How Dáráb fought with Failakús and took to Wife
his Daughter
22
4.
How Dáráb sent back the Daughter of Failakús
to Rúm, and how Sikandar was born
25
DÁRÁ, SON OF DÁRÁB—
1.
How Dárá harangued the Chiefs and took Order
for the Realm
34
2.
The Death of Failakús and Sikandar's Accession
to the Throne
35
3.
How Sikandar went as his own Ambassador to
Dárá
38
4.
How Dárá fought with Sikandar and was worsted
42
5.
How Dárá fought with Sikandar the second Time
43
6.
How Sikandar fought with Dárá the third Time,
and how Dárá fled to Kirmán
46
7.
How Dárá wrote to Sikandar to propose Peace
49
8.
How Dárá was slain by his Ministers
50
9.
How Dárá told his last Wishes to Sikandar and
died
52
10.
How Sikandar wrote to the Nobles of Írán
57
SIKANDAR—
1.
How Sikandar sat upon the Throne of Írán
85
2.
How Sikandar wrote to Dilárái and Rúshanak,
the Wife and Daughter of Dárá, touching the
Nuptials of Rúshanak
85
3.
How Dilárái answered the Letter of Sikandar
87
4.
How Sikandar sent his Mother, Náhíd, to fetch
Rúshanak, and how he married her
89
5.
How Kaid of Hind had a Dream, and how Mihrán
interpreted it
91
6.
How Sikandar marched against Kaid of Hind and
wrote a Letter to him
98
7.
How Kaid of Hind answered Sikandar's Letter
and announced the Sending of the Four
Wonders
99
8.
How Sikandar sent back the Messenger to receive
the Four Wonders
100
9.
How Sikandar sent Ten Sages with a Letter to
inspect the Four Wonders of Kaid of Hind
101
10.
How the Ten Sages brought the Daughter, the Cup,
the Leech, and the Sage, from Kaid of Hind
to Sikandar
103
11.
How Sikandar tested the Sage, the Leech, and the
Cup sent by Kaid of Hind
104
12.
How Sikandar led a Host against Fúr of Hind
and wrote a Letter to him
110
13.
How Fúr answered the Letter of Sikandar
111
14.
How Sikandar arrayed his Host to fight with Fúr
of Hind and made iron Steeds and Riders filled
with Naphtha
112
15.
How the Host of Sikandar fought with the Host
of Fúr, how Fúr was slain by Sikandar, and
how Sikandar seated Sawurg upon the Throne
of Fúr
116
16.
How Sikandar went on a Pilgrimage to the House
of the Kaaba
119
17.
How Sikandar led his Troops from Judda toward
Misr
121
18.
Sikandar's Letter to Kaidáfa, Queen of Andalús,
and her Answer
123
19.
How Sikandar led his Troops to Andalús and took
the Hold of King Faryán
124
20.
How Sikandar went as an Ambassador to Kaidáfa
and was recognised by her
127
21.
How Kaidáfa counselled Sikandar
132
22.
How Tainúsh, the Son of Kaidáfá, was wroth with
Sikandar, and how Sikandar took Precaution
against him
134
23.
How Sikandar made a Compact with Kaidáfa and
returned to his Troops
138
24.
How Sikandar went to the Country of the Brahmans,
inquired into their Mysteries, and
received an Answer
143
25.
How Sikandar came to the Western Sea and saw
Wonders
147
26.
How Sikandar reached the Land of Habash,
fought, and was victorious
149
27.
How Sikandar reached the Land of the Narmpái,
how he fought and was victorious, how he
slew a Dragon, ascended a Mountain, and was
forewarned of his own Death
150
28.
How Sikandar reached the City of Women, named
Harúm, and saw Wonders there
153
29.
How Sikandar went into the Gloom to seek the
Water of Life and spake with Birds and
Isráfíl
159
30.
How Sikandar went to the East, saw Wonders, and
built a Barrier against Yájúj and Májúj
163
31.
