TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART I. (continued).

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Title Page	i
Editor’s Preface	ix
The end of Mûsa’s life; his appointing Yoshua’, the son of Nûn, to be his successor; and the record of some events that happened at that time	1
Personal description of Mûsa and Harûn; their qualities, names, titles, trade; their law and place of sepulture	3
Record of the various events that complete this noble recital, and an account of the murder of the tire-woman of Fara’ûn’s daughter	4
Record of Asia, daughter of Mûzahum, and wife of Fara’ûn, with the account of her murder	5
Account of Mûsa’s staff and its properties	6
Story of the rock	7
Story of the ark of tranquillity	8
Story of the tables	10
Description of the Mosaic Law	11
Description of the meeting of the two seas	11
Enumeration of the miracles of Mûsa	12
Story of Yoshua’, the son of Nûn	15
His personal description, qualities, miracles, duration of his mission, and his tomb	21
Record of Kalûb [Caleb], the son of Yûfanna	21
Story of Hazkil the prophet, known as ‘the son of the old woman’	23
Record of Eliâs [Elijah] the prophet, who roamed in deserts and solitude	26
Story	32
His personal description, law, sojourn, and his people	34
Record of Elisa’ [Elisha], the son of Akhtût	34
Record of the prophet Zulkefl	38
Record of the prophet Shamuil [Samuel]	40
Record of Shâuk’s [Saul’s] war with Kaliath [Goliath]	44
Record of the public life of Dâud [David], the son of Aisha; his going to fight Jalût [Goliath], with his happy and victorious return from the battle field	46
Record of Dâud’s [David’s] messengership and successorship, i.e., apostolate and khalifate	57
Record of the trial of Dâud	61
Record of Shalûm [Absalom], the son of Dâud	67
Record of Sulimân [Solomon], the son of Dâud	71
Record of the building of the Holy House, and of the construction of the farther mosque	76
Story of the ant	80
Story of Balqis [Queen of Sheba] and the city of Saba [Sheba]	83
Record of the trial of Sulimân [Solomon]	93
Story of the retrogradation of the sun for the sake of the Lord Sulimân, by order of the Lord of lords	101
Record of the decease of Sulimân	102
Record of the affairs of Loqmân the philosopher	104
Record of the moral maxims of the Lord Loqmân	111
Record of the companion of the fish, Yûnas [Jonah], the son of Matti	112
Record of the enemies attacking the children of Esrâil, and the latter overcoming the former; account of their committing sin after their victory, and the destruction of the Holy House	120
Record of Bakhtanassar [Nebuchadnezzar]’s arrival at the Holy House, which he destroys, killing and plundering the children of Esrâil	125
Record of the Prophet O’zair [Ezra]	139
Record of Zakria [Zachariah] and Yahia [John the Baptist], with some account of Mariam [Mary]	146
Record of the murder of the Lord Zakria and of Yahia	152
Record of I’sa [Jesus], the son of Mariam [Mary]	156
Record of the going of I’sa to the region of Nassibin, and the resurrection of Sâm [Shem], the son of Nûh [Noah], by the prayers of I’sa	165
Record of the descent of the table from heaven by the prayers of the Lord I’sa	169
Record of the flight of I’sa from Jerusalem, and an account of some of his miracles during that journey	172
Record of the elevation of the Lord I’sa from the gibbet of the Jews to heaven by the command of the benign God	178
Record of the slaughter of the children of Esrâil, and of the dis­persion of the apostles to call the people of the world to profess the religion of I’sa [Jesus]	183
Record of Hantalah the righteous, and seduction of the people of I’sa by Yûnas the Jew	188
Record of the companions of the cave [the seven sleepers]	190
Record of Barssissa the hermit	202
Record of Jarih the monk	206
The lords of the pit, meaning the inhabitants of Akhdôd	209
Record of Jarjis [Georgius] and his miracles	214
Record of Shamsûn [Samson] the hermit	225
Record of Khâled Bin Senân	227
