A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part I, Chapter XII: On sound judgments which enhanced the success of Kings.
			Introduction in which the excellence of mature judgment is shown. (Mutanabbí is cited and the author’s own work, the Kitáb-i-Mádayiḥu’s-Sulṭán, is referred to).
f160a	f109b	613	A philosopher’s opinion about the comparative merits of wisdom and bravery.
f160b	f110a	614	Abú ‘Abdi’llah advises al-Manṣúr to train al-Hádí his son in his own presence.
”	”	615	Ṭamgháj, the governor of Damascus, detained from the holy pilgrimage.
”	”	616	Shír advises Abu’l-Jaysh Khúmárawayh b. Aḥmad b. Ṭúlún (270—282 A. H. = 883—895 A. D.) not to send his ring as a sign of truce to the defeated Kháqán-i-Muflijí, the ally of Afshín.
”	”	617	The Qayṣar of Rúm abstains from invading the country of ‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Marwán while he is engaged in war with Muṣ‘ab.
f161a	”	618	Háshim b. Aḥmad prevails upon Ḥasan b. Ismá‘íl not to cook any dish for the Caliph al-Mutawakkil, lest he might be accused of poisoning.
”	f110b	619	The Prophet solves the riddle of the resetting of the Black Stone.
”	”	620	‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir proves loyal to his master the Caliph al-Ma’mún, who appointed him as the Governor of Egypt.
f161b	f111a	621	The advice of Abú Manṣúr Ṭalḥa to the Amír Ismá‘íl the Sámánid against his brother Naṣr.
f162a	”	622	How Khwája Aḥmad b. Ḥasan Maymandí was saved from the wrath of Sultan Maḥmúd.
f162b	f111b	623	Sulaymán the Prophet refuses the cup of Eternal Life.
”	f112a	624	The misfortune of al-Amín due to the lack of experienced counsellors.
f163a	”	625	Diw-i-Gáw-Páy, the king of the giants, and the counsel of his three ministers.
”	”	626	‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Marwán advised to appoint his son to the Department of doles, public grants and war plunder, in order to win popularity.
f163b	f112b	627	‘Alá’u’d-Dawla Mas‘úd the Ghaznawid collects the corrupted Indian coin and issues genuine ones, in order to restore public peace.
”	”	628	The king of Zábulistán decoyed to ruin by a faithful Wazír of his opponent the Rája of Qannúj.
”	f113a	629	A hoax played upon Sultan Maḥmúd, during his campaign of Somnath, by the Hindús.
A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f164a	f113a	630	The Amír Ismá‘íl b. Aḥmad the Sámánid burns the letters sent to ‘Amr b. Layth by the traitors in his own camp.
”	”	631	Furú‘án or Furúghán (?), the field-marshal of ‘Amr b. Layth, invades Sha­káwand and cheats Kamlú (?), the Rája of India.
”	f113b	632	Sabuktagín plays a trick upon Abú ‘Alí Símjúrí and defeats him.
f164b	”	633	‘Amr b. Layth hangs an old counsellor of the Amír of Sístán lest he might dislodge him one day.
”	”	634	Sultan Maḥmúd’s trick against the fugitive slaves who joined the rebel­lious party of Khalaf b. Aḥmad of Sístán.
”	f114a	635	The story of the two slaves of Alexander, Nadhír the punisher and Bashír the rewarder, as narrated by Qábús b. Washmgír.
f165a	”	636	The reason of Khwája ‘Abdu’l-Ḥamíd’s imprisonment. (The Kitáb Ganj-i-Khirad of the same person is referred to).
”	”	637	Alexander adopts the institution of Mulúku’ṭ-Ṭawá’if at the advice of Aris­totle. (Anec. repeated, see supra Anec. 154).
”	”	638	Dihqán-i-Hishám pretends illness and saves his property from the machi­nations of ‘Alí b. ‘Ísá Máhán.
”	f114b	639	The Sultan Maḥmúd trapped in a covert after his victory at Khwárazm escapes cleverly incognito.
f165b	”	640	Mu‘taṣim sends a poisoned turban to ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir and invites him through a beautiful girl, and Ismá‘íl his counsellor’s warning.
”	”	641	Aḥnaf b. Qays’s desire to cope with ‘Amr ibnu’l-‘Áṣ in the “Arbitra­tion”, and ‘Alí’s absolute refusal to give him the power of mediation.
f166a	f115a	642	Ma‘n b. Zá’ida’s strategem against a governor of Yaman to gain the favour of al-Manṣúr.
”	”	643	Ḥámid-i-‘Abbás imprisoned by Ismá‘íl-i-Bulbul, released at the intercession of an old friend. T. F. S.
