D. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
Part II, Chapter VII = XXXII: On the Excellence of Mercifulness. | |||
f124a | f192a | 1318 | Introduction illustrating the glory of the compassionateness of Moses. The pleasure of the Caliph ‘Uthmán at the dispersion of the revellers whom he had to punish in the interest of law and order. (The Ta’ríkh-í-Náṣirí as the source, see above, p. 61, ll. 38—41). |
f124b | ” | 1319 | Sabuktigín’s compassion for a deer results in his installation. (The Taríkh-i-Náṣirí as the source, see above p. 62, ll. 1—5). |
” | f192b | 1320 | A cruel governor attains his salvation through an act of kindness to a scabby dog, that looked miserable. |
” | ” | 1321 | Another story of the redemption of a dissolute woman because she took pity on a dog. (The Ṣaḥíḥ of al-Bukhárí as the source). |
f125a | ” | 1322 | The saint Ḥasan of Baṣra’s advice to a brigand, and how the latter acted upon it, and was amply rewarded by a trader, whom he pitied and rescued from the clutches of his own gang. |
f125b | f193a | 1323 | Persistent revelry and drunkenness of an old sinner, and his trial in the court of the Caliph ‘Umar II: he finds fault with the sentence of the Caliph and is released. |
There is no eulogy at the end of this chapter. |