The Jawamiul-Hikayat wa Lawamiur-Riwayat

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			Part I. Chapter XVII. On the Anecdotes of the Qádhís or Judges.
f209a	f151b	921	Introduction. A robbery in the house of an old miser, and the consolation offered to him by a learned neighbour.
”	f152a	922	A funny genealogical puzzle solved by a Qádhí at the court of the Caliph ‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Marwán.
f209b	”	923	The Qádhí Yaḥyá b. Aktham solves another riddle of a similar kind.
”	*	924	Muḥammad b. Ḥasan ash-Shaybání’s legal device to absolve the Wazír and to please the Caliph Hárún.
”	f152a	925	Abú Ibráhím b. Ismá‘íl b. Aḥmad al-Muzaní’s two visits to the Ṭúlúnid ruler Aḥmad and his opinion on chess.
”	”	926	The Caliph is persuaded by the Qádhí Yaḥyá b. Aktham to prohibit mut‘a, which he had permitted in a captured town of Rúm.

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f210a	f152b	927	‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir’s three questions and Abu’s-Samrá’’s solutions.
”	*	928	Ismá‘íl b. Ḥammád b. Abí Ḥanífa, the Qádhí of Baṣra, devises a plan to relieve his friend from the demands of his creditors.
”	f152b	929	Abú Yúsuf as a poor student, and the Imám Abú Ḥanífa’s patronage and encouragement of his learning.
f210b	”	930	The problem of the divorce of Zubayda, and the solution attempted by the Qádhí Abú Yúsuf and the consequent reward and emolument.
”	f153a	931	The limitation of the indefinite vow of al-Mutawakkil to seventy-one Dínárs, suggested by the Imám Muḥammad ibnu’r-Ridhá.
”	*	932	The Imám Abú Yúsuf’s congratulations to Zubayda on the Bay‘at of her little son al-Amín as the innocent Caliph.
”	*	933	Congratulation of a Qádhí to Abu’l-‘Abbás Furát on his appointment as governor of Kúfa, and the misinterpretation of the word ‘’ by a slave.
f211a	f153a	934	The subtle device of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa to detect the real mother of a disputed child.
”	”	935	Sagacity of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa in detecting the thief that had stolen a treasure, which he had concealed under a tree.
”	*	936	Abú Ḥanífa suggests a means of destroying a bath-house that was damaging the house of the adjacent neighbour.
”	*	937	Another artifice suggested by Abú Ḥanífa to punish an impious neighbour who had erected a high building.
”	*	938	How Abú Ḥanífa got back the five Dirhams which a wretched water-bearer had extorted from him, while on his way to the Pilgrimage.
”	*	939	How Abú Ḥanífa baffles a dishonest trustee by challenging him in the matter of testimony.
f211b	f153a	940	Abú Ḥanífa’s device to separate the twins, of whom one was dead.
”	”	941	Another shrewd guess of Abú Ḥanífa in detecting mother and son, in the person of husband and wife, who had come to consult him.
”	”	942	Abú Ḥanífa’s clever device in making a plaintiff identify the robbers who had made him swear not to expose them.
”	f153b	943	How Abú Ḥanífa baffles the Khawárij and convinces them through the strength of their belief concerning the commission of capital sins.
”	*	944	The cutting reply of Abú Ḥanífa to a Jew, who had questioned the existence of any medical knowledge in the Qur’án.
”	*	945	Abú Ḥanífa’s reply to a questioner about the proper function of each organ.
”	f153b	946	Abú Ḥanífa’s practical reply to the question of a woman about purity, by cutting an apple in half.
f212a	”	947	Abú Ḥanífa suggests a legal device to a person who in reality did not want to divorce his wife.
”	*	948	Muḥammad b. Ḥasan the disciple of Abú Yúsuf’s practical joke on a person who wanted to absolve himself from ‘Dhakát’.
”	*	949	Another suggestion by a pupil of his to a butcher, who also wanted to free himself from the same obligation.
”	f153b	950	Another student of the same plays a practical joke on a miserly baker in Egypt.

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f212a	f153b	951	The Qádhí Iyás b. Mu‘áwiya’s shrewdness in guessing the echo caused by a howling dog chained at a well. (Cf. Ibn Khal. Wüst. Biog. 104).
”	”	952	Another right guess of the same Qádhí about the flies and the serpent. (Cf. Ibid.).
”	*	953	A clever method of detecting a dishonest litigant.
”	*	954	Abu’l-Fadhl Kirmání’s expression of mixed grief and joy at the court of the Sultan Sanjar and hint at the inappropriateness of his reception in comparison with that of the illiterate son of the late Qádhí.

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f212b	f153b	955	Abú Bakr-i-Warráq at-Tirmidhí’s secret lessons from the immortal Khidhr. (Cf. A. T. A. Pt. II. pp. 91—93).
”	f154a	956	How Abú Bakr-i-Warráq’s book on “The Law and the Path” was corrected mysteriously by Khidhr. (Cf. Ibid. ascribed to Muḥ. b. ‘Alí al-Ḥakím).
”	”	957	The perfect knowledge of Muḥammad b. ‘Alí al-Ḥakím at-Tirmidhí, acknowledged by his preceptor Abú Bakr-i-Warráq. (Cf. Ibid.).
”	”	958	The marriage of Abú Ḥafṣ-i-Kabír, and his ordeal before he attained perfection.
f213a	”	959	The favourite maid-servant of Abú Ḥafṣ-i-Kabír advises him to placate his enemies before starting to preach in Bukhárá.
”	f154b	960	The strict impartiality of the Qádhí Shurayḥ while hearing the litigation between the Caliph ‘Alí and a Jew.
”	*	961	The Imám Ismá‘íl (?) visits Ilak (Qadhi) (?), and points out to him his deficiencies in governing the country, and relates what the people think of him.
”	f154b	962	The Imám Muḥammad Naṣr’s warning to the Sultan Qadr Ṭamgháj the Ilak Khán of Samarqand.
f213b	”	963	The Qádhí Shurayḥ demands the price of a horse from the Caliph ‘Umar and compensates the loss of his opponent.
”	”	964	‘Amr b. ‘Ubayd, the leader of the Mu‘tazilites, is exposed to shame by a pupil of the Imám Abú Yúsuf.
”	”	965	The intricate problem of “Exception in an oath”, and the arguments advanced by the Imám Abú Yúsuf in the presence of the Caliph al-Ma’mún.
”	f155a	966	The hesitation of the Qádhí Ibnu’s-Sawwár in accepting the evidence of ‘Alqamatu’l-Máziní.
f214a	*	967	Discussion between ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán Muṭṭawwi‘í the Muftí of Balkh and Khwája Imám Bakr Ḥámid Bukhárí on the comparative merits of a “Ghází” and an “‘Álim”. (Muḥammad b. Ḥasan’s Kitábu’s-Siyari’l-Kabír is quoted).
”	*	968	How one of the Ḥanafite leaders saved his life from the attack of the mob on the question of the Takhlíq-i-Qur’án by means of an evasive reply.
”	f155a	969	The incidental victory of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa over the leader of the Mu‘tazilites, and the emancipation of a slave-girl, after whom his pupil was hankering.
”	”	970	The argument of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa against a Zindíq about the punishment of the unbelievers which is latent at present, but will manifest itself in the after world.
”	”	971	How the Imám Abú Yúsuf, by solving the problem of Isqáṭ-i-Istibrá and enabling the Caliph al-Hádí to take possession of a slave-girl, secured his appointment to the office of Qádhí at Baghdád.
f214b	*	972	Explanátion of the Imám Abú Yúsuf to Muqátil-i-Rází about the refusal of a present; his justification for accepting the Judgeship of Baghdád; and his suggestion of Muḥammad b. Ḥasan his colleague as suitable for Rayy.

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f214b	*	973	The Qádhí Sharík’s reply to the Caliph al-Mahdí, as to what he should have to do if the evidence of his son the crown-prince was to be taken.
”	f155a	974	How the Imám Abú Yúsuf astonishes a false prophet and punishes him severely.
”	*	975	Muḥammad b. Ḥasan’s birth, coming of age, theological studies under the Imám Abú Yúsuf and Abú Ḥanífa, and the reason for compiling his Kitábu’s-Siyari’l-Kabír.
”	*	976	The admiration of the Christian Fathers for the Jámi‘u’l-Kabír and its author and their consequent adoration of the Prophet himself, the fountain-head of all this knowledge.
”	*	977	The Caliph Hárún’s respect for the learning of Muḥammad b. Ḥasan and his grief at the deaths of Kisá’í and Muḥammad in Rayy, on the same day.
f215a	f155b	978	Abú Yúsuf and Dá’úd-i-Ṭá’í, two disciples of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa: the former when the chief Qádhí of Baghdád visits the latter and expresses the wish of changing the tattered garments of Dá’úd, upon which Dá’úd replies, “Thou hast attained thy wish, and hence changed thy clothes, and if we also attain ours, we shall do the same”.
”	”	979	Abú Yúsuf and Ḥammád the son of Abú Ḥanífa visit Dá’úd-i-Ṭá’í, and the latter offers him the gold which his father had left. Dá’úd’s refusal and low estimation of worldly wealth.
”	*	980	How Dá’úd-i-Ṭá’í refuses money offered to him by Ḥasan b. Qaḥṭaba, the governor of Baghdád, and begs of him to be let alone.
”	*	981	A divorce riddle solved by Abú Qalaba (?).
”	f155b	982	Abú Isḥáq al-Isfará’iní’s arguments against the Karrámiyya sect and the Sultan Maḥmúd’s conversion to the Sunní creed.
”	*	983	The theological controversy on the opening verse of the Qur’án between the Sháfi‘ís and the Ḥanafís at the court of the Atábek of Hamadán and the Ḥanafite Qádhí of Sáwa’s victory.
f215b	f155b	984	The interpretation of the idea of intensity and laxity in the faith of a Muslim given by the author’s teacher Ruknu’d-Dín called the Imámzádah of Bukhárá.
”	”	985	The Imám Faṣiḥ-i Walwálají’s (?) first reception in Farghána, and his pithy farewell remark to his audience about his marrying a musician girl.
”	*	986	Radhíyyu’d-Din Ṣawkhí or Súkhí’s (?) legal solution of the Divorce formula which the Amír of Qáshán had pronounced. (The author relates it from Quṭbu’d-Dín a personal friend of Qáshání).
			There is no eulogy at the end of this Chapter.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part I. Chapter XVIII. On the Anecdotes of the Secretaries.
f215b	f155b	987	Introduction: A short discourse on the importance of the office of a Secretary. ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir Dhu’l-Yamínayn’s epigrammatic epistle sent to al-Ma’mún after his victory over ‘Alí b. ‘Isá b. Máhán.

