| A. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
| Part I, Chapter V: On the History of the Caliphs: A comparative list of the three periods. | |||
| The Orthodox Caliphs (11—40 A. H. = 632—661 A. D.). | |||
| f82a | f52a | 196 | Introduction: A discourse on the Caliphate and Imámate. |
| Caliphate of Abú Bakr. (11 A. H. = 632 A. D.). | |||
| f82b | f52b | 197 | ‘Umar and Abú Bakr at Muḥammad’s death. |
| ” | f53a | 198 | Despatch of ’Usáma b. Zayd against Syria. |
| f83a | ” | 199 | The rebellion of Ṭalḥa b. Khuwaylid after the death of the Prophet. |
| ” | ” | 200 | Málik killed by Khálid: disagreement of Abú Bakr and ‘Umar. |
| f84a | f53b | 201 | Campaign against Persia. |
| f84b | f54a | 202 | Same continued. Conquest of Ubulla. (Imporant details concerning the current events, when the author had begun to write this history under Náṣir’ud-Dín Qabácha, see above, p. 112, n. 4). |
| f85a | ” | 203 | The Battle of Yarmúk; dismissal of Khálid. |
| f86a | f55a | 204 | Death of Abú Bakr. |
| f86b | ” | 205 | Caliphate of ‘Umar. (13 A. H. = 634 A. D.). |
| ” | ” | 206 | Continuation of Persian Campaign. |
| f87a | f55b | 207 | Abu ‘Ubayda refuses presents offered to him by the Dihqáns. |
| ” | ” | 208 | The Battle of the Bridge. |
| f88a | f56a | 209 | Continuation of Persian Campaign. The Caliph ‘Umar sends Jarír b. ‘Abdu’llah al-Bajalí for the reinforcement of Muthanná. |
| ” | ” | 210 | S‘ad ibn-i-Abí Waqqáṣ raids the market of Baghdád. |
| f88b | ” | 211 | The Persian and Arab armies meet at Qádisiyya. |
| f89a | f56b | 212 | The Arab ambassadors before Yazdigird. |
| f89b | ” | 213 | The Battle of Qádisiyya. |
| f90a | f57a | 214 | Khálid’s success against the Byzantines. |
| f90b | ” | 215 | Further success against the Byzantines: Íliyá taken. |
| f91a | f57b | 216 | Increasing despair of Yazdigird. |
| ” | ” | 217 | The Arabs divide the spoil at Madá’in (Ctesiphon); account of the spoil. |
| f92a | f58a | 218 | Assassination of ‘Umar by Abú Lúlú, the Persian slave. |
| ” | ” | 219 | Dying words of the Caliph ‘Umar. |
| ” | ” | 220 | The election of ‘Uthmán to the Caliphate. (23 A. H. = 644 A. D.). |
| A. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
| f92b | f58a | 221 | The Caliph ‘Uthmán’s first address to the Muslims. |
| ” | f58b | 222 | Abu’l-‘Ayná’ defends ‘Uthmán before one of the ‘Abbásid Caliphs. (A part of this Anec. is quoted in the Tajáribu’s-Salaf, see Browne [Or. G. 3] f. 34a). |
| f93a | ” | 223 | Murder of the Caliph ‘Uthmán. |
| ” | ” | 224 | Particulars of the Caliph ‘Uthmán’s life and genealogy. |
| ” | ” | 225 | (a) ‘Alí’s sentiments towards ‘Uthmán. (b) Another anecdote representing the same. |
| ” | ” | 226 | Caliphate of ‘Alí, and his intention to depose Mu‘áwiya. (35 A.H. = 656 A.D.). |
| f93b | f59a | 227 | Discussion, concerning the internecine wars of the early Companions of the Prophet, at a later period, is both unprofitable and undesirable, as depicted in this anecdote. |
| ” | ” | 228 | Anecdote concerning ‘Alí: Elucidation of a verse about ‘Alí. |
| ” | ” | 229 | The ‘Íd-i-Ghadír. |
| ” | ” | 230 | The Prophet chooses ‘Alí as his adopted brother, while he was inaugurating the ceremony of brotherhood amongst his Compannions in pairs. |
| f94a | ” | 231 | Reply to a Khárijite who reviled the Caliph ‘Alí. |
| ” | f59b | 232 | A reminiscence of the author when he was preaching at Níshápúr, and a miracle of the Prophet. (Autobiographic details). |
| f94b | ” | 233 | The Khárijite conspiracy. |
| ” | f60a | 234 | Caliphate of al-Ḥasan, the son of the Caliph ‘Alí. (40 A. H. = 661 A. D.). |
