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Preface	v
Introduction	xiii
(Invocation to God)	1
In praise of the Lord of Envoys the seal of the Prophets	4
In description of the Ascension of his highness the chief of created beings	6
On the cause of writing the book	11
An apology for the writing of the book	14
In praise of the king ‘Alā’u’d-Dīn	15
A humble address	20
On the excellence of speech. Counsel to the people	24
Counsel to his son Muḥammad	33
Treats of the birth of Bahrām. The building of Khavarnaq	37
(Some) description of Khavarnaq. Nu‘mān gives up the sovereignty	44
The practice of hunting of Bahrām	48
Bahrām Gūr goes to the chase and kills a lion and an onager	50
Bahrām goes to the chase and kills a dragon	51
Bahrām finds the picture of the Seven (Fair) Faces in Khavarnaq	55
Yazdijard becomes acquainted with Bahrām’s state	58
The death of Yazdijard	59
(The Author) complains of himself and alludes to Firdausī	60
Bahrām Gūr goes to Persia and (finds) another occupying the throne	61
Bahrām Gūr’s answer to the letter of the Persians	66
The priest’s answer to King Bahrām	68
The answer of King Bahrām to the priest	69
How Bahrām seizes the crown from between two lions	73
Bahrām sits on the throne in his father’s place	75
Describes Bahrām Gūr in his sovereignty and the manner of his life	77
A famine in the world from drought	79
The story of Bahrām and the girl named Fitna of Chinese Turkistan	82
Bahrām goes to the chase, and the officer entertains him	88
The Khān of Khāns comes to fight against Bahrām Gūr	94
Bahrām Gūr rebukes the Persians	99
Description of Bahrām’s banquet in winter. The building of the Seven Domes	106
Description of the seven-domed palace of Bahrām Gūr and of the manner of his stay in each dome	113
Bahrām sits on Saturday in the Black Dome, and the daughter of the king of the First Clime tells him a story	114
Bahrām on Sunday sits in the Yellow Dome, and the daughter of the king of the Second Clime tells him a story	144
Bahrām on Monday sits in the Green Dome, and the daughter of the king of the Third Clime tells him a story	157
Bahrām sits on Tuesday in the Red Dome, and the daughter of the king of the Fourth Clime tells him a story	171
Bahrām sits on Wednesday in the Blue Dome, and the daughter of the king of the Fifth Clime tells him a story	188
Bahrām on Thursday sits in the Sandal-coloured Dome, and the daughter of the king of the Sixth Clime tells him a story	213
Bahrām sits on Friday in the White Dome, and the daughter of the king of the Seventh Clime tells him a story	234
Bahrām finds out about the tyrannical vazīr	251
The first victim complains of the tyrannical vazīr	263
The second victim makes (his) complaint	264
The third victim makes (his) complaint	266
The fourth victim makes (his) complaint	267
The fifth victim makes (his) complaint	268
The sixth victim makes (his) complaint	269
The seventh victim makes (his) complaint	271
The king punishes the tyrannical vazīr	273
The passing of Bahrām from the transitory temple by the decree of the All-wise King	275
Words in Conclusion	284
Notes:
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