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f216a	f156a	988	‘Amr b. Mas‘ada’s, encounter with the “Weaver of words” and his brilliant description of the five kinds of secretaries, viz. for revenue settlement, civil procedure, criminal procedure, army enlistment, and diplomatic correspondence. (T. F. S. Pt. II. pp. 35—8).
f216b	*	989	Yúsuf-i-‘Ijlí, the secretary of ‘Abdu’llah b. ‘Alí the Umayyad and the Caliph al-Manṣúr.
”	f156b	990	The eloquent plea of an Arab for obtaining a reward from Abú ‘Abdi’llah, the Wazír of al-Mahdí, and the remark of his secretary.
f217a	”	991	Muẓaffar Khamj (?), the retired secretary of Maliksháh the Saljúq, and how he was installed in office by Sanjar without any effort of his own.
f217b	*	992	Naṣr b. Málik al-Khuzá‘í restored to the favour of the Caliph Hárún by submitting an apologetic request.
”	*	993	Ibn Nawwába (?), the secretary of the Caliph al-Muqtadir, composes the mandate about the reinstallation of Abu’l-Ḥasan Furát to the Wizárat.
”	*	994	Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Alí b. ‘Ísá drafts a mandate to the governor of Egypt, at the request of Ibn-i-Muqla, after the restoration of al-Muqtadir to the Caliphate.
f218a	f157a	995	Abú Abdi’llah (?) the secretary forwards the pathetic appeal of Ibn-i-Muqla to Ibnu’l-Furát. Account of the intrigues of Ibn-i-Muqla.
f218b	*	996	The Sultan Maḥmúd’s threat to the Caliph, and the short reply of from the Caliph, and its interpretation by Abú Bakr Quhistání.
”	*	997	How the title of “Mawlá” was changed into “Wálí” by the Caliph, at the clever suggestion of one of the secretaries of the Sultan Maḥmúd.
”	*	998	How the Sultan Maḥmúd mischievously obtains the mandate of the Caliph from the Court of the Khán of Samarqand and tries to excite the wrath of the Caliph.
f219a	*	999	How an unemployed secretary, a native of Baghdád, goes to Mawṣil and obtains office from the Ṣáḥib-i-Díwán of the Caliph al-Mahdí.
”	*	1000	A clever secretary who saves his employer, the governor of Ádharbáyján from disappointment.
f219b	*	1001	Account of the release and appointment of ‘Alí (b.) Ḥusayn Iskáfí, the secretary of Abú Músá Bughá-i-Kabír.
”	*	1002	How an unemployed secretary obtains office from Abu’l-Ḥasan the governor of Iṣfahán.
f220a	f157b	1003	Appeal for redress sent by the Muslim prisoners in Byzantium to Sultan Sanjar, and the epistle sent by Mu‘ín-i-Aṣamm, the famous secretary, to the Qayṣar of Rúm. [This epistle is cited from here in the Átháru’l-Wuzará’. See Or. 4107. Br. Mus. ff. 111—114].
f221a	f158b	1004	The epigrammatic challenge written by Abu’l-Qásim Iskáf, the secretary of the Amír of the Chaghánís, to Núḥ b. Manṣúr the Sámánid, his arrest and enlistment in the service of the Sámánids.
”	*	1005	How Duwayb b. Tha‘lab was punished secretly by a secretary of the Caliph ‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Marwán.
”	*	1006	The inflammatory letter of Bú Sa‘íd Jannábí. Qirmiṭi to the Caliph al-Mu‘tadhid, which was sent through ‘Abbás (b.) ‘Amr Ghanawí.
f221b	*	1007	The reply of an imprisoned secretary to a consolatory letter, through which he indirectly gains the favour of ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir.

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f221b	*	1008	How Fadhl b. Marwán, the Ṣáḥib-i-Díwán of the Caliph al-Mu‘taṣim, appoints Ibn-i-‘Arús as his assistant at the recommendation of Yúnus b. Walíd al-Anbárí.
f222a	f158b	1009	The clever artifice of an unemployed secretary in al-Mu‘taṣim’s reign, who amassed wealth out of nothing.
”	*	1010	How Ṣáliḥ b. ‘Alí Kátib is restored to prosperity through the favour of Aḥmad b. Abí Khálid and is made the governor of Egypt.
f222b	*	1101	How ‘Abdu’llah Hubayrí (?), one of the old clerks of the Umayyads, used to annoy Aḥmad b. Abí Khálid by his visits and how the Caliph al-Ma’mún appoints him governor of Egypt.
f223a	f158b	1012	The tacit pact among three young friends: Abú Khálid, Abú ‘Abdi’llah Mahdí and Abú Ayyúb, and how Abú ‘Abdi’llah when he obtained the office of secretary fulfilled his early promises.
”	f159a	1013	How Ibráhim b. Rayyán, the assistant secretary of Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’l Malik, the secretary of the Caliph al-Wáthiq, was warned by the secretary and reminded of the dignity of the office.
”	”	1014	A secretary of Ibráhím b. ‘Abbás omits the date in a letter, and is reminded by his master of the importance of putting dates in correspondence.
”	”	1015	The clever suggestion of Sulaymán b. Wahb, the secretary of the Caliph al-Mu‘taṣim to Aḥmad-i-‘Ammár about Iṣfáḥ (?), the chamberlain, one of the undischarged clients of the Caliph.
f223b	*	1016	Khusrawsháh points out to Naṣru’llah b. ‘Abdi’l-Ḥamíd the etiquette of writing the name of a place in which the word Maḥmúd occured.
”	*	1017	Another instance of Khusrawsháh the Ghaznawid’s short method of correcting and replying to petitions.
”	*	1018	Rashídu’d-Dín Waṭwáṭ writes an euphemistic letter by the order of Sultan Után with instructions to castrate Aḥmad Zawzaní, who had torn out one of the testicles of Abú ‘Abdi’llah in a fight.
”	*	1019	Rashídu’d-Dín Waṭwáṭ’s request to the Sultan Sanjar to be sent back to the service of Sultan Után.
f224a	*	1020	‘Alí [b.] Haytham (?) Tha‘álibí or Taghlibí (?) quits for ever the service of Fadhl b. Rabí‘ when abused by him once.
”	*	1021	How Yaḥyá b. Khálid the Barmecide rewarded ‘Abdu’llah () (?) his secretary for having annoyed him.
”	f159a	1022	The controversy of the commander (amír) and the secretary (dabír) about their respective merits.
”	”	1023	The author Muḥammad al-‘Awfí’s own discourse on the comparative merits of the sword and the pen, and an epilogue in which he declares that the services of both have tended to enhance the success of his patron Wazír, the Niẓámu’l-Mulk Muḥammad b. Abí Sa‘d al-Junaydí.

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			Part. I, Ch. XIX: On the Anecdotes of Favourites and Courtiers.
f224b	f159b	1024	A short introductory note on the qualifications of a boon-companion. (Dihqán ‘Alí Shaṭranjí cited) The story of the two boon-companions of Jadhímatu’l-Abrash, whose name became proverbial afterwards.

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f225a	f160a	1025	The four matchless things presented by Kayd the Indian Ráy to Alexander the Great, viz. his daughter, a paragon of beauty; an accomplished physician; an excellent boon-companion and a magic cup.
f225b	*	1026	Khwush-árzú’s interesting replies to Parwíz’s questions about choice dishes and other delicacies.
f226a	*	1027	Abú Dulaf Khazrají’s pithy answers to ‘Adhudu’d-Dawla’s query about drinking.
”	*	1028	Abú ‘Alí Háshim, and Abú Dulaf Khazrají’s contest of wit in presence of ‘Adhudu’d-Dawla.
”	f160b	1029	The Ṣáḥib Ismá‘íl b. ‘Abbád’s remark on drinking and the genesis of wine: — the story of the first experiment of Jamshíd on grapes — and why wine was prohibited by the Prophet.
f226b	*	1030	Abú Bakr-i-Hudhalí cleverly reminds the Caliph al-Manṣúr of his promise to bestow on him a slave-girl.
f227a	*	1031	The Caliph (al-Manṣúr) is pleased at the deafness of Barídí his boon-companion.
”	*	1032	A debate between a boon-companion and a secretary.
”	f160b	1033	Ibráhím b. Mahdí, the uncle of al-Amín and al-Ma’mún, as an excellent boon-companion, and how he won the favour of the former.
”	*	1034	Isḥáq b. Ibráhím Mawṣilí explains to the Caliph al-Wáthiq the cause of his declining the honour of being a boon-companion, while he was already holding the highest offices of police and justice.
”	f161a	1035	al-Amín sends Ibráhím b. Mahdí to prison for an offence committed in an unguarded moment of conviviality.
f227b	”	1036	A life-lasting bounty of al-Amín to his boon-companion Ḥasan-i-Dhaḥḥák.
f228a	*	1037	The Caliph Hishám b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik sends for Ḥammádu’r-Ráwiya, the Rhapsodist, from Kúfa to discover the writer of a certain verse.
”	*	1038	Abu’l-Qásim Aḥmad, a courtier of Sayfu’d-Dawla, relates the story of Nátari (?).
f228b	*	1039	The Ṣáhib Ismá‘íl b. ‘Abbád punishes an impudent favourite but releases him on his making a witty remark.
”	f161b	1040	Badíhí (?), a favourite of the Ṣáḥib Ismá‘íl b. ‘Abbád, and his retort.
			The chapter ends without any eulogy.

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			Part I, Chapter XX: On the Anecdotes of Physicians.
f228b	f161b	1041	An introductory note on the science of medicine. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, hesitates to leave his native place and rejects the magnificent offer of Bahman b. Isfandiyár, the Persian king, through Filáṭús his own king.
f229a	f162a	1042	A practical prescription of Hippocrates — the physician, the patient and the disease are three in number: victory can be easily achieved by the combination of the first two.
”	*	1043	How Hippocrates examines the cause of the disease of the love-stricken prince, the son of Filáṭús and plans his marriage.

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f229a	*	1044	How Minubal (?), the Persian physician, suggested a remedy to Ja‘far b. Yaḥyá the Barmecide in order to rid himself of a white spot of leprosy that had developed on his lip.
”	*	1045	How Minubal (?) detected the falsehood of an imbecile who used to boast of his extraordinary animal passion.
f229b	f162a	1046	A curious treatment by Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyá ar-Rází, the famous physician. Haematemesis cured by making the patient swallow weeds called Jáma-i-Ghúk and thereby drawing the leech out of his intestines. (Cf. Arabian Medicine, p. 74—5).
”	*	1047	ar-Rází’s similar treatment of a similar disease. (Cf. Arabian Medicine, p. 75).
”	*	1048	A physician from Baṣra cures a slave of Ibnu’s-Ṣaydalání who had committed an unnatural act.
f230a	f162a	1049	Repartee of al-Ḥajjáj’s physician to an eunuch.
”	*	1050	How a physician at the court of al-Ma’mún wrote a book on the preventives of wrong diets.
”	f162a	1051	Wonderful treatment of apoplexy by Qaṭí‘, the Egyptian physician, — an apparently dead man restored to life by flogging.
”	”	1052	Another cure by the same physician — Locusts that had eaten the plant of Mádhariyún = Daphne oleoides or spurge-flax as a cure for dropsy (Cf. Arabian Medicine pp. 77—8).
”	f162b	1053	The joint-treatment of a dangerous disease by Aristotle and Sarnáb or Sarbát, the Indian physician. — The use of anaesthetics, the trephining of the skull, perfection of surgical knowledge in India —. (Cf. Arabian Medicine, p. 79).
f230b	”	1054	The famous physician Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyá ar-Rází cures an intestinal obstruction with mercury.
”	”	1055	Mání-i-Muwaswas cures a woman of a bloodsucking parasite in her womb.
			The Chapter ends without any eulogy.