| The Umayyad Caliphs (41—132 A. H. = 661—750 A. D.). | |||
| f95a | ” | 235 | The Caliphate of Mu‘áwiya b. Abí Sufyán, and a Memoria Technica of the fourteen Umayyad Caliphs by the author. |
| ” | ” | 236 | Anecdote of Hind’s divorce and marriage (and explanation of a line of Firdawsí, not found in A). |
| f95b | f60b | 237 | How it came about that the sword ever divided the children of ‘Abd-i-Shams and the children of Háshim. |
| ” | ” | 238 | Caliphate of Mu‘áwiya I. (41 A. H. = 661 A. D.). |
| ” | ” | 239 | al-Ḥasan’s speech on his abdication. |
| ” | ” | 240 | Mu‘áwiya’s tribute to ‘Alí’s memory: Mu‘áwiya not to be cursed. |
| f96a | ” | 241 | Mu‘áwiya and al-Ḥasan. |
| ” | ” | 242 | al-Ḥasan refuses to fight for Mu‘áwiya. |
| ” | f61a | 243 | ‘Adí b. Ḥátim and Mu‘áwiya. |
| ” | ” | 244 | Mu‘áwiya’s dying counsel to his son Yazíd. |
| f96b | ” | 245 | Mu‘áwiya tests ‘Alí by false reports. |
| ” | ” | 246 | Caliphate of Yazíd I. (60 A. H. = 680 A. D.). (Author as a preacher in Níshápúr). |
| f97a | f61b | 247 | Origin of Yazíd’s hatred of al-Ḥusayn. |
| ” | ” | 248 | Caliphate of Mu‘áwiya II. (64 A. H. = 683 A. D.). (A part of this anecdote is quoted in the Tajáribu’s Salaf, see Browne [Or. G. 3] f34a). |
| f97b | ” | 249 | Caliphate of Marwán I (64 A. H. = 683 A. D.). |
| ” | f62a | 250 | Death of Marwán. |
| ” | ” | 251 | Caliphate of ‘Abdu’l-Malik (65 A. H. = 685 A. D.). |
| ” | ” | 252 | ‘Amr b. Sa‘íd, Ibn Zubayr and Ibnu’l-Ḥanafiyya contend for the Caliphate. |
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| f97b | f62a | 253 | Muṣ‘ab b. Zubayr defeated and slain. |
| ” | ” | 254 | Ḥajjáj b. Yúsuf and Músá b. Nuṣayr help ‘Abdu’-Malik. |
| f98a | ” | 255 | ‘Abdu’llah b. Zubayr, Mukhtár and Ibnu’l-Ḥanafiyya. |
| f99a | f63a | 256 | ‘Abdu’l-Malik and the Qur’án. |
| f99b | ” | 257 | ‘Abdu’l-Malik reproached for the blood of the believers shed by him. |
| ” | * | 258 | Caliphate of al-Walíd (86 H. A. = 705 A. D.). |
| ” | * | 259 | al-Walíd refuses to become a miser. |
| ” | f63a | 260 | Caliphate of Sulaymán. (96 H. A. = 715 A. D.). |
| ” | f63b | 261 | Sulaymán’s love for the family of ‘Alí and severity towards Non-Muslims. |
| f100a | ” | 262 | Caliphate of ‘Umar b. ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz. (99 A. H. = 717 A. D.). |
| ” | ” | 263 | Virtues of ‘Umar II. |
| ” | ” | 264 | Defeat of Turkish invaders during the Caliphate of ‘Umar II. |
| ” | ” | 265 | Caliphate of Yazíd II. (101 A. H. = 720 A. D.). |
| ” | ” | 266 | Kindness shown by Yazíd II to al-Ḥasan’s daughter Fáṭima. |
| f100b | f64a | 267 | Harshness of Yazíd II towards his brother. |
| ” | ” | 268 | Posthumous proofs of ‘Umar II’s policy: the two locked chambers. |
| ” | ” | 269 | Caliphate of Hishám. (105 A. H. = 724 A. D.). |
| f101a | ” | 270 | Persecution of Qadarís, the fate of Ghaylán. |
| ” | ” | 271 | Caliphate of Walíd II. (125 A. H. = 743 A. D.). |
| ” | f64b | 272 | Immorality and heresy of Walíd II. |
| ” | ” | 273 | Narrative of Walíd’s concubine who took his place at public prayer. |
| ” | ” | 274 | Murder of Walíd II. |
| f101b | ” | 275 | Caliphate of Yazíd III. (126 A. H. = 744 A. D.). His Persian mother Máh-Áfaríd, the great-grand-daughter of Yazdigird. |
| ” | ” | 276 | End of Yazíd III’s Caliphate. |
| ” | ” | 277 | Ibráhím Ibnu’l-Walíd, his short reign of 72 days. (126 A. H. = 744 A. D.). |
| ” | ” | 278 | Marwán revolts against Ibráhím. |
| ” | f65a | 279 | Caliphate of Marwán II. (127—132 A. H. = 744—750 A. D.). |
| ” | ” | 280 | Fall of the Umayyads. |