D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XVII = XLII: On the Excellence of Effort and Endeavour.
f157a	f213a	1443	Introduction. The causes of the downfall of the Ṭáhirids.
”	”	1444	The advice of one of the rulers of the Hayáṭila to his son, about the value of enterprise.
f157b	”	1445	The great Wazír Niẓámu’l-Mulk’s advice to his son about effort. (The Waṣiyyat-Náma of Niẓámu’l-Mulk as the source).
”	”	1446	al-Manṣúr’s energy in suppressing the revolt of Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’llah ‘Alawí in Khurásán.
”	f213b	1447	The Amír Ismá‘íl the Sámánid’s prompt actions against Muḥammad b. Hárún-i-Sarakhsí the rebellious governor of Gurgán, and his capture.
f158a	”	1448	The halt of Ya‘qúb b. Layth after his victory of Kamnábád (?) for the purpose of punishing a chief of his own army.
”	”	1449	The activity of Qays b. Ṣadaqa in appealing to Sanjar the Saljúq for help, and his zealous effort to recover possession of his dependency.
f158b	”	1450	The immediate action of the Amír [Naṣr II] b. Aḥmad b. Ismá‘íl, the Sámánid ruler of Khurásán, against the rebellious governor of Isfíjáb, and the Wazír Abu’l-Fadhl al-Bal‘amí’s acknowledgment of his negligence and irresoluteness. (The Waṣáyá of Ardashír is referred to by the Amír in his consultation with the Wazír, see above, p. 56).
”	f214a	1451	The cause of al-Mu‘taṣim’s war against the Byzantines, the march on Amorium or ‘Ammúriyya, the birthplace of Theophilus, and the occasion of the famous panegyric of Abú Tammám, the compiler of the Ḥamása. (Cf. al-Fakhrí ed. Derenbourg pp. 316—8).
f159a	”	1452	Ya‘qúb b. Layth, the Ṣaffárid, tries his will-power, by basking in the hot weather before starting on his campaign against Herát. (See above, I. xiii. 717).
f160b	f214b	1453	Jibrá’íl’s message and the persistence of the Prophet and his followers during the siege of the Baní Qurayẓa; Ka‘b b. Asad’s three proposals to the people of his tribe, their refusal and their extermination. (Cf. H. S. R. pp. 684—9).
			The chapter ends with an encomium on the Wazír, illustrating his administrative talents and energetic rule in India.