INDEX.
Serial Number. SUBJECT. Couplet where com­mencing. Letter of Refer­ence.
INTRODUCTION, p. 1.
1 Address to God 1
2 Address to Muẖammad, the most distin­guished of apostles 69
3 On the cause of the versification of the work 99
4 In praise of Atábuk Bú Bakr, son of Sa'd, son of Zangí 130 a
5 In praise of Muẖammad Sa'd, son of Bú Bakr 176 a
CHAPTER I.—On Justice, Equity, and Admi­nistration of Government, p. 26.
6 Preamble 1 a
7 The pious man who rode on a panther, snake in hand 21
8 The counsel given by Naushíravan to his son Hurmuz 31
9 The counsel given by Khusrau-Parvíz to his son Shírviya 52
10 The merchant surrounded by robbers 69
11 Cherishing old attendants; or, the story of Khusrau and Sháhpúr 82 a
12 On deliberation of kings, and on exercising delay in administration 123 a
13 The man who, in a dream, saw Satan 212
14 On mercy towards the weak 265
15 On kindness towards subjects 280
16 What Jamshíd wrote at a fountain-head 297
17 On recognising friend and foe, on the part of kings; or, Darius and the keeper of the king's horses 303
18 On kings beholding their subjects 321
19 The King of Media and one who lamented beneath an arch 328 a
20 The compassion of ancient kings towards the wretched; or, the story of 'Abdu-l-'Azíz 334 a
21 The Lovely One 353
22 Atábuk (deceased) Tukla bin Sa'd Zangí 359
23 The Sulán of Rúm and the good man 370 a
24 The unjust king and the recluse Khudá-dost 391 a
25 On respecting the hearts of darveshes 415
26 Mercy to the powerless; or, the famine at Da­mascus 429
27 The selfish man 452
28 On justice and its reward 463
29 The two brothers,—one just, the other unjust 479
30 The man who sat on a branch of a tree while he cut it 513
31 The tranquillity of the heart of the darvesh 523 a
32 The skull that spoke to a devotee 532 a
33 The watch-keeper man-injuring, who fell into a well 548
34 Hujjáj and the good man 561
35 On exercising violence against small folk 581 a
36 On the vigilance of kings and their merciful­ness to their subjects; or, the king who suffered from guinea-worm 586
37 On the infidelity of this world 618 a
38 On the vicissitudes of time 623
39 King Kizil Arslán and the wise man 637
40 The phrenzied one 651
41 Alaf Arslan's death 654
42 The sage who prayed for King Kayḳúbad 663 a
43 On the lusting of the world for just kings; or, the King of Ghur and the peasant 678
44 Mamún and the moon-faced damsel 754 a
45 The unjust king and the faḳír, truth-speaking 776 a
46 On the strength-essaying of the empty-headed one 798
47 On refraining from giving advice to one who accepts it not 822 a
48 On administration 841
49 On cherishing the army in peace-time 881
50 On the strength of men, work-experienced 891
51 The hero Gurgín and his son 909
52 On cherishing wise men 916
53 On caution towards the enemy 922
54 On repelling the enemy by judgment and de­liberation 928
55 On courtesy towards the enemy, as a matter of prudence 936
56 On caution towards the enemy who comes in submission 946
CHAPTER II.—On Beneficence, p. 123.