”	f115b	644	How Aḥmad b. ‘Ísá b. Zayd and Qásim b. ‘Alí, the father of the claimant Muḥammad Abi’l-Qásim, escape from prison. T. F. S.
f166b	”	645	Ma’mún’s preference for his Shí‘a followers from Khurásán, their incapacity, and the appointment of the people of ‘Iráq for the ṣettlement of the revenue. (T. F. S. pt. II, ch. vii, p. 8).
”	”	646	Rupture between Sa‘íd b. Makhlad and the Amír Abú Núḥ at the court of al-Mutawakkil, and their reconciliation through their friends’ diplomacy.
f167a	f116a	647	The ruin of Baní Qurayẓa due to the rejection of Ka‘b b. Asad al-Quraẓí’s proposals. (Cf. H. S. R. pp. 685—6).
”	”	648	The disagreement of Durayd b. aṣ-Ṣimma of the tribe of Jusham and Málik b. ‘Awf of the tribe of Naṣr, and their defeat and ruin. (Cf. H. S. R. pp. 840—6).
f167b	”	649	The Prophet approves the plan of retreating quietly, if the Battle of Badr proved a failure. (Cf. H. S. R. pp. 439—40).
”	”	650	Abú Jahl rejects the counsel of ‘Umayr b. Wahb Jumaḥí before the Battle of Badr, and is defeated in the end. (Cf. H. S. R. pp. 441—2).
”	f116b	651	The Prophet orders a hasty march to Madína, as a counter-stroke to the threat of ‘Abdu’llah b. Ubayy b. Salúl who wanted to create a split between the “Anṣárs” and the “Muhájirs”. (Cf. H. S. R. pp. 726—7).
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f168a	f117a	652	The dissatisfaction of the “Anṣárs” at the Prophet’s lavishing rewards on the new converts of Quraysh after the victory of Mecca, and the Prophet’s soothing appeal. (Cf. H. S. R. pp. 880—882, 885—6).
”	”	653	‘Amr ibnu’l-‘Áṣ’s slackness and the Caliph ‘Umar’s strong determination to stop heresy at the death of the Prophet.
f168b	f117b	654	Khálid b. Walíd’s campaign against the impostor Musaylima.
”	”	655	Nomination of generals by the Caliph ‘Umar and Khálid b. Walíd’s victory over Rúm.
”	f118a	656	Khálid b. Walíd captures a band of unbelievers that lived in the midst of a desert.
f169a	”	657	Khálid b. Walíd’s capture of Damascus.
”	”	658	The disaster to the Muslim army under Abú ‘Ubayda ath-Thaqafí in one of his Persian campaigns.
”	”	659	The advance of Qa‘qá‘, and the victory of Jalúlá.
f169b	f118b	660	‘Umar’s determination to fight at Naháwand and strike at the heart of the Persian Empire immediately, against the malicious advice of the Marzubán.
”	”	661	‘Umar and Aḥnaf’s b. Qays plan to give a deathblow to the remaining power and prestige of Persia.
”	”	662	‘Alí’s proposal about the arrangement and leadership of the Persian campaign, which was accepted by the Caliph ‘Umar.
”	f119a	663	A strategem of Ṭalḥa for the evacuation of a fortress on the occasion of the Battle of Naháwand.
f170a	*	664	Aḥnaf follows a suggestion of one of his soldiers and defeats Yazdigird.
”	”	665	Heraclius’s advice to his men on the approach of the Muslim army.
f170b	”	666	The Caliph ‘Uthmán’s consultation regarding the improvement of the Provincial administration and the management of his lieutenants.
”	f119b	667	The Caliph ‘Alí’s help to ‘Uthmán in the administration of the Caliphate.
”	”	668	The Caliph ‘Alí’s persistence in deposing Mu‘áwiya against the sound judgment of ‘Abdu’llah b. ‘Abbás.
f171a	f120a	669	Aḥnaf b. Qays’s promise of support to ‘Alí against ‘Á’ísha.
”	”	670	The intrigues of Mu‘áwiya against Qays b. Sa‘d b. ‘Ubáda, the governor of Egypt, to weaken the power of ‘Alí.
f171b	f120b	671	Mu‘áwiya strengthens his own cause under pretence of the avenging the murder of ‘Uthmán the Caliph.
f172a	”	672	Negotiations and promises between Mu‘áwiya and ‘Amr ibnu’l-‘Áṣ for the purpose of overthrowing ‘Alí.
”	f121a	673	‘Amr ibnu’l-‘Áṣ’s diplomatic stroke at the close of the Battle of Ṣiffín. “The Word of God as the sole arbitrator”.
f172b	”	674	‘Amr ibnu’l-‘Áṣ’s hypocrisy in the “Arbitration”.
f173a	f122a	675	How Mu‘izzu’d-Dawla suppressed the revolt of Rúzbihán the Daylamite governor of Ahwáz.
			The chapter ends without any praise or conclusion.