D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XV = XL: On the value of Prudence and Vigilance.
f147b	f207a	1412	Introductory note on the above virtues: (Afrásiyáb cited). The treacherous assassination of Abú Ja‘far of Simnán by ‘Abdu’l-Malik Zangí, the general of Asfár b. Shírawayh, the Daylamite.
f148a	”	1413	The prudent policy adopted by Khálid b. Walíd in his campaigns.
”	”	1414	Mu‘áwiya returns the precious presents sent by Ziyád, through his emis­sary ‘Abdu’llah, the brother of Málik-i-Ashtar.
”	f207b	1415	The Imám Ibráhím’s precaution in ordering Abú Muslim to kill all the possible claimants to the Caliphate in Khurásán.
”	”	1416	Abú Muslim’s command to his soldiers to leave no rift in their armour.
”	”	1417	Why al-Ma’mún appointed ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir as the governor of Egypt.
f148b	”	1418	While Alptigín indulges in convivial excess, Sabuktigín detects a conspiracy of raiders, planned by the rebel governor Abú ‘Alí Kúbak of Ghazna.
”	”	1419	A prudent Wazír of a Persian King warns him against a Turkish slave, and reminds him of the traditional enmity between Írán and Túrán.
f149a	f208a	1420	Hárúnu’r-Rashíd delays the extermination of the Barmecides for ten years, and explains to al-Masrúr his reasons for this policy.
f149b	”	1421	Sultan Maḥmúd’s precaution against the rising power of Altún Tásh whom he had nominated as the governor of Khwárazm; and the threatening letter sent to him by Abú Naṣr-i-Mushkání.
”	f208b	1422	al-Manṣúr’s deliberation with Yazíd b. Muslim about Abú Muslim, and his secret plans for effecting his assassination.
f150a	”	1423	The cause of the deposition of Shamsu’l-Ma‘álí Qábús b. Washmgír. (Cf. Qábús-Náma (Ṭihrán Litho) pp. 87—88, see above, pp. 95—6).
”	”	1424	An object lesson drawn from the fable of the Serpent, the Camel-rider, and the Fox.
f150b	f209a	1425	The rashness of Kay-Khusraw in ordering the execution of his wife, the precaution of the Wazír for her safety, and the birth of the royal child, upon which the King rewards him munificently.
f151a	f209b	1426	The prudent measure of the Amír Ismá‘íl, the Sámáníd, in stopping a public benefactor from hospitality to all and sundry.
f151b	”	1427	Alp Arslán the Saljúq ruler’s apprehension of the growing power of the Báṭiniyya sect, and his grave warning to Árdim about Dih Khudáy. (Cf. N. S. N. pp. 139—141, see above p. 83).
D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f152a	f209b	1428	The dissipation of the last of the Ṭáhirid rulers of Khurásán, Muḥammad b. Ṭáhir b. ‘Abdu’llah; the unsuccessful attempts of Ibráhím-i-‘Azíz, the governor of Herát, to avert disaster; his alliance with Ya‘qúb b. Layth, the Ṣaffárid, and the overthrow of the Ṭáhirids. (The Ta’ríkh-i-Ṭáhiriyán as the source, see above, p. 46).
			The chapter ends with a short praise of the Wazír.