57 Preamble 1 a
58 On cherishing orphans 18
59 The man whom the Chief of Khojand saw walking in Paradise 29
60 The liberality of Ibráhím 37
61 On beneficence to men, good or bad 55
62 The pious man and the impudent impostor 59 a
63 The miserly father and generous son 79 a
64 The woman who complained to her husband of the cheating of the shopkeeper 122
65 The old man who performed the pilgrimage to Hijáz 130
66 The officer of the Sulán, and his wife 138
67 The poor liberal man and the beggar 148
68 The man who gave water to a thirsty dog 172
69 The darvesh who became rich 191
70 Shiblí and the ant in the wheat-sack 217
71 Generosity and its fruit 229 a
72 On making prey by beneficence; or, the youth who led a sheep 235
73 The darvesh and the crippled fox 244
74 The miserly hermit 266
75 Ḥátim áí and the swift-footed steed 281
76 Ḥátim áí and the King of Yaman 305
77 The daughter of Ḥátim in the time of the Prophet Muẖammad 343 a
78 Ḥátim áí and the sugar-sack 354 a
79 The clemency of a king towards one whose ass had fallen in the mire 368
80 The mean rich man and the pious darvesh 382
81 On cherishing the people so that one may find a pious one 401
82 The man who sought for his son in a káraván 405
83 The ruby that was lost in a camel-stable 411 a
84 The miserly father and the prodigal son 427
85 The small favour and its great reward 447
86 On the reward of goodness. 473
87 On those to whom it is improper to be liberal 485
88 On kindness to one unworthy; or, the man, his wife, and the wasps 494
89 Bahrám and his steed 508
CHAPTER III.—On Love, p. 172.
90 Preamble 1
91 On the meaning of worldly love 14
92 On the perfection of the love of the pure lover; or, the beggar-born one and the prince 37 a
93 On the meaning of the sacrifice of themselves made by lovers; or, the lovely one and the candle 67
94 On the occupation of lovers 72
95 On the overpowering nature of ecstasy and the dominion of love; or, the beauty of Samarḳand who disdained her lover 96 a
96 On lovers sacrificing themselves and consider­ing death gain 114
97 On the patience of men of God; or, the old man who dwelt in a masjid 122
98 The true lover (of God) turns not back on account of violence 142
99 On patience as to the tyranny of that one from whom one cannot bear separation 154 a
100 The slave who wept on leaving his master 164
101 On preferring pain to the remedy; or, the physician and his friend 166 a
102 On the overpowering nature of love over reason 172
103 The marriage of two cousins 179 a
104 Desirest thou hell, or heaven? 187
105 Majnún and his loyal love for Lailạ 190
106 Sulán Maẖmúd and his true love for the dis­position of Ayáz 197
107 On the true foot of holy men; or, the old man who crossed a piece of water on his prayer-carpet 213 a
108 On the transitory nature of created things, and the grandeur of God 227 a
109 The villager and his son passing by an army 237
110 The fire-fly 249
111 The man, truth-recognising; or, the seizing of an old man in a Syrian city 253
112 What the man did on seeing the words— “Allah va bas” 260 b
113 On love which turns not from violence 268 a
114 On the ecstasy of the pious, and on its truth and falsehood 284 b
115 The young man who played on a flute 305 b
116 The moth's love for a candle 315
117 The moth's address to a candle 348
CHAPTER IV.—On Humility, p. 213.
118 Preamble 1
119 The meaning of humility shown by the exaltation of a drop of water 5 a
120 The contempt with which men of God regard themselves 10 a
121 The humility of Bayízíd, the Busámí, on whose head ashes fell 22
122 On haughtiness and its end; on humbleness and its blessing 30 a
123 Jesus and the 'ábid, and the sinner 42
124 The lawyer of tattered garment and the ḳáẓí 93
125 The repentance of the Prince of Ganja brought about by a recluse 145 a
126 The lovely one who sold honey, and the sour-visaged one 202
127 On the humility of good men, exemplified by the pious one whose collar an intoxicated one seized 216
128 The man who was bitten by a dog 223
129 The benevolent master and the disobedient slave 230
130 Shaikh Ma'rúf of Karkh and his guest 247
131 On the insolence of the worthless and the endurance of good men 282
132 On the presumption of darveshes and the clemency of kings 317
133 On the disappointment of the conceited, illustrated by the conceited man and the sage Koshyár 345
134 On the resignation and right-recognising of God's creatures 352 a
135 On humility and negation of desire, exempli­fied by the man who barked like a dog 364
136 Hátim, his deafness and disposition for hu­mility 376 a
137 The devotee and the thief 393 a
138 On the endurance of the violence of an enemy for the sake of a friend 417 a
139 The saint Bahlúl 425
140 The sage Luḳmán and his endurance of hard­ship 428
141 Shaikh Junid and his humility in comparing himself to a dog 440
142 The holy man and the intoxicated minstrel 451
143 On the patience of good men as to the vio­lence of the worthless; or, the sage of Wakhsh and his calumniator 456 a
144 On the humility of the Commander of the Faithful, 'Alí 476 a
145 On the humility of 'Umar, who trod on a beggar's foot 493 a
146 The one of good conduct and good disposi­tion 501
147 The humility of Zu-n-Nún at the time of the drought of Egypt 506
CHAPTER V.—On Resignation, p. 264.
