LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I. Sháh 'Abbás I (“the Great”) Frontispiece
II. Shaykh Abdál Pír-záda presenting the Uz­bek leader's horse to Sháh 'Abbás To face page 42
III. Sháh 'Abbás II To face page 112
IV. Karím Khán-i-Zand's Court To face page 140
V. Karím Khán-i-Zand alone To face page 142
VI. Áqá Muḥammad Khán and Ḥájji Ibráhím To face page 144
VII. Shifá'í, poet and physician To face page 256
VIII.  Autograph of the poet Ṣá'ib To face page 266
IX. Autograph of the poet Wiṣál To face page 300
X. Ḥájji Mírzá Áqásí To face page 328
XI. Autograph of the poet Yaghmá To face page 338
XII. Muẓaffaru'd-Dín Mírzá with his tutor Riḍá-qulí Khán “Hidáyat” To face page 344
XIII.  Autograph of Mullá Muḥammad Báqir-i-Majlisí To face page 404
XIV. Autograph of Mullá Ṣadrá To face page 408
XV. Autograph of Shaykh Bahá'u'd-Dín-i-'Ámilí To face page 428
XVI. Autograph of Mullá Muḥsin-i-Fayḍ To face page 432