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			Part I, Chapter XXI: On the Anecdotes of Oneiromancers.
f230b	f162b	1056	Introductory note on the significance and correct interpretation of dreams. The Caliph ‘Umar’s observation on dreams, that he was pleased, but not deceived by them.
f231a	f162a	1057	Alexander’s dream during his Persian campaign, that Dárá threw him to the earth, interpreted by Buzurjmihr as his sway over the world.
”	*	1058	‘Abdu’lláh b. Zubayr’s dream and Ibn-i-Sírín’s interpretation of it as his defeat at the hand of ‘Abdu’l-Malik and the succession of the four sons of ‘Abdu’l-Malik.
”	f163a	1059	Ibn-i-Sírín’s interpretation of Abú Ḥanífa’s dream of collecting the bones of the Prophet as the codification of the Islamic law.
”	”	1060	Omens before the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad.
f231b	f163b	1061	The dream of ‘Átika, the daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Muṭṭalib, and its realisation in the Battle of Badr. (Kutub-i-Magházi indefinitely mentioned, see above, p. 101).

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f231b	*	1062	Abu’l-Faraj Muḥammad b. Ja‘far’s dream, and the assassination of Abú Muḥammad Makhlad at the hands of the Turks.
f232a	*	1063	Mu‘áwiya’s dream about the succession of the Caliphate to the descendants of Marwán.
”	*	1064	Kundhur (?) the Ráy of India’s curious dream, and its interpretation by Mihrán, and the prophecy about Alexander’s invasion, and the 4 matchless things as redemption. (Akhbár-i-Iskandar as the source).
f232b	f163b	1065	Núshírwán’s dream of a pig drinking with him from the same water, and Buzurjmihr’s interpretation and device to punish the criminals.
”	f164a	1066	Ya‘qúb-i-Kashsháfí’s interpretation of the dream of Sabuktigín as signifying the rise of his dynasty.
”	*	1067	The ominous dream of a notable of Baghdád, and the prophecy of an interpreter.
f233a	*	1068	The ominous dream of Abu’l-Jaysh: its similarity with the dream of al-Mutawakkil and its similar interpretation.
”	f164a	1069	The dream of the Qádhí Bayánu’l-Ḥaqq Maḥmúd Níshápúrí about the rise of the Sultan Yamínu’d-Dawla Bahrámsháh of Ghazna (The Khalqu’l-Insán as the source, see above p. 66).
”	”	1070	The dream of the Khwája Buzurg Bihrúz b. Aḥmad, the Wazír of the Sultan Radhiyyu’d-Dín Ibráhím of Ghazna, and its fulfiment.
”	”	1071	The Caliph al-Ma’mún sees Aristotle in his dream, who gives him three counsels, in consequence of which al-Ma’mún adopts a benevolent policy.
”	”	1072	The dream of Sabuktigín at the birth of his son Maḥmúd in 361 A. H., and the coincident falling down of an idol in India. (The Ta’ríkhi-Náṣirí as the source, see above p. 61).
f233b	f164b	1073	The Caliph al-Mu‘tadhid sees the Caliph ‘Alí in his dream, in prison, who prophesies his restoration to the Caliphate.
”	*	1074	How the Caliph al-Mu‘tamid carries out the order of the Prophet in dream and whilst in a state of unconsciousness, releases Manṣúr-i-Jammál and Aḥmad-i-Ḥaddád.
f234a	*	1075	Abú Bakr Muḥammad b. ‘Alí aṣ-Ṣábúní is ordered by the Prophet in dream to receive the forlorn Muḥammad (b.) Azraq al-Anbárí, who was robbed on his way to Egypt.
f234b	*	1076	Abú ‘Amr Qání’s story of the renewed prosperity of a youth, through the information conveyed to him by the dream of another person in Egypt.
”	*	1077	Ḥarima (?) b. Ḥázim, the Wazír, disgraces Ḥámid b. ‘Umar al-Ḥarrání, but dreams of the invocation of Ḥámid and bestows wealth on him in order to win his favour.
f235a	*	1078	The simultaneous injunctions of the Prophet to ‘Alí b. ‘Ísá and an apothecary of the Karkh of Baghdád to offer and accept 400 dínárs, in order to liquidate a debt. (T. F. S.).
”	f16b4	1079	How Abu’l-Qásim Sa‘dí abandoned the habit of sodomy at the warning of Fáṭima, the daughter of the Prophet, in a dream. (T. F. S.).
f235b	f165a	1080	Ibnu’l Furát dreams that the loaf given as alms by the mother of his opponent, Abú Ja‘far Bisṭámí, warded off his attacks on the latter.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f235b	*	1081	A similar story — How Sharafu’d-Dín ‘Uthmán b. Ardashír was protected by loaves, while he was being punished by the order of the Sultan Ghiyáthu’d-Dín.
f236a	*	1082	The Caliph al-Manṣúr wakes up after a dream at midnight and orders Rabí‘ the chamberlain to redress the wrongs of a prisoner at the gates of Shám or Damascus.
”	*	1083	Ibn-i-Abí ‘Awn the chief of the police of Baghdád’s curious dream, its realisation and the release of an innocent and falsely convicted person of Madá’in.
”	*	1084	How Músá b. ‘Abdu’l Malik is given the glad news of his release in a dream.
”	*	1085	A calamitous dream of a person about 12 deaths in his house during the plague. (al-Faraj ba‘da’sh-Shidda as the source.)
f236b	*	1086	Niẓámu’d-Dín, the son of Burhánu’l-Islám, dreams of the exact quatrain in which the poet Fahmí had ridiculed the poet Samá’í-i-Iskáf (?). (On the authority of the author himself.)
”	f165a	1087	The dream of ‘Abbás, the uncle of the Prophet, and the interpretation of the Prophet concerning the successive stages of the Caliphate.
”	*	1088	The ominous dream of Wazzáh (?), the infatuation of Ṣáliḥa, the wife of the last Umayyad Marwán-i-Ḥimár, and their dreadful fate.
”	f165a	1089	The calamitous dream of al-Mutawwakil, in which he saw the Caliph ‘Alí giving him seven lashes with a whip, which punishment in the end was fulfilled by his being cut into seven pieces at the hands of the Turks.
			The chapter ends without any eulogy.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part I, Chapter XXII: On the Anecdotes of the Astrologers, and their predictions.
f237a	f165b	1090	Introductory discourse on astrology and prediction. The Caliph ‘Alí’s opinion on astrology and predestination.
”	*	1091	The Caliph ‘Alí pays no heed to ominous signs of the stars, and leads his army to battle at Nahrawán and defeats the Khawárij.
”	*	1092	The Shaykh Abú Ḥafṣ-i-Kabír’s attempt to dispel the false notion of a Brazier about the fulfilment of predictions.
”	*	1093	A preacher relates the story of Solomon who was not able to see the mysterious workings of the bee-hive, in refutation of the claim of astrologers to predict unknown things.
f237b	*	1094	How Ja‘far b. Yaḥyá, the Barmecide, orders the execution of the astrologer who had predicted the Caliph’s death within a year, and dispels Hárún’s anxiety.
”	*	1095	Jámásp the Astrologer’s prediction about the issue of the war between Gushtásp and Arjásp.
”	*	1096	An astrologer predicts the death of Ja‘far, the son of the Caliph al-Manṣúr.
”	*	1097	Fadhl b. Sahl, through his knowledge of astrology, saves the Caliph al-Ma’mún from the raiders; which coincides with the victory of ‘Abdu’lláh b. Ṭáhir over ‘Alí b. ‘Ísá b. Máhán.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f238a	f165b	1098	An attempt to poison the Caliph al-Mu‘taṣim is averted by the expert astrological advice of the son of the late Fadhl b. Sahl, the Wazír.
f238b	”	1099	Parwíz’s accidental escape, and the murder of the astrologer, who being aware of his fate was seeking shelter in the king’s palace.
”	”	1100	Fadhl b. Sahl’s fruitless attempt to avert the impending calamity, his own death, which he knew beforehand.
”	”	1101	Buḥturí the poet’s auspicious verses, and Abú Ma‘shar of Balkh the famous astrologer’s prediction about the restoration of al-Mu‘tazz to the Caliphate.
f239a	*	1102	Ibnu’l ‘Askarí happens to see the astrological chart of his life, and the fulfilment of one of the predictions.
”	*	1103	Mání-i-Muwaswas’s prediction about the attack of Ya‘qúb b. Layth on the Caliph, his defeat and drowning. (The Ta’ríkh-i-Khulafá-i-Baní-‘Abbás as the source, see above, p. 48).
”	*	1104	Sa‘du’z-Zamán, the astrologer, averts a calamity by removing his patron, the Amír of Bust, from the bath.
”	f166a	1105	Several predictions about a prince come to pass at the same time and convince the unbelieving king of the efficacy of astrologers.
”	”	1106	‘Abdu’l-Muḥsin, the poet, rewarded posthumously by the Caliph al-Muntaṣir, according to the prediction of his old astrologer friend.
			The chapter ends without any eulogy.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part I, Chapter XXIII: On the Anecdotes of Poets and their Extempore Verses.
f239b	f166b	1107	Introductory discourse on extempore poetry, and the poet as the perpetuator of the fame of Kings. Arabic couplets cited and the corresponding Persian couplets of Niẓámí ‘Arúdhi-i-Samarqandí. Marwán b. Abí Ḥafṣa the panegyrist of Ma‘n b. Zá’ida seeks patronage at the court of al-Mahdí and Hárún, and wins reward from both through the merit of his poetical genius.
f240a	”	1108	Ḥasan Dhaḥḥak, the poet laureate to the Caliph al-Mu‘taṣim, wins the favour of the Caliph by extemporising verses in his honour.
”	f167a	1109	Abú Jarwal Zuhayr b. Ṣurad, the poet-representative of the tribe of Hawázin’s pathetic appeal for amnesty addressed to the Prophet. (See H. S. R. p. 877 for the cited verses). (T. F. S. Pt. I, ch. V, p. 88).
”	*	1110	Account of the release of Abú Bakr ‘Abdu’llah, who had incurred the displeasure of the Caliph al-Manṣúr, and his association with the poet ar-Rá’iḥí who wrote an ode on Ma‘n b. Zá’ida.
f240b	f167a	1111	Abu’l-‘Atáhiya’s arrest by the Caliph al-Mahdí for not writing poetry, and his strange meeting in prison with the son of ‘Ísá b. Zayd; his extempore verses in presence of the Caliph obtain deliverance for him.
