THE

 

DABISTÁN,

 

OR

 

SCHOOL OF MANNERS.

 

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN,

 

WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS,

 

BY

 

DAVID SHEA,

 

OF THE ORIENTAL DEPARTMENT IN THE HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S COLLEGE;

 

AND

 

ANTHONY TROYER,

 

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, OF CALCUTTA AND PARIS AND OF THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS;

 

EDITED, WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, BY THE LATTER.

 

 

PARIS:

 

PRINTED FOR THE ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

 

SOLD BY

 

BENJAMIN DUPRAT, BOOKSELLER TO THE BIBLIOTHÉQUE ROYALE,

 

7, RUE DU CLOITRE SAINT-BENOIT.

 

AND ALLEN AND CO., LEADENHALL-STREET, LONDON.

 

1843.