D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter X = XXXV: On the Excellence of Benevolence
f130b	f196a	1346	Introduction. The lampoon of al-Ḥuṣayn b. Muḥammad b. Yazíd ‘Amawí (?), the poet, on ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir, the Ambidexter, and the generosity shown to him by ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir. The poet, interviewed by ‘Abdu’llah on his march to Egypt incognito, admits his fault and realises its gravity.
f131b	f197a	1347	Isḥáq-i-Mawṣilí, the musician, recounts an instance of Ja‘far b. Yaḥyá’s generosity: ‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Ṣáliḥ Háshimí’s intrusion on the privacy of Ja‘far the Barmecide, and the abstinent Háshimí’s efforts to remove the awkwardness of the situation, by falling in with the luxurious pursuits of the company, and Ja‘far’s condescension in granting all his requests. (Couplets at the end to be noted). (Cf. Agháni V, pp. 118—9.)
D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f132a	f197a	1348	How Faydh b. Ṣáliḥ Abu’l-Asad relieved Dá’úd-i-Baghdádí, the client of the mother of Ja‘far, from her debt-prison.
f132b	f197b	1349	The dismissal of Sulaymán b. Wahb by the order of al-Mutawakkil, and his benevolent treatment by Aḥmad [b.] Abi Khálid, his successor, whom he had once treated unjustly.
f133b	f198a	1350	How Mujíra (?) Abú ‘Abbád (?), the Kátib, treats Jaḥẓatu’l-Barmakí, the poet, his old friend, in his distressed condition, and how he dismantles his own palace, and bestows all the furniture on him.
”	”	1351	How al-Mutawakkil warns his chief steward in a very mild manner about observing cleanliness while serving meals.
”	f198b	1352	A Persian king releases a culprit (story repeated).
f134a	”	1353	The graciousness of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa towards his neighbour. (The Kitáb-i-‘Uyúni’l-Akhyár of an-Nasafí (?) as the source, see above, p. 65, ll. 28—37).
			The chapter ends with a eulogy on the Wazír.