f241a	f167b	1112	How Ibráhím Mudbir obtains his release from the prison of Najáḥ b. Maslama by sending his verses to be sung before the Caliph al-Mutawakkil.
”	*	1113	A poet in retaliation satirises Abu’l-Fadhl Míkálí in a couplet, but after being rewarded supplements it in praise of Abu’l-Fadhl.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f241a	*	1114	A poet of the court of al-Ḥajjáj in disappointment addresses ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir, who in turn replies in verse and rewards him.
”	*	1115	How Ṭurayḥ b. Ismá‘íl ath-Thaqafí defended his verses in praise of Walíd, when questioned by the Caliph al-Manṣúr.
f241b	*	1116	Abú Tammám’s extempore couplets in honour of Aḥmad the son of the Caliph al-Mu‘taṣim, when accused of comparing the Caliph with smaller persons.
”	*	1117	Abu’sh-Shamaqmaq’s lines on the breaking of the banner of Khálid b. Yazíd b. Mazyad ash-Shaybání, while he was at the gate of Mawṣil.
”	f167b	1118	Badí‘u’z-Zamán Hamadhání’s fame at the early age of ten; the Ṣáḥib Ismá‘íl tests his talents for improvisation by giving him a verse from the Díwán of Manṣúr-i-Manṭiqí to translate into Arabic, which he does with such skill as to meet with the approbation of the great Ṣáḥib. (The Yatímatu’d-Dahr referred to for a detailed account of Badí‘u’z-Zamán).
”	*	1119	The Amír Khalaf of Sístán threatened by the poet Ma‘rúf of Balkh if the Amír did not reward him for his ode.
”	*	1120	The Caliph Hárún’s explanation to the Imám Abú Yúsuf about his extreme consideration for the Christian poet Akhṭal.
f242a	f167b	1121	The Caliph al-Mu‘taṣim dismisses Abú Ḥátim-i-Khurásání, his treasurer, in consequence of the satire of Ibnu’r-Rúmí, which the poet had composed in order to revenge himself on Abú Ḥátim.
”	*	1122	Ibnu’l-Ash‘ath’s reply to ‘Abdu’l Malik about the generosity of Qays-i-Ma‘díkarib to A‘shá and the value of the immortal verses which commemorated his glory in return (Firdawsí cited).
”	*	1123	The Caliph al-Manṣúr asks Ru’ba, the poet, whether he would accept three hundred Dínárs or three counsels in compensation for his poetry.
”	*	1124	The Sultan Maḥmúd asks the poets of his court to translate two couplets (cf. Lubáb II, p. 22) of ‘Abdu’llah b. Muḥammad al-Walwálají, the poet. On the failure of all the others, Abu’l-Qásim, the son of the Wazír Abu’l-‘Abbás Isfará’iní extemporises in Arabic.
”	f168a	1125	An account of Farrukhí’s poetry and his journey to Samarqand: his classic description of a traveller without money in a beautiful town, when asked about Samarqand by the Sultan Maḥmúd.
			The chapter ends without any eulogy.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part I, Chapter XXIV: On the Anecdotes of the Musicians.
f242b	f168a	1126	Introductory note on music, and the controversy about hearing it. The works of the Imám Ghazálí, the Iḥyá-i-‘Ulúmi’d-Dín and Kímiyá-i-Sa‘ádat are referred to for the above question. The Origin of Music: Pythagoras’s dream — the scientific arrangement of notes — influence of symphony on mind — the reason for the prohibition of music in Islám.
f243a	f168b	1127	Abu’l-‘Ayná’s discourse on music and the influence of harmony, and Aristotle’s opinion on the subject.
”	*	1128	How the Caliph Hárún arranges a meeting of the learned men of Baghdád and asks Ibráhím-i-Mawṣilí to captivate them by the charm of music.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f243b	*	1129	How Bárbad, the minstrel, gained his first audience of Parwíz by striking wonderful notes, and enchanted him by his music.
”	*	1130	How Ibn-i-Jámi‘, through his extraordinary skill in singing a particular tune, enraptured the Caliph Hárún and obtained an immense reward.
f244a	*	1131	Another anecdote of Ismá‘íl b. Jámi‘ as-Sahmí’s musical performance in the court of the Caliph.
f244b	*	1132	Ibn-i-Abí’l-‘Atíq’s intercession before the Caliph (?) on behalf of the musician Salámatu’l-‘Ayn to cancel his order for the expulsion of the musician-girls from the city of Mecca.
f245a	*	1133	The love of Ibn-i-Sahl, the famous musician, for music lessons, and his father’s hearty appreciation of his musical talents in the end.
”	*	1134	Isḥáq and Ibráhím-i-Mawṣilí attend Ibn-i-Sahl’s music lessons, and collaborate in setting a song on Maẓlúma to music at the order of the Caliph Hárún.
f245b	*	1135	How Ḥalwiyya, a favourite musician-girl of the Caliph al-Ma’mún, sings a piece of Isḥáq-i-Mawṣilí and restores him to the favour of the Caliph.
”	*	1136	How Isḥáq-i-Mawṣilí entered a party in disguise after a fair musician and enchanted her by his musical skill.
f246a	*	1137	Amír Rashíd, the Qawwál, tries to outwit Maḥmúd, the musician, at the court of the Sultan Qilij Arslán Ibráhím ibnu’l-Ḥusayn. (Anecdote related by the author himself).
”	*	1138	Maḥmúd the musician’s ardent desire to get back to court of Samarqand, even though he was received very generously at the court of Tukush Khwárazmsháh. (Anecdote related by the author).
f246b	f168b	1139	Buzurjmihr tests through music the capacity of a child of two as a fit person for future sovereignty. The Iḥyá along with the Risála of Qushayrí is mentioned in connection with this problem.
”	f169a	1140	How Ibráhím Khawwáṣ obtains from an Arab tribe a slave who had the superb quality of enchanting camels by his Ḥudá or lays.
			The chapter ends with a eulogy on the Wazír.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part I, Chapter XXV. On the Anecdotes of sagacious and acute persons.
f246b	*	1141	A short introduction on sagacity. Núshírwán’s dream and Buzurjmihr’s interpretation and the clever method of detecting the accomplice.
f247a	*	1142	How in olden days the kings used to test each other’s intelligence. Chess from India and pieces from Persia.
”	*	1143	How Buzurjmihr divined the contents of the casket sent by the Qayṣar of Rúm.
”	*	1144	The four extremely shrewd sons of Nizár b. Ma‘add b. ‘Adnán, their contest about inheritance, and the decision of Af‘í-i-Jurhumí. (Cf. Ṭabarí, I 1109), the sage of Arabia.
f247b	*	1145	A similar story of clever guesses (probably originated from the above).
f248a	*	1146	An old blind astrologer by intuition finds out the thief who stole a precious casket given in charge to Yaḥyá b. Khálid the Barmecide.
f248b	*	1147	The Caliph al-Ma’mún gives the first place to an untidy person, who gave brilliant replies in one of the weekly sittings of the learned men in his palace.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f248b	f169a	1148	Buzurjmihr selects three things as the choicest in the world: — woman, death and patronage — and gives a pertinent explanation in the presence of Núshírwán.
”	*	1149	How a Jew was spared his beautiful garden by the Caliph Hárún, at a clever hint of his about the ownership of the garden.
f249a	f169a	1150	Plato’s precept for constant happiness: the inference drawn from the story of the matchless cup and its loss and the consequent disappointment of the king.
”	*	1151	How Abú Muslim sends Yaqṭín b. Ibráhím, a Shí‘ite grandee, to see Ibráhím b. Muḥammad in prison and asks him about the succession of the Bay‘at.
”	*	1152	The story of changing the order of the king to the retreating army by putting dots: (Anecdote repeated I. xiv. 742).
”	*	1153	A person disappears from jail after prophesying the succession of Sulaymán, the brother of the Caliph Walid b. Abdu’l Malik instead of his son.
”	*	1154	Aristotle’s reflective mirror for killing the obnoxious animal that emitted fatal poison from its eyes.
f249b	f169b	1155	Plato’s grief at the praise of a fool and his retrospect of his past actions. (Cf. Qábús-Náma, pp. 34—35, also Prof. Browne, Lit. Hist. Persia, II. 279.)
”	*	1156	A similar experience of the physician Muḥammad b. Zakariyyá ar-Rází and his resentment.
”	*	1157	Abrash-i-Kalbí’s witty reply to the Caliph Hishám b. ‘Abdu’l Malik for not having accompanied him in paying homage to the Lord at his succession.
”	*	1158	The Caliph al-Mutawakkil meets a very shrewd peasant while out hunting.
”	*	1159	How Khálid the Barmecide, seeing a deer take shelter, guesses correctly the onward march of the army of Ibn Dhubára (? Hubayra) and informs Qaḥṭaba his chief in good time.
f250a	*	1160	A monk bestows the gift of 4 bricks of gold on a sagacious person.
”	*	1161	ash-Sha‘bí’s reply to ‘Abdu’l Malik, the Caliph, about the signs of nobility and baseness.
”	*	1162	Kisrá’s desire to keep Socrates company, and the philosopher’s clever method of diverting him from the idea of companionship.
f250b	f169b	1163	Ashja‘-i-Ḥimyarí’s four virtues and one daily practice, and their explanation before Abú Muslím-i-Khurásání.
”	*	1164	How a guest cleverly divided the fowls on the table among the family of his host.
”	f170a	1165	The riddle of the daughter of the Qayṣar of Rúm — her ten questions to each suitor. A very clever person outwits and marries her.
f252b	f171b	1166	The enigmatic utterances of Shann (?), the Arabian sage, and their solution by a bright girl result in their marriage and highly intellectual companionship.
f253a	*	1167	Abú Muslim’s shrewd illustration of the animal that devoured its benefactors, which contained an implied reference to al-Manṣúr’s treachery.
”	*	1168	How a representative of the Persians contrived to bring about the deposition of ‘Amr b. Maslama b. Qutayba, a governor appointed by the Caliph al-Manṣúr.

