D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XXV = L: On the Merits of Consultation and the Defects of independent Judgment.
f188b	f231a	1528	A short introduction. ‘Amr b. Ibráhím’s inquiry about the counsellors of the Caliph ‘Alí and his rival Mu‘áwiya. The former had none, while the latter was guided by the diplomat ‘Amr ibnu’l-‘Áṣ.
f189a	f231b	1529	al-Aṣma‘í’s appreciation of the verses of Bashshár b. Burd, on the excel­lence of Consultation; and the author al-‘Awfí’s apt citations from the poet al-Mutanabbí on the same subject.
”	”	1530	The consultation of Núḥ b. Abí Maryam, the disciple of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa, with a Jewish sage concerning the marriage of the former’s daughter. Acting upon his advice, Núḥ, the Qádhí of Marw, chooses one of his Turkish slaves, named Mubárak, for the hand of his daughter, to whom is born ‘Abdu’llah b. Mubárak, the famous traditionist and divine of Khurásán. (Cf. Ṭabari II, pp. 1, 5, etc., also, Ibn-Khallikán, (Wüst.) Biog. No. 321: ‘Abdu’llah b. 118 A. H. = 736 A. D., d. 182 A. H. = 799 A. D.). (There are different versions about the marriage).
D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f189a	f231b	1531	Bashshár b. Burd’s satire on Ya‘qúb b. Dá’úd, the Wazír of al-Mahdí, and the trap prepared for the poet by Ibráhím, one of the advisers of the Wazír, and his assassination.
f189b	”	1532	Ḥasan b. Sahl, the Wazír of al-Ma’mún, consults his advisers about the execution of Zayd b. Músá, the ‘Alawí, who was captured after his revolt in Ṭabaristán, and spares his life lest the Caliph should change his mind, as he ultimately did.
f190a	f232a	1533	al-Manṣúr gives his uncle ‘Abdu’llah b. ‘Alí into the charge of ‘Ísá b. Músá and secretly orders his assassination; while ‘Ísá consults Yúnus Abú Farwa*, who warns him of the the Caliph’s treacherous plan and prevents him from carrying it out.
”	”	1534	The cause of the weakness of the Sámánids being the dismissal of the experienced Wazír, Núḥ II favours the appointment of Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Utbí Ja‘far, and overrides the opinion of the veteran general as-Símjúrí and sends Aḥmad-i-Fárs to disgrace him publicly. (Cf. The Chahár Maqála pp. 103—5 and note the differences).
f190b	f232b	1535	Khálid the Barmecide’s opinion, first, in favour of the preservation of the Aywán-i Kisrá, and afterwards his explicit desire to see it demolished at any cost.
f191a	”	1536	The refusal of the Khwája Abu’l-‘Abbás al-Isfará’iní of the slave which the Sultan Maḥmúd wanted. (Anec. repeated Ta’ríkh-i-Yamíní as the source, see above p. 62).
f191b	f233a	1537	Two obstinate litigants, who invited misery on themselves in the presence of the judge.
f192a	f233b	1538	The fatal obstinacy of Mu’ayyidu’l-Mulk, the son of the great Wazír Niẓámu’l-Mulk, in dismissing Ja‘far Zawzaní, the secretary, in spite of the orders of Maliksháh the Saljúq.
f192b	f234a	1539	The Ílak Khán of Máwará’u’n-Nahr unwisely attacks the country of Khurásán, and is reduced to sore straits by the invading Sultan Maḥmúd. (The Ta’rikh-i-Náṣirí as the source, see above p. 62).
f193a	”	1540	Fadhl b. Sahl takes vengeance on his opponents, in spite of the Caliph’s disapproval, and is ruined.
			The chapter ends with a eulogy on the Wazír, and with it Pt. II also.