A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part I, Chapter XI: On the Sagacity of eminent persons.
f151b	f102a	565	Short Introduction: Choice of Adam at Jibrá’íl’s offer of the three heavenly gifts.
”	f102b	566	Yaḥyá b. Khálid the Barmecide charged with misappropriation and pecu­lation, acquitted and rewarded by al-Manṣúr.
f152a	”	567	The conquest of Kúfa by Harthama b. ’A‘yan prophesied by himself.
”	”	568	The clever trick of Aḥmad b. Abí Khálid upon Yaḥyá b. Aktham before al-Ma’mún.
”	f103a	569	Ibráhím Mawṣilí’s ingenious device to prevent calamity falling on Fadhl b. Marwán, the minister of Mu‘taṣim.
f152b	”	570	Yaḥyá b. Khálid the Barmecide divines the secret of Hárún ’r-Rashíd.
”	”	571	Ja‘far the Barmecide foretells his own doom and discovers Hárún’s evil intention.
”	”	572	The clairvoyance of the Caliph ‘Umar on the occasion of Naháwand. (Anec. repeated, see above, I. iii. 79).
”	”	573	The Caliph ‘Alí’s lines on his own murderer, ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán b. Muljam.
”	f103b	574	The claims of the ‘Abbásids manifested in as-Saffáḥ and al-Manṣúr before their accession.
f153a	”	575	The two alleged reasons for the enmity of Walíd b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik towards ‘Alí b. ‘Abdu’llah b. ‘Abbás.
”	”	576	al-Manṣúr selects Baghdád as the site of his capital after an examination of its soil.
”	”	577	‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Marwán’s farewell to his favourite slave-girl and the clever guesses of the poet Kuthayyir.
f153b	f104a	578	Muḥammad b. Simá‘a and Imám Sháfi‘í’s right guesses.
”	”	579	Imám Sháfi‘í’s search for knowledge and his experiments ín the science of physiognomy and his correct readings. (The Kitábu’l-Firása is men­tioned in this connection, see above, p. 100).
”	”	580	Abu’l-Ḥusayn or Ḥasan Daylamí’s experience with a psycho-analyst of Antioch.
”	”	581	Abú Sa‘íd Kharráz doubts the honesty of a Dervish and is exposed.
”	”	582	Khayr-i-Nassáj and Junayd of Baghdád read one another’s thoughts.
f154a	”	583	Abú Bakr-i-Shiblí burns the robe of ‘Abdu’llah Rází along with his cap, as a punishment and disciplinary measure.
A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f154a	f104b	584	Junayd of Baghdád and Sariyyu’s-Saqaṭí; the former’s first sermon and the conversion of a Christian.
”	”	585	Ibráhím Khawwaṣ points out a Jew in his meeting and thereby converts him.
”	”	586	Physiognomists tell the Caliph Hárún about the true parentage of his sup­posititious son.
f154b	”	587	The story of the Jinnís and the lad from the Banú Jusham.
”	”	588	The two brothers of Banú Asad, their companion, strange occurrences, and augury.
”	f105a	589	The young physiognomist Aflímún (Polemon) reads the true nature of Hippocrates the philosopher, (the Kitáb’ul-Firása is referred to as the first work of its kind, see above p. 100).
f155a	f105b	590	‘Alí b. Jahm, the poet, relates a story before al-Mutawakkil about the communion with spirits and information derived secretly through them.
f155b	”	591	Abú Umámatu’l-Báhilí’s quest for a true religion and his acceptance of Islam at the hands of the Prophet.
f156a	f106a	592	‘Abdu’llah b. ‘Abbás realises the truth of the predictions of an old soothsayer.
”	”	593	How the Caliph ‘Uthmán’s aunt predicts his marriage with Ruqayya and his faith in the Prophet.
f156b	f106b	594	A skilful lad challenges a party of fowlers, of whom Abu’l-Ḥusayn ‘Arúdhi was one, and catches birds without nets and surprises them.
”	”	595	The prophecy of Abú Ayyúb Sulaymán Wahb about the future greatness of his son, and the downfall of the son of the reigning Wazír Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik.
”	”	596	Another version of the same story.
f157a	f107a	597	‘Abdu’llah b. Ziyád erects an inn at Baṣra called the Dáru’l-Baydhá’, and an Arab makes a prediction.
”	”	598	Mulázim b. Ḥárith Ḥanafí’s story of a young prisoner who takes an omen and is delivered from the prison of Ḥajjáj. (T. F. S. pt. I, p. 127—8).
f157b	”	599	A shrewd guess of ‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Marwán about Ibráhím b. ‘Abdu’llah, the governor of Ahwáz.
”	”	600	Aḥmad b. Yazíd the secretary tells a story of Músá b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik’s foreknowledge and the warning gíven by him to one of his governors named Shujá‘.
”	”	601	al-Manṣúr guesses rightly about the buyer of a big fish, that he must be very rich, and thereby finds the man to have been bribed.
”	f107b	602	al-Manṣúr detects a miser who concealed his wealth, and posed as a beggar.
f158a	”	603	Three clever men detect a thief of Ahwáz and recover the stolen purse of a trader of Baghdád.
”	”	604	Another story of a boy who traced a blind negro thief.
”	”	605	Hárúnu’r-Rashíd’s letter sent to ‘Amr b. Mas‘ada through his brother Abú ‘Ubáda, the consultations of the two brothers, and Hárún’s foresight in telling them what passed between them.
f158b	f108a	606	Yaḥyá b. Khálid, the Barmecide, before his trial predicts the future of the ‘Abbásids, and recommends Aḥmad b. Abí Khálid the Squint to Fadhl b. Sahl: The story of the letter torn in two pieces.
f159a	f108b	607	Zubayda’s taunt and Hárúnu’r-Rashíd’s prediction about the future great­ness of Ma’mún and his succession.
A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f159a	f109a	608	Muḥammad b. Naṣr’s story of Músá b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik ‘Abbásí’s sagacity.
f159b	”	609	Story of the constant twitching of the eye-lids as indicating good-luck.
”	”	610	Amír Naṣr b. Aḥmad the Sámáníd raises Abú ‘Alí Chagháni to the rank of a governor, and predicts that he will turn a traitor to his sons later on.
”	”	611	Abú Naṣr Mushkání points out to Sultan Maḥmúd why he cannot enjoy the pleasures of his beautiful garden at Balkh.
f160a	f109b	612	Sultan Maḥmúd foresees the future of his empire and reads the character of his two sons Mas‘úd and Muḥammad. (Story related by Abú Naṣr Mushkání).
			The chapter ends without any eulogy.