A.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f253a	*	1169	How Zírak made up his mind to stay out in severe cold and win the prize offered by Hurmuz, the Persian King.
f253b	*	1170	How the Qádhí Yaḥyá b. Aktham cleverly suggested to the people to praise him before the Caliph al-Ma’mún.
”	*	1171	Aristotle solves the mystery of the betrayal of the state secrets with which he was entrusted by Alexander.
”	*	1172	Sultan Maḥmúd’s contention with the Amír Ḥasanak about the Karrámites, and the Amír’s convincing argument on the eve of the battle with Abú ‘Alí Símjúrí based on the skilful performance of a person, who could produce coins by waving his hand in the air.
f254a	f171b	1173	How to live in safety — three observations of a Brahmin before a Ráy, illustrated by the fable of the lion, jackal, pig and monkey (Kalíla wa Dimna as the source).
”	*	1174	How ‘Khák-Khwár’, a servant of Bahrám Gúr, enriches himself through obtaining the monopoly of the supply of eggs to the royal household.
”	*	1175	A court jester plays a trick on the Sultan Maḥmúd and his Wazír [Aḥmad b.] Ḥasan Maymandí, while they were returning from hunting.
f254b	*	1176	How the Faqíh of Jurján attempts to procure the surrender of the Kotwál of Gardíz, who had revolted against Sultan Mawdúd.
”	*	1177	Ṣáliḥ b. ‘Alí relates the conversation that took place between the King of Núba and the deposed Marwán, and why he advised the Caliph al-Manṣúr to put the latter to death.
f255a	*	1178	The Caliph Mu‘áwiya sends an ambassador to the court of the Qayṣar, with a sinister motive, but the Qayṣar outwits him and thereby saves the Christians of Syria from the machinations of the Caliph.
”	*	1179	How Aḥmad b. Isrá’íl forecasts the death of the Caliph al-Wáthiq and escapes along with Aḥmad b. Mudbir and Sulaymán b. Wahb from the prison.
f255b	f172a	1180	A theologian, an ‘Alawí, a soldier and a market-man raid a garden, are cleverly separated by the gardener, and are chastised in turn (cf. Mathnawí, II 2167 foll.).
”	*	1181	The Caliph ‘Uthman’s prediction about his own murder, couched in a proverbial expression, “Beware! I shall be murdered on the day the white bull is killed”.
”	f172b	1182	The clever suggestion of a Christian to the Caliph ‘Abdu’l Malik about the tyrannical governors of his province.
			The chapter (and Pt. I) ends with a eulogy.

A Complete Table of Contents of the Jawámi‘u’l-Ḥikáyát.

Part II (comprising 25 chapters, XXVI—L):

On the Excellence of Virtues, Praisworthy Qualities, and Estimable Traits in Human Nature.

Pt. II, Chapter I = XXVI: On the Excellence of Modesty.

A.⁾	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f1b	*	f173b		General introduction to the Second Part, beginning with an exhortation on the virtue of Modesty, as the essence of ethics and religion in Islám; and a dedicatory eulogy on the Wazír Muḥammad b. Abí Sa‘d al-Junaydí.
”	*	”	1183	How the prophet Yúsuf was saved by God from the temptation of Zulaykhá.
f2a	*	f174a	1184	Aristotle’s explanation concerning the interval between two prophets: intellect and inherent modesty lead to virtue.
”	*	”	1185	Extreme regard of the Prophet Muḥammad for the Caliph ‘Uthmán, for he was respected by God and the angels in heaven owing to his modesty.
”	*	”	1186	A child’s retort to a party of elderly men, on the sense of shame.
”	*	”	1187	The reply of a person to a group of Ṣúfís who were afraid of lions in the neighbourhood, while he, fearing God alone, had slept undisturbed. (R. Q. as the source).
”	*	f174b	1188	Sa‘íd-i-‘Áṣ, the governor of Kúfa, rewards a young man who was ashamed to ask for his wants from any human being.
f2b	*	”	1189	The Caliph al-Ma’mún ashamed of extorting his debts from Yaḥyá b. Kháqán ruthlessly (T. F. S. as the source).
”	*	”	1190	The Imám Zaynu’l-‘Ábídín ashamed at his daughter’s remark.
f3a	*	”	1191	How Núshírwán was ashamed of committing a sin.
”	*	f175a	1192	The Caliph al-Ma’mún rewards a Badawí who presents him with a skin of fresh water and sends him back to the desert, that he might not be disappointed by finding that there was an ample supply of fresh water in the capital.
”	*	”	1193	Niẓámu’l-Mulk, the great Wazír of the Saljúqs, eats three cucumbers and is ashamed to tell the person who had presented them that they were bitter.
				The chapter ends with a eulogy on his patron Wazír.


A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
				Part II, Chapter II = XXVII: On the Excellence of Humility.
f3b	f97a	f175a	1194	A short introduction to the chapter. Ridhwán’s offer of an emerald casket to the Prophet, and the significant manner in which Jibrá’íl pointed towards the earth.
f4a	*	f175b	1195	The Amír Ismá‘íl b. Aḥmad the Sámánid is informed by the Prophet of the succession of his seven descendants, owing to the Amír’s having respected one of the holy divines of Bukhárá.
”	f97b	”	1196	The reverence and humility of the Caliph Hárún ín the presence of Muḥammad b. Ḥasan ash-Shaybání.
”	”	”	1197	A few instances of the Prophet’s humility and sacrifices for humanity.
”	*	”	1198	The Prophet waits on, and watches the clothes of, Ḥudhayfatu’l-Yamání while the latter was taking a bath. (The Musnad-i-Akhbár-i-Nabawí as the source).
”	f98a	”	1199	The Caliph al-Ma’mún prefers to walk in the sun, and keep the Qádhí Yaḥyá b. Aktham in the shade.
f4b	”	f176a	1200	The interview of the Sultan Mas‘úd and the saint Shaykh Ḥusayn of Zanján.
”	”	”	1201	The Imám Ḥusayn’s at-home party to the children.
”	”	”	1202	The Caliph al-Mu‘taṣim’s help to an old man, and the story of his prosperity.
”	”	”	1203	Hárúnu’r-Rashíd pours water on the hands of Abú Qalaba.
”	f98b	”	1204	Sultán Sanjar’s reverence for Khwája Abu’l-Fadhl of Kirmán.
”	”	”	1205	The Caliph al-Manṣúr attends the funeral of Isḥáq (b.) Ibráhím ‘Uqaylí, his foe.
f5a	”	”	1206	‘Umar II’s meekness: he would not allow any one but himself to perform menial services for his guest.
”	”	f176b	1207	How the Prophet freed himself from the children, and Bilál’s astonishment at the exceeding kindness of the Prophet.
”	f99a	”	1208	How Salmán-i-Fársí, the Governor of Syria, submitted to act as a bearer.
”	”	”	1209	The Caliph al-Mahdí delays the prayer at the request of an Arab.
				The chapter ends with a short encomium on the Wazír.

A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
				Part II, Chapter III = XXVIII: On the Excellence of Forgiveness.
f5b	f99b	f177a	1210	A preamble on the divine quality of Forgiveness. (Saná’í cited). Imám Abú Yúsuf’s suggestion to Hárúnu’r-Rashíd — forgiveness as the best punishment for the guilty.
”	”	”	1211	An instance of the Imám Ḥasan’s extraordinary self-control: he forgives and liberates a slave who accidentally scorched him.
”	f100a	”	1212	The Caliph al-Ma’mún shows forbearance, and restores Aḥmad b. ‘Urwa to office. (See T. F. S. pt. I, Ch. IV, p. 82).
f6a	*	”	1213	Another instance of al-Ma’mún’s clemency: his pardon of Fadhl b. Rabí‘.
”	”	”	1214	al-Ma’mún forgives the Shí‘a poet Di‘bil on the recitation of his famous ode (Anecdote connected with the last one).
”	”	f177b	1215	Muṣ‘ab releases a person on his improvising a eulogy.

A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f6a	f100b	f177b	1216	al-Ma’mún’s machinations against his uncle Ibráhím b. Mahdí always averted by the latter’s pathetic appeals.
f6b	f101a	”	1217	How to suppress anger: a practical remedy suggested by a sage to a hot-tempered Muslim ruler.
f7a	”	f178a	1218	How *Músá b. ‘Uyayna saved a condemned man from the wrath of the Caliph Hárún and directed his attention to the Word of God and Tradition.
”	f101b	”	1219	Sallám-i-Abrash the poet’s plea for pardon accepted by the Caliph al-Ma’mún.
”	”	f178b	1220	The Caliph al-Ma’mún’s forgiveness of the Qádhí Yaḥyá b. Aktham.
f7b	f102a	”	1221	The Caliph as-Saffáḥ readily grants an amnesty to the people of Syria.
”	f102b	”	1222	A Persian King acts contrary to the malicious advice of a courtier, and forgives a defaulter.
f8a	”	”	1223	al-Ḥajjáj’s crocodile tears over the condemned criminals.
”	”	f179a	1224	al-Ḥajjáj forgives the Imám Sha‘bí at the intercession of Yazíd, in spite of his efforts to overthrow him and help ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán b. al-Ash‘ath.
”	f103a	”	1225	Fadhl b. Rabí‘ as a fugitive: his experiences with the horseman, the old woman, Sháhík, and the trader who betrayed him; al-Ma’mún pardons and restores him to favour.
f8b	f104a	f179b	1226	al-Ma’mún forgives his uncle Ibráhím b. Mahdí and rewards him.
f9a	”	”	1227	Ibnu’l-Bawwáb recites a few lines written in honour of the Caliph al-Ma’mún and asks forgiveness for Ḥusayn b. Dhaḥḥák, which is granted. (See T. F. S. pt. I, Ch. IV, p. 71).
”	f104b	f180a	1228	al-Jáḥiẓ forgiven and patronised by Aḥmad b. Abí Dá’úd after the fall of Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik az-Zayyát. (See T. F. S. pt. I, pp. 79—80).
				The chapter ends with an apologetic note and autobiographic verses commingled with praise.

A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
				Part. II, Chapter IV = XXIX: On the Excellence of Clemency.
f9b	f105a	f180a	1229	Introduction. The conversion of Sa‘d b. Abí Waqqáṣ.
f10a	”	f180b	1230	How Yúnus of Sajáwand dissuaded the Sultan Radhí (u’d-Dín Ibráhím of Ghazna) from levying taxes on the people of Sajáwand.
”	f105b	”	1231	How Zayd b. Sa‘na or Sha‘ba, the Jew, was converted through the clemency of the Prophet. (The Kitábu Sharafu’n-Nabí as the source, see above pp. 86—8).
f10b	f106a	”	1232	Nu‘mán b. Mundhir’s admirable forbearance towards an old liar who slandered his mother.
”	”	f181a	1233	The Caliph al-Manṣúr’s heated conversation with Abú’ dh-Dhi’b, the latter’s retorts and pungent remarks overlooked and forgiven (Anecdote told in presence of al-Mu‘taṣim while he was on pilgrimage).
f11a	f106b	”	1234	A contrast of two characters: al-Ma’mún forgives his steward for forgetting to prepare a dish specially ordered by him, whereas Ḥumayd of Ṭús punishes his own steward for the fault of al-Ma’mún’s cook.

