D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part IV, Chapter XV = XC: On Longevity in Animals, and an account of the Long-lived.
f61b- f62a	ff333	1945	Introductory discourse on the duration of life among animals. Man is sup­posed to have lived the longest, eg. Noah, reported to have lived 1450 years. The astronomical, or rather astrological, calculation of the normal period of a man’s life. The influence of heavenly bodies and climate on the existence of man.
			Abu Ma‘shar [Ja‘far b. Muḥammad al-Balkhí], the famous astrologer, examines the horoscope of the new-born son of the King of Sarandíb, and predicts his age according to his environments.
D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f62a	f333b	1946	The exceptionally long life of the King of Jálandhar (250 years), and the belief that prevailed in ancient India that life can be prolonged by medicine.
”	”	1947	The client of the Caliph ‘Alí, called Abu’d-Dunyá al-Mu‘ammar, who is said to have lived about 300 years.
”	”	1948	A short account of Aktham b. Ṣayfí, who lived 190 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XI, pp. 9—18). In connection with the lives of the long-lived the Author mentions as his source the work of Abú ‘Abdu’llah Muḥam­mad b. ‘Imrán al-Marzubání called the Kitábu’sh-Shabáb wa’sh-Shayb or the Book of Youth and Age. (See above, pp. 84—6).
f62b	”	1949	A short notice of the life of Zuhayr b. Jannáb b. Hubal al-Kalbí, with his lines on his age, 220 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XX, pp. 24—7).
”	”	1950	Naṣr b. Duhmán’s dotage and rejuvenation. Verses of an ancient Arabian poet are cited. Age 190 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. LXIII, pp. 70—71).
”	”	1951	Ju‘shum b. ‘Awf’s longing for death. His verses cited. Age 250 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XXV, p. 33).
”	”	1952	‘Abbád b. Sa‘íd [or Sa‘íd b. Aḥmar] b. Thawr b. Khidásh b. Saksak b. Kinda’s lamentation on his age. Verses cited. Age 300 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XC, p. 87).
”	f334a	1953	Sharya b. Abdu’l-Ju‘fí’s strong constitution at a very ripe old age; he was much healthier than his sons owing to a suitable wife. Age 300 years. (Story corresponds, no verses cited; cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XXXVIII, p. 40).
”	”	1954	al-Mustawghir b. Rabí‘a’s weariness of life. His verses cited. Age 330 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. X, pp, 7—8).
”	”	1955	The lamentation of [Ka‘b b.] Radát b. Dhuhl an-Nakha‘í at his miserable existence. Age 400 and 170 years. (Verses do not agree and even the age differs, cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. LXXIX, p. 82).
”	”	1956	‘Amr [or Ka‘b] b. Ḥumama ad-Dawsí’s joy in old age, expressed in his verses. Age 390 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XVI, pp. 21—2).
f63a	”	1957	Duwayd b. Zayd b. Nahd (al-Ḥimyarí)’s longing for existence, and his verses before death. Age 400—460 years. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XIII, pp. 19—20).
”	”	1958	Enumeration of the ages of Ṭayyi’ b. Udad, Quss b. Sá‘ida al-Iyádí and Saṭíḥ, 500, 380, 500 years, respectively. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. LXXV, p. 80).
”	f334b	1959	Account of ‘Awj b. ‘Anaq from Commentaries.
”	”	1960	Account of Luqmán b. ‘Ád and his seven vultures. (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. III, p. 2).
f63b	f335a	1961	Account of Luqmán the Philosopher and his ten thousand wise maxims.
f64a	”	1962	The Arab sage and arbiter, ‘Ámir b. aẓ-Ẓarib al-‘Adwání’s instructions to his slave-girl, and his decrees. (The Majma‘u’l-Amthál as the source). (Cf. S. K. M. Biog. No. XLV).
			The chapter ends with a panegyric, and a prayer for the long life of his patron.