148 Preamble 1
149 On patience and resignation to the decree of Fate 9 c
150 The warrior of Sipáhán and his resignation to Fate 16
151 The falling of the archer of Ardabíl to the hand of one felt-wearing 67
152 The warrior and the physician 84
153 The villager who put up an ass's head as a charm 89
154 The poor man who lost a diram 94
155 The old man who struck his son with a stick 98 c
156 The rich man, Bakht-Yar 101 c
157 The woman who quarrelled with her husband because he came empty-handed 105
158 The man of Kísh and his ugly spouse 112
159 The vulture and kite 121
160 The apprentice of the weaver of gold-wrought garments 133 c
161 Sincerity and its reward; hypocrisy and its evil results 146 c
162 The Chief of Ḳalandars living on a mountain, and the man who slept not at night 155 c
163 The boy who fasted 160
164 The hypocritical devotee who fell from a ladder into hell 170 c
CHAPTER VI.—On Contentment, p. 284.
165 Preamble 1
166 The Ṣúfí who spent two dínars 30 b
167 The Hájí who gave Sa'dí an ivory comb 39
168 The covetous one who bowed obsequiously to Khwárazam 48 c
169 The holy man, who, suffering from fever, was told to ask for sugar 59
170 On the disgrace of gluttons 72
171 The man who wandered about offering sugar­cane 81
172 The man to whom the King of Khutan gave a piece of silk 86
173 How the man was treated who went for food to the king's table 90
174 The old woman's cat 98
175 The man of narrow views; the wife of lofty spirit 104 c
176 The holy man who made a house proportion­able to his stature 124 c
177 The shaikh who became a king 129 c
178 On patience in weakness, in the hope of pros­perity 140 c
179 The old man who shaved his son's head 153 a
CHAPTER VII.—On Education, p. 301.
180 Preamble 1 c
181 On the excellence of taciturnity 15 c
182 On keeping a secret; or, Sulán Takash and his slaves 30
183 The safety of the ignorant one within the veil of silence 47
184 The one who uttered abuse at the time of fighting 64 c
185 King 'Azud, whose son was sick 74
186 The disciple who broke the musician's harp 85 c
187 The Ethiop and the moon-like damsel 94 b
188 On the excellence of concealing faults; or, Dá,ud á,í and the drunken Ṣúfí 117
189 On backbiting 134
190 The slanderer and the wise man 139 c
191 The person who considered thieving better than slandering 142 c
192 Sa'dí at the Niámiya of Baghdád 147 c
193 Hujjaj, the blood-devourer 153 c
194 The pious one who laughed at a boy 161 c
195 The devotee who taught Sa'dí the manner of ablution 165 c
196 The Ṣúfí who slandered 182 c
197 The distraught one of Marghaz, his opinion as to slandering 188 c
198 The three persons whom it is lawful to slander 196 c
199 The thief who was robbed by the grocer of Sístán 202 c
200 The Ṣúfí who was asked if he knew what someone said behind his back 205 c
201 Firídún, the vazír, and his calumniator 215 c
202 On the rights of women,—their good and bad qualities 240 c
203 The youth who bewailed about his discordant wife 274 c
204 On the training of boys 280 c
205 The convivial meeting and the youth 304 c
206 On abstaining from the society of youths 310 a
207 What befell the merchant in the Tang-i-Turkán 320 a
208 The crowd of men who sate with a youth 336 a
209 The devotee who became enamoured. What Buḳrá said 340 a
210 On safety in retirement, and patience under the calumny of men 359 b
211 What happened to Sa'dí, on his saying “Someone has no front teeth” 408 c
CHAPTER VIII.—On Thanks, p. 343.
