D. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
Part III, Chapter IX = LIX: On the Despicability of Miserliness. | |||
ff224 | f252a | 1628 | Introduction. Abú Ṣábir, the miser of Baṣra, and his assistant. |
D. | G. | Serial. | TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES. |
f225a | f252b | 1629 | ‘Amr b. Layth is put to shame for having a miserly servant in his household on the occasion of a banquet. |
” | ” | 1630 | A maid-servant ruins a wealthy trader of Marw, called the son of Abú Ṣámit, in punishment for his extremely mean behaviour. |
f226a | f253a | 1631 | Abú ‘Ubayda relates an instance of ‘Abdu’llah b. Zubayr’s stinginess, as a parallel to the proverbial miserliness of Máriz. (Majma‘u’l-Amthál as the source). |
” | ” | 1632 | Ḥámid, the dealer in sal ammoniac, a wealthy miser of Marw, is cheated by Ismá‘íl, and is punished by Muḥammad-i-Sahl, the Amír of Marw, for his misbehaviour. |
f227a | f253b | 1633 | The story of a wealthy miser and his clever slave. |
” | ” | 1634 | An interesting visit of a Kúfí miser to another famous miser of Baṣra and his entertainment. (The Kitáb-i-Nathru’d-Durar of Abú Naṣr (?) Tha‘álibí as the source). |
f227b | ” | 1635 | A guest surprised at the economy of a host who would not let his children sleep soundly, lest they might digest the food and get up hungry in the morning. |
” | ” | 1636 | A Kúfí miser reproaches his son for still being in need of scent to make his bread eatable. |
” | f254a | 1637 | Another story of a Kúfí lad who wanted to sell his wholesome bread. |
f228a | ” | 1638 | A Kúfí host starves his guest the whole night with the lame excuse that late meals cause disease. |
” | ” | 1639 | A miserly Kúfí quarrels with his neighbour for having misappropriated the bones of a sheep’s head, which he had deposited at his own door, to exhibit his hospitality. |
” | ” | 1640 | A miser’s favourite habit of talking to a piece of coin, which unfortunately happened to fall into his hands. (The Kitáb-i-Khalqu’l-Insán as the source, see above p. 66). |
The chapter ends with a panegyric on the generosity of the Wazír. |