A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f11a	f107a	f181a	1235	An Arab reproaches Aḥmad b. Abí Khálid and teaches him a lesson.
”	”	f181b	1236	Sulaymán-i-Warráq’s story of the precious ruby broken by a jeweller and al-Ma’mún’s magnanimity. (Anec. repeated).
”	”	”	1237	The story of the historic jewel, and the malicious prediction of Fadhl b. Rabí‘ about the death of al-Ma’mún, as related by himself.
f11b	f107b	”	1238	Mu‘áwiya suppresses his anger and liberates the slaves of Sallám (b.) Sa‘íd who had committed serious offence.
”	”	”	1239	Abú Muslim prefers to endure a wound rather than injure the feelings of his friend who was unconsciously hurting him.
”	”	”	1240	‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Marwán destroys the letters written by his generals to his enemy Muṣ‘ab b. Zubayr and forgives all.
”	”	f182a	1241	An instance of Alexander the Great’s extreme forbearance.
”	f108a	”	1242	A malevolent Khárijite is appeased by the examplary forbearance of the Imám Ḥasan.
f12a	”	”	1243	A person, not knowing al-Ḥajjáj, rebukes him to his face, but afterwards pretends insanity and is excused by al-Ḥajjáj.
”	”	”	1244	An instance of ‘Abdu’lláh b. ‘Abbás’s clemency.
”	”	”	1245	Jesus Christ, the embodiment of clemency, praises the Jews who abused him.
”	”	”	1246	Salmán, the Persian, pays no heed to the abuse of a silly person. (Saná’í’s lines befitting the occasion are cited).
”	f108b	”	1247	The sage, Marzubán, excuses the murderer of his son.
”	”	”	1248	The philosopher *Dímaqarúdas (Democritus) laments the fate of his son’s murderer.
f12b	”	f182b	1249	Parwíz forgives a dismissed servant, guilty of stealing a golden plate from the royal household. (Cf. T. F. S. pt. II, pp. 25—26).
”	f109a	”	1250	The Caliph al-Ma’mún gives redress to a plaintiff, in spite of the fact that he had startled his horse and thereby injured him.
”	”	”	1251	How Aḥnaf b. Qays learned clemency from Qays b. ‘Áṣim at-Taqawí (al-Minqarí).
f13a	”	”	1252	How Mu‘áwiya overcame his enemies by toleration and forbearance.
”	f109b	”	1253	An instance of Qa‘qá‘ b. Shúr’s clemency for which he had become proverbial.
”	”	f183a	1254	Aḥnaf b. Qays, another notable of Arabia, famed for his clemency.
”	”	”	1255	The definition of the word “Ḥilm” or clemency by al-Aṣma‘í, in presence of the Caliph Hárún.
”	”	”	1256	Mu‘áwiya swallows the corrosive remarks of the two negotiators of the Caliph ‘Alí.
f13b	f110a	”	1257	The unrelenting Ḥajjáj forgives his slanderer.
”	f110b	f183b	1258	Magnanimity of the Caliph al-Ma’mún illustrated by his treatment of Faraj [ar-Rukhkhají, the deposed governor of Fárs and Ahwáz].
f14a	”	”	1259	A Christian Játhalíq (Catholicus) calms the wrath of Muṣ‘ab b. Zubayr by quoting a passage from the Bible enjoining kings to be patient and give a careful hearing to appeals for justice.
”	f111a	”	1260	A desperate poet’s attempt to excite the Caliph Abú Bakr.

A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f14a	f111a	f183b	1261	Another instance of the Caliph Abú Bakr’s forbearance to a scandal-bearer.
”	”	f184a	1262	How al-Ma’mún concealed the ominous prophecy of Fadhl b. Rabí‘.
f14b	”	”	1263	The four errors of the Imám Sha‘bí, and the Caliph ‘Abdu’l-Malik’s pardon.
”	f111b	”	1264	The Caliph ‘Abdul-Malik’s fidelity to his early promises and the cause of his success.
f15a	”	”	1265	al-Mu‘tamid’s forbearance to the musician Gharíb who ridiculed him for sending an unrhythmical piece to set to music.
”	f112a	f184b	1266	Ṭughril (?) advised by his father, a ruler of Fárs, to abstain from bloodshed.
”	”	”	1267	The Caliph Mu‘áwiya refuses to deliver a refugee at the request of Ziyád.
”	”	”	1268	Qualification required by Alísa‘ (Elisha) the prophet, of his successor; the choice of Dhu’l-Kifl; the failure of Iblís to excite him.
f15b	f113a	f185a	1269	The Caliph al-Manṣúr thrusts office upon the Qádhí Sharík; the Qádhí’s examplary forbearance to a malicious critic, after al-Mahdí had deposed him from his office.
f16a	”	”	1270	How ‘Abdu’lláh b. Ja‘far-i-Ṭayyár related an amusing story and succeeded in subduing the anger of Mu‘áwiya.
”	”	”	1271	The frequent unwelcome visits of Dhamíra b. Shaybán al-Kilábí, and the Caliph al-Manṣúr’s patience and repeated rewards.
f16b	f114a	f185b	1272	The Caliph al-Manṣúr demands an explanation from the poet Abú Ziyád Faqíhí about his verses, and excuses him on account of his witty reply.
”	”	”	1273	The Caliph al-Mahdí, ridiculed by a person for praising his own virtues forgives him when the man persists in his impudence.
f17a	f114b	f186a	1274	The Caliph al-Mahdí delays in conducting the prayer (Anec, repeated).
”	”	”	1275	The Caliph Hárún’s pardon to a person who spreads a malicious rumour about his death on the frontier.
”	”	”	1276	A frank comparison of the Umayyads and the ‘Abbásids by an experienced client of the Umayyads in the presence of the Caliph Hárún; his acquiescence and acknowledgment of the inconsistency of the ‘Abbásids in their treatment of their officials.
f17b	f115a	”	1277	False accusation of a fugitive slave against his Kúfí master, the Caliph al-Manṣúr’s investigation of the case and his pleasure at the admirable forbearance of the master towards his slave. (Anec. repeated).
f18a	f115b	f186b	1278	A slave of the Caliph ‘Alí excuses himself by pleading his confidence in the Caliph’s humanity and craves indulgence.
”	”	”	1279	The angels disappear when the Caliph ‘Umar opens his mouth to defend himself against the aggression of his opponent.
				The chapter ends without the usual form of praise.

A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
				Part. II, Chapter V = XXX: On the Excellence of Magnanimity.
f18a	f116a	f186b	1280	Introduction. The Caliph Hárún evinces signs of greatness at the early age of five, and holds a model-court of the Caliph over which be presides.

A.	D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f18b	f116b	f187a	1281	Ya‘qúb b. Layth’s high ambitions: his desire to become famous or die in the attempt. (Data for his early occupation).
”	”	”	1282	Alexander’s ambition for world-conquest, and Aristotle’s advice.
”	”	”	1283	Ya‘qúb b. Layth weds his luck to sword and conquest. (Anec. repeated).
* Breaks off.	”	”	1284	Báyazíd of Bisṭám reverently refrains from asking God to pardon the sins of the past and the coming generations; and Abú Naṣr Tustarí’s (?) observation on the saint’s loftiness.
	”	f187b	1285	A comparison of the aspirations of a slave with those of his own son by Málik b. Misma‘.
	f117a	”	1286	The Sultan Maḥmúd’s lofty aims on the eve of the invasion of Rayy, and his summary rejection of the pacific policy of his Wazir, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’ṣ-Ṣamad.
	”	”	1287	A singular instance of the marvellous change in the Caliph ‘Umar II’s mode of life after he took office: once velvet was too coarse for his wear, but later sack-cloth appeared to him too soft.
	”	”	1288	The Caliph al-Ma’mún’s royal send-off and banquet in honour of Ṭáhir, the Ambidexter, and his army on the occasion of his campaign against ‘Alí b. ‘Ísá b. Máhán. (Anec. repeated).
	f117b	”	1289	Sabuktigín’s lofty advice to Mahmúd, to build the imperishable garden of magnanimity. Niẓámí ‘Arúdhí-i-Samarqandí’s famous lines cited. (Anec. repeated).
	”	f188a	1290	A royal hawk stoops down and pays the penalty which he deserved.
	”	”	1291	The story of Nu‘mán b. ‘Abdu’llah concerning the magnanimity of Fadhl b. Yaḥyá the Barmecide; Ṣáliḥ b. Jaríma (Khuzayma) al-Anṣárí, sceptical about the truth of the story, is wonder-struck at the way in which Fadhl squandered his wealth before him. (The Akhbár-i-Barámika as the source).
	f118a	”	1292	The Caliph al-Mahdí’s aspirations about his succession to the Caliphate, when conveyed to the Caliph al-Manṣúr, are highly appreciated.
	”	”	1293	The sublime ideal of the Caliph Hárún in appointing Ṭúlún, the humblest of his subjects, to the governorship of Egypt, once the country of the haughty Pharaohs.
	f118b	f188b	1294	The king of Byzantium tests the generosity of Ḥátim of Ṭayy and finds it incomparable: his request for 100 camels with red hair and black eyes is readily granted.
	”	”	1295	‘Umára b. Ḥamza famous for his high-mindedness: two instances of the same:
				a) In the presence of the Caliph al-Manṣúr he renounces his claim to a piece of contested property.
				b) His absolute refusal of a gift of 3.000 dinárs.
	f119a	”	1296	The high aims and the adventurous spirit of Abú Muslim in his early days.
				The chapter ends with an encomium on the Wazir.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES,
			Part II, Chapter VI = XXXI: On the Excellence of Culture and Discipline.
f119a	f189a	1297	Introductory discourse on the nature of training and the acquisition of excellent manners and discipline. The fable of the Lion’s share, and the inference drawn from it.
f119b	”	1298	Ibn-i-Máhán punishes his falconer for impertinence towards the royal hawk.
”	”	1299	Abú ‘Abdi’llah Khaṭíb, tutor to the prince Abu’l-‘Abbás the brother of Fakhru’d-Dawla Daylamí, punishes his ward for spitting on a royal hawk.
*	*	1300	The ideal training of a prince at the hands of an excellent preceptor. (Cf. M. T. N. pp. 282—5, see also above, p. 26, ll. 14—21.
f119b	f189a	1301	How an ‘Alawí or Umawí delivered himself up voluntarily at the order of the Caliph Hárún, and Manára b. ‘Adyán’s (? ‘Ulayyán’s) astonishment at his absolute submission. (Cf. T. F. S.).
f121a	f190a	1302	Muḥammad b. Sa‘íd Anbárí’s account of the imprisonment of Sulaymán b. Wahb, and the latter’s story of Aḥmad-i-Ḥaṣbí’s (?) unfortunate utterance of the word “Tamwíh” before the Caliph, and precaution about the choice of words. (Cf. T. F. S.).
f121b	f190b	1303	al-Aṣma‘í relates a personal anecdote, and the story of the wrath of the Caliph Hárún against Marwán b. [Abí] Ḥafṣa for his exclusive statement concerning the generosity of Ma‘n b. Zá’ida. (T. F. S. pt. II, ch. VII, pp. 19—21).
f122a	”	1304	al-Aṣma‘í’s enthusiasm for learning in his early days of humble study, and his unexpected rise and appointment as tutor to the prince al-Amín on the recommendation of Muḥammad the Amír of Baṣra. (T. F. S. pt. II, ch. VII, pp. 19—21).
f122b	f191a	1305	An instance of the extraordinary self-control of Abú ‘Alí Quhistání in the presence of Naṣr b. Aḥmad the Sámánid: scorpion stings endured.
”	”	1306	Ibráhím b. Adham al-Balkhí liberates a slave, admiring his absolute resignation of rights for the sake of his master.
”	”	1307	An instance of Abú Sufyán’s (?) worship of Núshírwán, his over-lord.
”	”	1308	The princes al-Amín and al-Ma’mún placed the shoes of their tutor al-Kisá’í in front of his feet as a mark of extreme reverence.
”	”	1309	Malik Muḥammad (?), the ruler of Kirmán who was a strict disciplinarian, teaches the governor of Khurásán manners.
f123a	”	1310	The punishment of Símá’, the Turkish slave, by al-Mu‘taṣim as a disciplinary measure.
”	f191b	1311	Ibráhím b. Adham’s warning to a wealthy person, who was impertinently performing the rite of Ṭawáf or circumambulation on horseback.
”	”	1312	The rejoinder of some lads at play to a party of elderly men, that if only the latter had had the sense to observe their obligations to God, the former would never have ventured to be rude to them. (Anec. repeated, see above, 1186).
”	”	1313	Service of a special dish at table in the household of ‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Núḥ the Sámánid, and Abú Sa‘íd (?) Khwárazmsháh’s scruples about using the golden spoon.
f123b	”	1314	Euphemistic interpretation of the Caliph Hárún’s dream.