212 Preamble 1 c
213 The woman who showed a cradle to her rebel­lious son 27
214 On the creation of mankind 38 c
215 The prince and the philosopher of Greece 55 c
216 The boy who undermined the wall of a masjid 66 c
217 On looking at the creating of God Most High 71 c
218 On examining the state of the feeble, and offering thanks to God for His favour 88 c
219 Sulán Tughril and the Hindú watchman 99 c
220 The thief hard-bound, and the man hard-straitened 118 c
221 The man who wore a dress of raw hide 123 c
222 The man who beat a pious one, thinking him to be a Jew 127 c
223 The road-lost one and the ass 131 c
224 The lawyer who passed by one fallen drunk 134 c
225 The regard of the pious for God's creating 143 c
226 On God's grace 160 c
227 Sa'dí's journeying to Somnáth 174
CHAPTER IX.—On Repentance, p. 368.
228 Preamble 1 c
229 The old man and his regret over the time of youth 11 c
230 The physician and the old man 37 c
231 On the valuing of youth before the weakness of old age 54 c
232 On understanding religion before death 65 c
233 On Sa'dí's approaching death 91 c
234 The death of Jamshíd's son 106 c
235 The devotee who found a gold brick 113
236 The two enemies 134 c
237 The girl who wiped the dust from her father's face 158 c
238 Exhortation and counsel 165 c
239 Sa'dí's boyhood 179 c
240 The man who cherished a wolf's cub 196 c
241 The man who contended with a king 209 c
242 The man who enjoyed wealth by fraud 215 c
243 The one, clay-stained, who went to a masjid 229 c
244 Incident in Sa'dí's boyhood 242 c
245 The intoxicated one who burned his harvest 258 c
246 The man, ashamed before the shaikh, not ashamed before God 269 c
247 Zulaikhá (Potiphar's wife) and Joseph 275 a
248 On avoiding pollution 287 c
249 Sa'dí's journeying to Abyssinia 296 c
250 The man whom King Dámaghán struck 308 c
251 Death of Sa'dí's son 318 c
CHAPTER X.—On Prayer, p. 399.
252 Preamble 1 c
253 The prayer of the distraught one at Makka 20 c
254 The man who called a black man ugly 51 c
255 The darvesh who repented at night and broke his vow by day 58 c
256 The idolater who asked his idol to aid him 65
257 The intoxicated one who entered a masjid 83 c

The tales, or discourses, marked:—

a are not contained in the 'Iḳd-i-manúm;

b do not properly belong to the 'Iḳd-i-manúm;

a and c need not be read for the High Proficiency Examination in Persian, in India.

As to examinations, see Appendix to Clarke's “Persian Manual.”

The following Table shows the Couplets, belonging to the Bustán, which are omitted in the 'Iḳd-i-Manúm.
From To Total Couplets. Chapter. From To Total Couplets. Chapter.
54 67 14 Intro­duction. 179 187 9
213 236 24
72 97 26 268 283 16
104 1 284 304 21
107 190 84 305 314 10
336 347 12
125
146
1 21 21 1
39 41 3 5 21 17 4
69 264 195 30 41 12
297 302 6 145 201 57
318 319 2 352 363 12
322 358 37 376 424 49
370 414 45 456 501 46
418 421 4
452 479 28 193
512 547 36
559 560 2 0 5
581 588 8
618 636 19 0
651 655 5
663 677 15 30 37 8 6
714 718 5 69 71 3
742 747 6 153 174 22
753 797 45
822 880 59 33
891 971 89
94 116 23 7
630 310 358 49
400 407 8
1 28 28 2
55 121 67 80
229 234 6
263 265 3 0 8
411 426 16
467 472 6 0
480 484 5
508 518 11 255 257 3 9
275 286 12
142
15
37 66 30 3
96 113 8 0 10
154 163 10
166 171 6 0
Total number of couplets in the Bustán 4,099
Total number of couplets omitted in the 'Iḳd-i-manúm 1,344
Hence total number of couplets in the 'Iḳd-i-manúm 2,755