| A. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
| Part I, Chapter XXI: On the Anecdotes of Oneiromancers. | |||
| f230b | f162b | 1056 | Introductory note on the significance and correct interpretation of dreams. The Caliph ‘Umar’s observation on dreams, that he was pleased, but not deceived by them. |
| f231a | f162a | 1057 | Alexander’s dream during his Persian campaign, that Dárá threw him to the earth, interpreted by Buzurjmihr as his sway over the world. |
| ” | * | 1058 | ‘Abdu’lláh b. Zubayr’s dream and Ibn-i-Sírín’s interpretation of it as his defeat at the hand of ‘Abdu’l-Malik and the succession of the four sons of ‘Abdu’l-Malik. |
| ” | f163a | 1059 | Ibn-i-Sírín’s interpretation of Abú Ḥanífa’s dream of collecting the bones of the Prophet as the codification of the Islamic law. |
| ” | ” | 1060 | Omens before the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad. |
| f231b | f163b | 1061 | The dream of ‘Átika, the daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Muṭṭalib, and its realisation in the Battle of Badr. (Kutub-i-Magházi indefinitely mentioned, see above, p. 101). |
| A. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
| f231b | * | 1062 | Abu’l-Faraj Muḥammad b. Ja‘far’s dream, and the assassination of Abú Muḥammad Makhlad at the hands of the Turks. |
| f232a | * | 1063 | Mu‘áwiya’s dream about the succession of the Caliphate to the descendants of Marwán. |
| ” | * | 1064 | Kundhur (?) the Ráy of India’s curious dream, and its interpretation by Mihrán, and the prophecy about Alexander’s invasion, and the 4 matchless things as redemption. (Akhbár-i-Iskandar as the source). |
| f232b | f163b | 1065 | Núshírwán’s dream of a pig drinking with him from the same water, and Buzurjmihr’s interpretation and device to punish the criminals. |
| ” | f164a | 1066 | Ya‘qúb-i-Kashsháfí’s interpretation of the dream of Sabuktigín as signifying the rise of his dynasty. |
| ” | * | 1067 | The ominous dream of a notable of Baghdád, and the prophecy of an interpreter. |
| f233a | * | 1068 | The ominous dream of Abu’l-Jaysh: its similarity with the dream of al-Mutawakkil and its similar interpretation. |
| ” | f164a | 1069 | The dream of the Qádhí Bayánu’l-Ḥaqq Maḥmúd Níshápúrí about the rise of the Sultan Yamínu’d-Dawla Bahrámsháh of Ghazna (The Khalqu’l-Insán as the source, see above p. 66). |
| ” | ” | 1070 | The dream of the Khwája Buzurg Bihrúz b. Aḥmad, the Wazír of the Sultan Radhiyyu’d-Dín Ibráhím of Ghazna, and its fulfiment. |
| ” | ” | 1071 | The Caliph al-Ma’mún sees Aristotle in his dream, who gives him three counsels, in consequence of which al-Ma’mún adopts a benevolent policy. |
| ” | ” | 1072 | The dream of Sabuktigín at the birth of his son Maḥmúd in 361 A. H., and the coincident falling down of an idol in India. (The Ta’ríkhi-Náṣirí as the source, see above p. 61). |
| f233b | f164b | 1073 | The Caliph al-Mu‘tadhid sees the Caliph ‘Alí in his dream, in prison, who prophesies his restoration to the Caliphate. |
| ” | * | 1074 | How the Caliph al-Mu‘tamid carries out the order of the Prophet in dream and whilst in a state of unconsciousness, releases Manṣúr-i-Jammál and Aḥmad-i-Ḥaddád. |
| f234a | * | 1075 | Abú Bakr Muḥammad b. ‘Alí aṣ-Ṣábúní is ordered by the Prophet in dream to receive the forlorn Muḥammad (b.) Azraq al-Anbárí, who was robbed on his way to Egypt. |
| f234b | * | 1076 | Abú ‘Amr Qání’s story of the renewed prosperity of a youth, through the information conveyed to him by the dream of another person in Egypt. |
| ” | * | 1077 | Ḥarima (?) b. Ḥázim, the Wazír, disgraces Ḥámid b. ‘Umar al-Ḥarrání, but dreams of the invocation of Ḥámid and bestows wealth on him in order to win his favour. |
| f235a | * | 1078 | The simultaneous injunctions of the Prophet to ‘Alí b. ‘Ísá and an apothecary of the Karkh of Baghdád to offer and accept 400 dínárs, in order to liquidate a debt. (T. F. S.). |
| ” | f16b4 | 1079 | How Abu’l-Qásim Sa‘dí abandoned the habit of sodomy at the warning of Fáṭima, the daughter of the Prophet, in a dream. (T. F. S.). |
| f235b | f165a | 1080 | Ibnu’l Furát dreams that the loaf given as alms by the mother of his opponent, Abú Ja‘far Bisṭámí, warded off his attacks on the latter. |
| A. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
| f235b | * | 1081 | A similar story — How Sharafu’d-Dín ‘Uthmán b. Ardashír was protected by loaves, while he was being punished by the order of the Sultan Ghiyáthu’d-Dín. |
| f236a | * | 1082 | The Caliph al-Manṣúr wakes up after a dream at midnight and orders Rabí‘ the chamberlain to redress the wrongs of a prisoner at the gates of Shám or Damascus. |
| ” | * | 1083 | Ibn-i-Abí ‘Awn the chief of the police of Baghdád’s curious dream, its realisation and the release of an innocent and falsely convicted person of Madá’in. |
| ” | * | 1084 | How Músá b. ‘Abdu’l Malik is given the glad news of his release in a dream. |
| ” | * | 1085 | A calamitous dream of a person about 12 deaths in his house during the plague. (al-Faraj ba‘da’sh-Shidda as the source.) |
| f236b | * | 1086 | Niẓámu’d-Dín, the son of Burhánu’l-Islám, dreams of the exact quatrain in which the poet Fahmí had ridiculed the poet Samá’í-i-Iskáf (?). (On the authority of the author himself.) |
| ” | f165a | 1087 | The dream of ‘Abbás, the uncle of the Prophet, and the interpretation of the Prophet concerning the successive stages of the Caliphate. |
| ” | * | 1088 | The ominous dream of Wazzáh (?), the infatuation of Ṣáliḥa, the wife of the last Umayyad Marwán-i-Ḥimár, and their dreadful fate. |
| ” | f165a | 1089 | The calamitous dream of al-Mutawwakil, in which he saw the Caliph ‘Alí giving him seven lashes with a whip, which punishment in the end was fulfilled by his being cut into seven pieces at the hands of the Turks. |
| The chapter ends without any eulogy. | |||