THE BAKHTYĀR NĀMA: A Persian Romance
Translated by Sir William Ouseley
Edited by W. A. Clouston
CONTENTS.
	Page
TITLE PAGE.
PREFACE.	v
INTRODUCTION.
I—Oriental Fictions—The Arabian Nights—The Book of Sindibād	xiii
II—The Bakhtyār Nāma and its Versions	xxxi
THE BAKHTYĀR NĀMA.
CHAPTER I.
History of King Āzādbakht and the Vizier's Daughter	2
CHAPTER II.
Story of the Ill-Fated Merchant and his Adventures	23
CHAPTER III.
Story of the Impatient Prince of Aleppo	33
CHAPTER IV.
Story of Abū Saber; or, The Patient Man	45
CHAPTER V.
Story of the King of Yemen and his Slave Abraha	55
CHAPTER VI.
Story of King Dādīn and his Two Viziers	62
CHAPTER VII.
Story of the King of Abyssinia; showing the Artifice of Women	73
CHAPTER VIII.
Story of the Jewel-Merchant	86
CHAPTER IX.
Story of Abū Temām	97
CHAPTER X.
Story of the King of Persia	107
Conclusion	115
NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Prefatory	121
Chapter I—King Āzādbakht	123
Chapter II—Ill-Fated Merchant	146
Chapter III—Prince of Aleppo	156
Chapter IV—Abū Saber	163
Chapter V—King of Yemen	173
Chapter VI—King Dādīn	181
Chapter VII—King of Abyssinia	195
Chapter VIII—Jewel Merchant	201
Chapter IX—Abū Temām	209
Chapter X—King of Persia	216
Conclusion	227
Additional Notes	228