D. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
Part IV, Chapter X = LXXXV: On Persons who fell into the Whirlpool of love and succumbed to it. | |||
f34a | f313b- f314a |
1885 | Introduction dealing with the various kinds of emotion, illustrated by the verses of Arabian poets. Explanation given by a philosopher about the fits of the love-stricken Wazír, and the differentiation of the spiritual from the sensual affections. |
f34b | f314a | 1886 | The ecstasy of ‘Alí, the uncle of Aḥmad b. Sulaymán b. Wahb, in his love for a girl, and the attempt of Sulaymán b. Wahb to cure him of his infatuation. |
f35a | f314b | 1887 | ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir, the ruler of Khurásán, releases a prisoner, who begged for mercy and reminded him of the romance of his youth and of his beloved, in whose neighbourhood he lived. |
” | ” | 1888 | How Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán b. Thábit, the Ṣúfí saint of Baghdád, fell in love with a beautiful girl and, failing to get her, devoted himself to the love of God and became a famous saint. (The Ta’ríkh-i-Baghdád (?) as the source, see above, pp. 42—3). |
f35b | ” | 1889 | al-Aṣma‘í pays a visit to the tribe of Banú ‘Udhra and sees the pathetic longing of a youth for a girl of the family of his hosts and tries to bring about a happy union of the lovers, which results in the death of the youth. (The Risálatu’l-Qushayriyya as the source, see above, p. 70). |
” | f319a | 1890 | Mortality among the youth of the tribe of Banú ‘Udhra owing to their amorous tendencies and the chastity of their girls. |
f36a | ” | 1891 | The romantic union of Laylá and Majnún. |
” | f319b | 1892 | Why Uways-i-Qaraní pulled out his teeth; the lesson of real hero-worship impressed on the minds of the Caliphs ‘Umar and ‘Alí when they met him. |
D. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
f36a | f319b | 1893 | The ecstatic condition of a youth who burnt himself while addressing his beloved and was unconscious of the fact. |
” | ” | 1894 | A shoe-maker’s son plucks out his heart and sends it to the son of the prince whom he loved, in proof of his sincerity. |
f36b | f315b | 1895 | Masrúr-i-Kabír relates the story of a slave-girl who expired at the shocking news of the death of the Caliph al-Ma’mún. (The Ta’ríkh-i-Khulafá-i-Baní’l-‘Abbás as the source, see above, p. 48). |
” | f316a | 1896 | A captive of the Muslims in the early wars of the Prophet breathes his last, after remembering his beloved, who had also been made a captive along with the rest of the women of that tribe. (The Kitábu’l-Maghází of Muḥammad b. Isḥáq as the source, see above, pp. 100—101). |
” | ” | 1897 | The story of the pathetic end of the extreme love of a young student in Balkh. |
f37a | f316b | 1898 | A discourse on the exposition of the word “‘Ishq”. |
The chapter ends with a eulogy on the Wazír. |