How Sikandar saw a Corpse in a Palace of Jewels
on the Top of a Mountain, and the Speaking
Tree, and how he was warned of his Death
166
32.
How Sikandar marched his Army to Chín, carried
his own Letter to Faghfúr, and returned to
his Army with the Answer
169
33.
How Sikandar returned from Chín, made War
against the Sindians, and went to Yaman
174
34.
How Sikandar marched toward Bábil and found
the Treasure of Kai Khusrau in a City
176
35.
How Sikandar went to the City of Bábil, wrote a
Letter to Arastálís, and received his Answer
178
36.
Sikandar's Letter to his Mother
181
37.
How Sikandar's Life ended and how they carried
his Coffin to Iskandaríya
183
38.
How the Sages and other Folk lamented Sikandar
185
39.
How the Mother and Wife of Sikandar lamented
him
187
40.
Firdausí's Complaint of the Sky and Appeal to God
189
THE ASHKÁNIAN DYNASTY
SECT.
1.
The Praise of Mahmúd
207
2.
The Tribal Kings
210
3.
How Pápak saw Sásán in a Dream and gave him
a Daughter in Marriage
211
4.
How Ardshír Pápakán was born, and of his Case
with Ardawán
213
5.
How Ardawán's Slave-girl fell in Love with
Ardshír and how he fled with her to Párs
217
6.
How Ardawán heard of the Flight of Ardshír with
the Damsel and pursued them
220
7.
How Ardawán wrote to Bahman, his Son, to take
Ardshír
223
8.
How Tabák helped Ardshír, fought with Bahman,
and conquered him
225
9.
How Ardawán led forth his Host for Battle with
Ardshír and was slain
227
10.
How Ardshír fought with the Kurds and was
defeated
230
11.
How Ardshír attacked the Kurds by Night and
overthrew them
232
12.
The Story of Haftwád and the Case of the Worm
232
13.
How Ardshír fought with Haftwád and was worsted
236
14.
How Mihrak of Jahram sacked the Palace of
Ardshír
237
15.
How Ardshír heard about the Worm and made
Shift to slay it
239
16.
How Ardshír slew Haftwád
244
THE SÁSÁNIAN DYNASTY
ARDSHÍR PÁPAKÁN—
SECT.
1.
How Ardshír Pápakán sat upon the Throne in
Baghdád
258
2.
The Case of Ardshír and the Daughter of Ardawán
259
3.
How Shápúr was born to Ardshír by the Daughter
of Ardawán, and how after seven Years Ard-shír
heard of his Son and acknowledged him
261
4.
How Ardshír, to find out the Future of his Reign,
sent to Kaid of Hind, and Kaid's Reply
266
5.
The Adventure of Shápúr with the Daughter of
Mihrak, and his taking her to Wife
268
6.
How Urmuzd was born to Shápúr by the Daughter
of Mihrak
271
7.
Of the Wisdom of Ardshír and his Method of
administering the Realm
273
8.
How Kharrád praised Ardshír
284
9.
On the Faithlessness of Fortune
285
10.
How Ardshír charged Shápúr and died
286
11.
Thanksgiving to the Maker and Praise of Mahmúd,
the great King
291
SHÁPÚR, SON OF ARDSHÍR—
1.
How Shápúr sat upon the Throne and delivered
a Charge to the Chieftains
295
2.
How Shápúr fought with the Rúmans, how Baz-ánúsh,
their General, was taken Prisoner, and
how Cæsar made Peace with Shápúr
296
3.
How Shápúr seated Urmuzd upon the Throne and
died
299
URMUZD, SON OF SHÁPÚR—
SECT.
PAGE
1.
How Urmuzd addressed the Assembly
302
2.
How Urmuzd gave up the Throne to Bahrám,
charged him, and died
303
BAHRÁM, SON OF URMUZD—
1.
How Bahrám succeeded to the Throne, charged
the Nobles, and died
307
BAHRÁM, SON OF BAHRÁM—
1.