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f123b	f191b	1315	Contemptuous and ironical appeal of a jester in a court held by a governor of ‘Iráq, appointed by al-Ḥajjáj.
”	”	1316	Rabí‘, the chamberlain, punishes Ya‘qúb b. Dá’úd, the nephew of al-Manṣúr, for refusing the honour of dining with the Caliph.
”	f192a	1317	Jealousy of Zubayda — and why Hárún liked al-Ma’mún more than al-Amín.
			The chapter ends with an indefinite account of works written on the subject, and concludes as usual with a eulogy on the Wazír.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter VII = XXXII: On the Excellence of Mercifulness.
f124a	f192a	1318	Introduction illustrating the glory of the compassionateness of Moses. The pleasure of the Caliph ‘Uthmán at the dispersion of the revellers whom he had to punish in the interest of law and order. (The Ta’ríkh-í-Náṣirí as the source, see above, p. 61, ll. 38—41).
f124b	”	1319	Sabuktigín’s compassion for a deer results in his installation. (The Taríkh-i-Náṣirí as the source, see above p. 62, ll. 1—5).
”	f192b	1320	A cruel governor attains his salvation through an act of kindness to a scabby dog, that looked miserable.
”	”	1321	Another story of the redemption of a dissolute woman because she took pity on a dog. (The Ṣaḥíḥ of al-Bukhárí as the source).
f125a	”	1322	The saint Ḥasan of Baṣra’s advice to a brigand, and how the latter acted upon it, and was amply rewarded by a trader, whom he pitied and rescued from the clutches of his own gang.
f125b	f193a	1323	Persistent revelry and drunkenness of an old sinner, and his trial in the court of the Caliph ‘Umar II: he finds fault with the sentence of the Caliph and is released.
			There is no eulogy at the end of this chapter.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter VIII = XXXIII: On the Excellence of trust and confidence in God.
f126b	f193b	1324	Introduction. Two pilgrims on their way to Mecca, the question of provision or no provision, and the test of true confidence.
”	f194a	1325	Sabuktigín attempts to act up to the Prophet’s own precept, and inculcates upon Maḥmúd the value of trust in God, and how Maḥmúd achieves victory over the Khán of Turkistán.
f127a	”	1326	An instance of a Ṣúfí’s perfect confidence in the power of God.
”	”	1327	The Sultan Maḥmúd of Ghazna does not believe in astrologers, but puts confidence in God, and is ever victorious.
f127b	”	1328	An ascetic’s reproach at the anxiety of his friend about the former’s maintenance.
”	f194b	1329	An Israelite’s perfect confidence in God and his reward.
”	”	1330	The blessings of a verse from the Qur’án; the story of a wonderful rescue from a storm and a giant ending in a happy marriage.
			The chapter ends without any praise of the Wazír.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter IX = XXXIV: On the Excellence of Generosity and Liberality.
f128b	f195a	1331	Introduction. Occasion of the Qur’ánic verses on sacrifice for others even in times of dire personal necessity. How the one gift was circulated among 72 brethren and was returned at last to the first donor.
f129a	”	1332	Ḥusayn of Antioch’s story of the sharing of one loaf in darkness.
”	”	1333	Mutual sacrifices of the cousin of Ḥudhayfa b. ‘Adí, Hishám, and another martyr witnessed in the Battle of Tabúk.
”	”	1334	Shaykh Abu’l-Ḥasan Núrí, when accused of heresy along with a party of Ṣúfís who were sentenced to death, offers his head first.
”	f195b	1335	Shaykh Abú Sa‘íd Khargúshí’s story of an Egyptian, and his loan of half a coin.
f129b	”	1336	The Imám Sháfi‘í spends all his wealth in half a day during his stay in Mecca.
”	”	1337	The true meaning of generosity and the definition of a generous person.
”	”	1338	Ibn-i-Ḥátim or Bishr-i-Ḥátim’s self-denial and generosity.
”	”	1339	How ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán Awzá‘í obtained 100 tímes more than what he charitably offered to his distressed neighbour.
”	”	1340	‘Abdu’lláh b. Ja‘far aṭ-Ṭayyár liberates a slave after witnessing his humanity and self-sacrifice in saving the life of a dog.
f130a	f196a	1341	Qásim-i-Ghassán (?)-i-Muḥammad Ṭá’í relates the story of how Yaḥyá b. Khálid the Barmecide lavished wealth and “offered it to the winds”. (The Akhbár-i-Barámika as the source, see above, pp. 38—9).
”	”	1342	The secret of Abú ‘Alí b. Ḥasan Símjúrí’s thirty years’ successful governorship of Khurásán.
”	”	1343	Fadhl b. Marwán’s account of al-Ma’mún’s anxiety to provide for the annual ‘Íd expenses, and Fadhl’s offer of al-Mu‘taṣim’s money from the reserved fund.
f130b	”	1344	Khwája Aḥmad ibnu’l-Ḥasan al-Maymandí the Wazír’s valuable suggestion to the Sultan Maḥmúd as to how to win the favour of the people.
”	”	1345	The self-sacrifice of a dervish in the days of the Caliph ‘Umar II, his offer of the last dirham for the sake of God, and his barter of the sackcloth for the fish that contained a precious pearl.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter X = XXXV: On the Excellence of Benevolence
f130b	f196a	1346	Introduction. The lampoon of al-Ḥuṣayn b. Muḥammad b. Yazíd ‘Amawí (?), the poet, on ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir, the Ambidexter, and the generosity shown to him by ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir. The poet, interviewed by ‘Abdu’llah on his march to Egypt incognito, admits his fault and realises its gravity.
f131b	f197a	1347	Isḥáq-i-Mawṣilí, the musician, recounts an instance of Ja‘far b. Yaḥyá’s generosity: ‘Abdu’l-Malik b. Ṣáliḥ Háshimí’s intrusion on the privacy of Ja‘far the Barmecide, and the abstinent Háshimí’s efforts to remove the awkwardness of the situation, by falling in with the luxurious pursuits of the company, and Ja‘far’s condescension in granting all his requests. (Couplets at the end to be noted). (Cf. Agháni V, pp. 118—9.)

