the Pass between Írán and Túrán	236
7.	How Núshírwan chastised the Aláns and the Men of Balúch and Gílán	239
8.	How Munzir, the Arab, came to Núshírwán for Succour against the Injustice of Cæsar	244
9.	The Letter of Sháh Núshírwán to Cæsar of Rúm	247
10.	How the Letter of Núshírwán reached Cæsar and how he replied	248
11.	How Núshírwán went to war with Cæsar	249
12.	How Núshírwán took divers Strongholds in his March to Rúm	254
13.	The Battle of Núshírwán with Farfúriyús, the Leader of Cæsar's Host, the Victory of Núshír-wán, and his Capture of Kálíniyús and Antákiya	255
14.	How Núshírwán built the City of Zíb-i-Khusrau in the Likeness of Antákiya and settled the Rúman Captives therein	259
15.	How Cæsar wrote to Núshírwán and sent Tribute	261
16.	The Birth of Núshzád, the Son of Núshírwán, by a Woman who was a Christian	263
17.	The Sickness of Núshírwán and the Sedition of Núshzád	265
18.	The Letter of Núshírwán to Rám Barzín, the Warden of the March of Madá'in, respecting the Taking of Núshzád	267
19.	How Rám Barzín fought with Núshzád, and how Núshzád was slain	272
PART II. THE STORY OF BÚZURJMIHR AND OF THE SEVEN FEASTS OF NÚSHÍRWÁN
1.	How Núshírwán had a Dream and how Búzurjmihr interpreted it	281
2.	The first Banquet of Núshírwán to the Sages, and the Counsels of Búzurjmihr	287
3.	The second Banquet of Núshírwán to Búzurjmihr and the Archimages	290
4.	The third Banquet of Núshírwán to Búzurjmihr and the Archimages	296
5.	The fourth Banquet of Núshírwán to Búzurjmihr and the Archimages	301
6.	The fifth Banquet of Núshírwán to Búzurjmihr and the Archimages	304
7.	The sixth Banquet of Núshírwán to Búzurjmihr and the Archimages	307
8.	The seventh Banquet of Núshírwán to Búzurjmihr and the Archimages	312
PART III. THE STORY OF MAHBÚD AND OTHER MATTERS
1.	The Story of Mahbúd, the Wazír of Núshírwán, and how Mahbúd and his Sons were slain by the Sorcery of Zúrán and a Jew	318
2.	How the Sorcery of Zúrán and the Jew in the Matter of Mahbúd was discovered, and how both were slain by Command of Núshírwán	323
3.	In Praise of the Wisdom of Núshírwán, and how he built the City of Súrsán	326
4.	The Story of the War of the Khán with Ghátkar, the Prince of the Haitálians, the Defeat of Ghátkar, and how they set Faghánísh upon the Throne	328
5.	How Núshírwán had Tidings of the Battle of the Khán with the Haitálians and how he led a Host against the Khán	333
6.	How the Khán had Tidings of the Coming of the Host of Núshírwán to Gurgán and wrote a Letter in the Cause of Peace	337
7.	How Núshírwán answered the Letter of the Khán	342
8.	How the Khán bethought himself and wrote offering his Daughter in Marriage to Núshírwán	345
9.	How Núshírwán answered the Letter, and sent Mihrán Sitád to see and fetch the Daughter, of the Khán	349
10.	How the Khán sent his Daughter, escorted by Mihrán, with a Letter and Treasures to Núshírwán	354
11.	How the Khán withdrew, and how Núshírwán marched from Gurgán to Taisafún	358
12.	Discourse on the Justice of Núshírwán and how Mortals had Peace under his Usages	364
13.	How Búzurjmihr counselled Núshírwán and discoursed on good Deeds and Words	366
PART IV. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GAME OF CHESS INTO ÍRÁN. THE LEGEND OF THE IN-VENTION OF THE GAME. THE DISCOVERY OF THE BOOK OF KALÍLA AND DIMNA
1.	How the Rája of Hind sent the Game of Chess to Núshírwán	384
2.	How Búzurjmihr invented Nard, and how Núshír-wán sent it with a Letter to the Rája of Hind	389
3.	The Story of Gav and Talhand, and the Invention of Chess	394
4.	How Núshírwán sent Barzwí, the Leech, to Hindú-stán to fetch a wondrous Drug, and how Barzwí brought back the Book of Kalíla and Dimna	423
INDEX			433