How Bahrám, Son of Bahrám, ascended the
Throne, charged the Nobles, and died
311
BAHRÁM BAHRÁMIYÁN—
1.
How Bahrám Bahrámiyán succeded to the Throne
and died four Months after
313
NARSÍ, SON OF BAHRÁM—
1.
How Narsí succeeded to the Throne, counselled his
Son, and died
315
URMUZD, SON OF NARSÍ—
1.
How Urmuzd, Son of Narsí, ascended the Throne,
and how his Life ended
318
SHÁPÚR, SON OF URMUZD, SURNAMED ZÚ'L AKTÁF—
1.
How Shápúr, Son of Urmuzd, was born forty days
after his Father's Death, and how he was
crowned
328
2.
How Táír, the Arab, carried off the Daughter of
Narsí and married her, how Shápúr went to
Yaman to fight him, and how his Daughter
fell in Love with Shápúr
330
3.
How Táír was bemused by his Daughter and how
she came to Shápúr, who took the Hold and
slew Táír
333
4.
How Shápúr went disguised as a Merchant to Rúm,
how he was taken by Cæsar, and how Cæsar
ravaged the Land of Írán
335
5.
How the Damsel took Measures to free Shápúr, and
how he fled with her from Rúm
339
6.
How the High Priest and the Captain of the Host,
hearing of Shápúr's Arrival, went to him
with the Troops
345
7.
How Shápúr made a Night-attack, and how Cæsar
was taken
346
8.
How Shápúr went to Rúm and fought with Yánus,
Cæsar's Brother
351
9.
How the Rúmans placed Bazánúsh upon the
Throne of Cæsar; his Letter to Shápúr and
the Answer
353
10.
How Bazánúsh went to Shápúr and made a Treaty
of Peace
355
11.
How Mání, the Painter, came to Shápúr with Pretence
of being a Prophet, and was slain
358
12.
How Shápúr made his Brother Ardshír Regent till
his own Son should grow up, and how his Days
ended
360
ARDSHÍR, BROTHER OF SHÁPÚR—
1.
How Ardshír sat upon the Throne and gave a
Charge to the Officers
363
SHÁPÚR, SON OF SHÁPÚR—
1.
How Shápúr, Son of Shápúr, sat upon the Throne
and gave a Charge to the Officers
365
BAHRÁM, SON OF SHÁPÚR—
1.
How Bahrám sat upon the Throne and gave a
Charge to the Officers
368
YAZDAGIRD, SON OF SHÁPÚR—
1.
How Yazdagird sat upon the Throne and gave a
Charge to the Officers
374
2.
How Bahrám Gúr, Son of Yazdagird, was born and
sent to be brought up by Munzir, the Arab
375
3.
How Bahrám went to the Chase with a Damsel and
how he displayed his Accomplishment
382
4.
How Bahrám showed his Accomplishment in the
Chase before Munzir
384
5.
How Bahrám came with Nu'mán to Yazdagird
386
6.
How Yazdagird put Bahrám in Bonds, how he
escaped by the good Offices of Tainúsh, and
how he returned to Munzír
389
7.
How Yazdagird, by the Advice of an Archmage,
went to the Spring of Sav and was killed by
a Water-horse
391
8.
How the Íránians took Counsel and placed Khus-rau
upon the Throne
394
9.
How Bahrám Gúr heard of the Death of his Father
and invaded Írán
395
10.
How the Íránians heard of Bahrám's Pillaging
and wrote to Munzir, and how he replied
397
11.
How Bahrám Gúr arrived at Jahram with the Host
of Munzir, and how the Íránians went out to
him
400
12.
How Bahrám Gúr harangued the Íránians as to his
Fitness to rule, how they rejected him but
promised him the Kingship if he would take
the Crown from between the Lions
402
13.
How Bahrám and Khusrau went to the Waste, and
how Bahrám slew the Lions and took his Seat
upon the Throne