Dissertation concerning the number of prophets	228
Editor’s note on the subject of David Shea’s translation of this portion of Mirkhond’s history about the Peshdâdian and Kaiânian dynasties	230
Record of Eskandar Rûmi [Alexander the Great]	240
Consultation of Eskandar Rûmi with Aristo [Aristotle] con­cerning the royal princes of Persia	257
Record of the death of Eskandar	261
Biographies of philosophers	265
Adam	265
Sheth [Seth]	266
Asfilsûf	267
Solon the philosopher	267
Fithaghorath [Pythagoras] the sage	268
Soqrât [Socrates] the recluse	271
Diujânos Kalbi [Diogenes the cynic]	279
Aflatûn [Plato] the divine	281
Aristâtalis [Aristotle]	284
Boqrât [Hippocrates] the physician	287
Aomiros [Homer] the poet	290
Zinôn Bin Tâlôghôras	290
Batolimos [Ptolemy] the philosopher	291
Bâsolûs the philosopher	292
Jâlinus [Galen] the physician	293
Thâlis Malati [Thales the Miletian]	298
Anaksaghoras [Anaxagoras]	299
Zi Qratâs [Zenocrates?]	299
Ankâs	299
Aqlides [Euclid]	300
Sâqratis	300
On the excellency of knowledge and wisdom	301
Stories and parables	303
The third dynasty of the kings of Persia, which is called Ash­kânian		320
Reign of Ashak Bin Ashkân	321
Reign of Shâpûr Bin Ashak	321
Reign of Behrâm Bin Shâpûr	322
Reign of Ballâsh Bin Behrâm	322
Reign of Hormûz Bin Ballâsh Bin Behrâm	322
Reign of Nûsh Bin Ballâsh	323
Reign of Firuz Bin Hormuz	323
Reign of Ballâsh Bin Hormuz	323
Reign of Khosrû Bin Ballâsh Bin Nursi Bin Hormuz	323
Reign of Ballâsh Bin Ballâsh	324
Reign of Ardvân	324
Reign of Aulâd Bin Ashkân	324
Reign of Ballâsh Bin Ashkân	325
Reign of Gudarz Bin Ballâsh	325
Reign of Bijon Bin Gudarz	325
Reign of Gudarz Bin Bijon	325
Reign of Nursi Bin Bijon	325
Reign of Ardvân Bin Nursi	325
The fourth dynasty of the kings of Persia, which is called that of the Sasanians	326
Reign of Ardeshir Bâbegân [Artaxerxes]	326
Reign of Shâpûr Bin Ardeshir	330
Conquest of the city of Khazar	332
Reign of Hormuz Bin Shâpûr	334
Reign of Behrâm Bin Hormuz	336
Record of Mâni the painter	336
Reign of Behrâm Bin Behrâm	338
Reign of Behrâm Bin Behrâm Bin Behrâm	339
Reign of Nursi Bin Behrâm	339
Reign of Hormuz Bin Nursi	340
Reign of Shâpûr Zullâktâf	341
Reign of Ardeshir Bin Hormuz	348
Reign of Shâpûr Bin Shâpûr Zullâktâf	349
Reign of Behrâm Bin Shâpûr Zullâktâf	350
Reign of Yazdejerd the wicked	350
Birth of Behrâm Gûr, his education in Arabia, and death of Yaz­dejerd the wicked	351
Reign of Behrâm Gûr	356
Going of Behrâm Gûr to India, and the events of that time	360
Reign of Yazdejerd Bin Behrâm	363
Reign of Hormuz Bin Yazdejerd	363
Reign of Firûz Bin Yazdejerd	364
March of Firûz against Khoshnavaz, and the end of Firûz	367
Reign of Bellâsh	368
Reign of Qobâd Bin Firûz	368
The captivity and escape of Qobâd, and his reinstalment on the throne	370
Reign of Kesra Bin Qobâd [Chosroes I.], who is known by the name of Naushirvân the just	372
Revolt of Nushizâd Bin Kesra against his father, and the turn of his affairs	376
Notice concerning Buzarjamehr the philosopher	381
Various stories, and a record of the sayings of Naushirvân	384
Reign of Hormuz Bin Naushirvân	388
Campaign of Behrâm Chubîn against, and victory over, Sawah Shâh; defection of Behrâm Chubîn from his sovereign, Hormuz, and the misfortunes of the latter	391
Behrâm Chubîn attacks Khosru Parviz, and puts him to flight; the royal prince escapes to Rûm, comes back again, and triumphs over the enemies of his government	393
Reign of Khosru Parviz [Chosroes II.]	396
The costly and rare things which Khosru possessed, and by which he was distinguished above the kings of Persia and others	398
The end of Khosru Parviz	400
Reign of Shiruiah [Siroes]	400
Reign of Ardeshir Bin Shiruiah	402
Reign of Shehriâr	402
Reign of Purândukht, daughter of Khosru Parviz	403
Reign of Chashindah	403
Reign of Azarmidukht, daughter of Khosru Parviz	404
Reign of Kesra Bin Ardeshir	405
Reign of Farrakhzâd Bin Khosru	405
Reign of Yazdejerd Bin Shehriâr	405
Index	409