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f132a	f197a	1348	How Faydh b. Ṣáliḥ Abu’l-Asad relieved Dá’úd-i-Baghdádí, the client of the mother of Ja‘far, from her debt-prison.
f132b	f197b	1349	The dismissal of Sulaymán b. Wahb by the order of al-Mutawakkil, and his benevolent treatment by Aḥmad [b.] Abi Khálid, his successor, whom he had once treated unjustly.
f133b	f198a	1350	How Mujíra (?) Abú ‘Abbád (?), the Kátib, treats Jaḥẓatu’l-Barmakí, the poet, his old friend, in his distressed condition, and how he dismantles his own palace, and bestows all the furniture on him.
”	”	1351	How al-Mutawakkil warns his chief steward in a very mild manner about observing cleanliness while serving meals.
”	f198b	1352	A Persian king releases a culprit (story repeated).
f134a	”	1353	The graciousness of the Imám Abú Ḥanífa towards his neighbour. (The Kitáb-i-‘Uyúni’l-Akhyár of an-Nasafí (?) as the source, see above, p. 65, ll. 28—37).
			The chapter ends with a eulogy on the Wazír.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XI = XXXVI: On the Excellence of Hospitality.
f134a	f198b	1354	Introduction describing the proverbial hospitality of the Arabs. Why ‘Uqba b. Abí Mu‘ayṭ accepted Islám: his apostasy and doom.
f134b	f199a	1355	Yazíd b. Muhallab sets Wakí‘, the defaulter, free simply because Wakí‘ was offered meals at his table.
”	”	1356	al-Ma’mún and al-Mu‘taṣim test the hospitality of ‘Alí b. Hishám and find him an ideal host.
f135a	”	1357	The Caliph al-Mahdí as an unknown guest in the tent of an Arab, and the amusing remarks of the latter at the stranger’s appetite and supposititious names.
”	”	1358	An Arab host who serves a robber guest daily with the flesh of a freshly slaughtered camel prefers to forgive the robber and bestow the camels upon him, in spite of his hospitality being abused by him.
f135b	f199b	1359	The clever artifice of a child, who asked for a drink of water, causes Ma‘n b. Zá’ida to spare the lives of some captives.
”	”	1360	The Caliph ‘Alí saddened because no guest appears during a whole week.
”	”	1361	Ibráhím the prophet would not invite an unbeliever to his house; Jibrá’íl warns him, and in consequence of his invitation the old man accepts the faith of the prophet.
”	”	1362	The remark of Ṭalḥa b. ‘Abdu’llah, better known as Ṭalḥatu’t-Ṭalaḥát, on Málik b. ‘Awf, the chief of the tribe of Qays, that hospitality in its true sense takes into account no distinction whatsoever.
f136a	”	1363	al-Ḥajjáj was hospitable enough to provide for all his people from his own kitchen, even for the invalids of his army.
”	”	1364	Maliksháh the Saljúq’s amusing reception by a villager, who treated him indifferently at first, and to his surprise found that the stranger was the great king himself.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f136a	f200a	1365	How the Prophet carried away the sins of the miserly wife of a follower of hís, and taught her the lesson of hospitality.
f136b	”	1366	The extreme sense of hospitality which the wife of the Shaykh Aḥmad Khidhrawayh possessed; her desire to provide even for the dogs of the neighbourhood.
”	”	1367	Explanation given by a servant to his generous master for the delay in serving meals: his conscience would not allow him to deprive the ants which were feeding on the dishes.
”	”	1368	An object lesson from two kinds of entertainments: the essence of true hospitality is its informality.
”	f200b	1369	The immortal saint Khidhr’s remark on the vanity of an old man who claimed to have drained the dregs of the cups of 7,000 holy men: the offer of one cup to a needy person would have gained for him all the blessings he desired during the whole of his life.
f137a	”	1370	A remarkable manifestation of the Caliph ‘Uthmán’s generosity on the day of the feast to the Prophet: liberation of a slave at each step the Prophet took towards his house.
”	”	1371	The old woman who sacrificed her only ewe for the party of the Caliph ‘Alí, who were strangers to her, and the consequent rewards lavished on her by the sons of ‘Alí.
”	”	1372	The posthumous generosity of a famous Arab, who appears in dream to a member of a party halting at his grave, and begs them to slaughter his camel; and how his son receives another camel in compensation.
f137b	”	1373	The famous Ḥátim of Ṭayy finds himself surpassed in generosity by an old woman.
”	f201a	1374	al-Aṣma‘í relates a personal anecdote about his reception in an Arab family.
f138a	”	1375	Anecdote of the same: the Arabs dislike the idea of loading the camel of the guest who is parting from them.
”	”	1376	The philosophical interpretation of the utterances of the guest of the Caliph ‘Umar.
”	”	1377	How an old man sacrifices his last goat for ‘Abdu’llah b. ‘Abbás.
f138b	f201b	1378	The reproach of a host to a learned guest for abusing hospitality.
”	”	1379	‘Adhudu’d-Dawla withdraws his forces sent against the hospitable ruler of Kirmán.
”	”	1380	‘Amr ath-Tha‘álibí, the poet, runs away from Damascus on account of his satire on the Caliph Walíd b. ‘Abdu’l Malik, and, seizing an opportunity, attends the meals of the Caliph, and pleads the protection due to a guest.
			The chapter ends with a panegyric.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XII = XXXVII: On the Excellence of Courage.
f139a	f201b	1381	A preamble on the real meaning of courage, as opposed to rashness; ‘Alí, the Lion of God, famed for his valour.
f139b	f202a	1382	How ‘Amr b. Ma‘díkarib overcomes a party of the Arabs, and kills them and releases the victims. (T. F. S. as the source).
”	”	1383	The duel between ‘Alí and ‘Amr b. ‘Abd Wadd on the eve of the Battle of the Ditch.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f140b	f202b	1384	‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir’s observation on the forces of al-Amín.
”	”	1385	How ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir got the title of Dhu’l-Yamínayn or Ambidexter.
”	”	1386	al-Mu‘taṣim’s order to Afshín to suppress Bábak and his Khurramites.
”	”	1387	The revolt of Naṣr b. Musayyab and al-Ma’mún’s efforts to put it down; the high-mindedness of the Ambidexter shown on that occasion.
f141a	f203a	1388	The strength of al-Mu‘taṣim displayed in killing a tiger single-handed.
”	”	1389	Another feat of the same: he drags a mule out of a pit.
”	”	1390	Archers, the pick of the army, as described in presence of Núshírwán.
”	”	1391	Bahrám Gúr’s excellence in the art of archery. (The Ta’ríkh-i-Mulúk-i-‘Ajam as the source, see above p. 56).
”	”	1392	A notable of the Baní Shaybán in the tent of Muhalhil, his skill in shooting arrows, his theft and Zayd-i-Injíl’s offer of the spoil taken from the tribe of Baní Tamím.
141b	f203b	1393	The advíce of a warrior to his son.
			The chapter ends with a splendid encomium on the Wazír.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XIII = XXXVIII: On the Excellence of Patience and Endurance.
f142a	f203b	1394	Introduction. A consolatory epistle inculcating the value of endurance and patience in distress.
”	”	1395	The ordeal of the Prophet Dániyál, Bukht-i-Naṣṣar’s cruel dungeon, and how Irmiya was sent to his release providentially.
f142b	f204a	1396	The imprisonment of Sulaymán b. Wahb, and his brother Ḥasan’s consolatory lines, and the good omen taken from those lines, which effect his release and prove the value of patience in despair.
f143a	”	1397	The deliverance of Músá b. ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán from imprisonment.
”	”	1398	The impudent and blasphemous conduct of a criminal aggravates his misery, till at last he invokes God and is released.
f143b	f204b	1399	The mutilation and brutal assassination of Qásim b. Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’llah b. al-Ḥusayn by the order of al-Mahdí.
”	”	1400	The calamities which befell Abú Ṣábir, his patience, his installation as the ruler of his native place and his vengeance. (Cf. Bakhtiyár-náma, Paris litho, pp. 45, 47—55, see also above, pp. 74—6).
f144b	f205a	1401	Núshírwán the Just imprisons Buzurjmihr, his endurance and release.
”	”	1402	The advice of one of the Israelite Prophets.
”	”	1403	The advice of the Prophet to an Arab who was in distress.
			The chapter ends without any panegyric.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XIV = XXXIX: On the Excellence of Gratitude.
f145a	f205b	1404	Introductory discourse, illustrated by verses on gratitude. The story of the man and wife who thanked God and made a proper use of His rewards.
f145b	”	1405	al-Ma’mún’s remark on the thanksgiving of Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn aṭ-Ṭá’í.
”	”	1406	‘Abdu’llah b. al-Arzáq (?)’s observation on his own wealth.
”	f206a	1407	The poet [Abú Manṣúr Tha‘álibí] tests the generosity of Khalaf b. Aḥmad Sijzi, who rewards him with 100 dinárs for each of his verses.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f146a	f206a	1408	A person liberates his slave, moved by his sense of gratitude.
”	”	1409	Ka‘bu’l-Aḥbár’s astonishment at the gratitude of a deformed man.
”	”	1410	‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán b. ‘Awf’s (the author’s ancestor from whom he derives his nisba of al-Awfí) complalnt of the abundance of his wealth, and the Prophet’s remark. (Autobiographic).
”	”	1411	The famous story of Mundhir b. Mughíra of Damascus about the generosity of the Barmecides, and his apology in the court of al-Ma’mún for his lamentation for his past patrons. (Cf. T. F. S. pt. II, pp. 21—23).
			The chapter ends with the usual eulogy in honour of the Wazír.

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.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XVI = XLI: On the Excellence of Asceticism and Piety.
f152b	f210a	1429	A short introduction illustrated by a quatrain of Sa‘d-i-Káfí. The abstemious character of the early governors nominated by the Caliph ‘Umar, after the subjugation of the Persian empire.
f153a	f210b	1430	The last advice of ‘Umar II to Maslama b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik.
”	”	1431	Salmán, the Persian: his mode of life as the governor of Syria, and what he left behind him.
f153b	”	1432	The appointment of Ḥudhayfatu’ bnu’l-Yamání to the governorship of Yaman by ‘Umar; his pious rule, and his reception by the Caliph ‘Umar on his retirement.
”	”	1433	The Caliph ‘Umar’s inspection of the province of Syria, and his astonishment at the self-denial of Abú ‘Ubayda b. al-Jarráḥ, the governor.
”	f211a	1434	The Amír Ismá‘íl, the Sámánid, quells the rebel Ya‘qúb b. Layth by order of the Caliph al-Mu‘tadhid, and rejects the bribe offered to him by Ya‘qúb b. Layth, from fear of the day of Judgment. (This story occurs in the Siyásat-Náma in a slightly different version on pp. 16—17, and in this book also, pt. I, ch. VI, 383, see above p. 79).
f154a	”	1435	The reason of ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir the Ambidexter’s selling his favourite slave Sa‘d.
f154b	f211b	1436	Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’llah b. Ṭáhir, the ruler of Khurásán punishes Ayyúb Shádán, his court-physician, for his impudence, and ‘Alí b. Ḥasan Sha‘ri (?) the courtier’s intercession.
f155a	”	1437	The fate of Kámil, the notorious slave, and ‘Ayyásh the courtier’s piety and action against the evil, at the command of Ghálib b. ‘Abdu’llah, the Amír of Khurásán. (The last three anecdotes are probably taken from as-Sallámí’s Ta’ríkh-i-Wulát-i-Khurásán, see above p. 46, Par. 1).
f155b	f212a	1438	The Caliph al-Manṣúr’s intention to inspect the title-deeds of private property in Baṣra, and The Qádhí Ibnu’s-Sawwár’s grave warning as to the effect of the sighs of the oppressed.
f156a	”	1439	al-Manṣúr’s opinion about public and private rights.
”	”	1440	The silent complaint of the widow whose children were starving and the Caliph ‘Umar’s swift retribution and humble supplication. (Cf. N. S. N. pp. 128—9, see above, p. 82).
”	f212b	1441	The Sultan Maḥmúd of Ghazna’s earnest wish to pay a special visit to Khurásán in order to interview the saint Abu’l-Ḥasan of Kharaqán; and the blessing of the saint on the Sultán.
f156b	”	1442	The scruples of an ascetic who was making atonement for having picked up an apple without the permission of its three owners.
			The chapter ends with a eulogy on the Wazír.

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.

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
			Part II, Chapter XVIII = XLIII: On the Propriety of Silence and Speech.
f161a	f215a	1454	Introduction. The excellence of man over the animal kingdom owing to his power of speech, illustrated from the Verses of the Qur’án and the lines of al-Mutanabbí; and the superiority of silence to speech at times. A story taken from the old Hindú books about the weaver of brocades who exceedingly feared his own tongue, and the amazing experience of the robber who saved him from the punishment of death at the hands of the ruler, for whom the fine cloth of gold was being made.
f161b	f215b	1455	Buzurjmihr’s alternative choice of the best things which Providence can bestow on mankind: natural wisdom, or good breeding or good nature, failing these silence, otherwíse death. (Anec. repeated.)

D.	G.	Serial.	TITLES OF THE ANECDOTES.
f161b	f215b	1456	A young man’s clever appeal to Muḥammad b. ‘Abdu’l-Malik to redress the wrongs done to him by one of his governors.
f162a	”	1457	‘Iyás b. Mu‘áwiya’s retort to a Qádhí on his rash judgment and his subsequent emolument at the court of ‘Abdu’l-Malik.
”	”	1458	An anecdote illustrating how eloquence fails a needy person: Fadhl b. Rabí‘ in the days of his decline goes to Abú ‘Abbád, the favourite of al-Ma’mún, to ask his help and finds himself inarticulate.
”	”	1459	One of the captured horsemen of ‘Abdu’r-Raḥmán b. Ash‘ath laughs scornfully before the gibbet at the folly of his intercessor Zayd b. Aslam, the secretary of Ḥajjáj b. Yúsuf, and at the obdurateness of his master.
”	f216a	1460	A condemned partisan of al-Mukhtár asks Muṣ‘ab b. Zubayr to look at his beautiful face in the mirror, and begs him not to pollute it with the sin of assassination, and saves his life.
f162b	”	1461	A profligate youth of Baghdád in despondency thinks of suicide, a ferry-man dissuades him and wishes him good luck; the youth, by chance, enters the palace of Hárúnu’r-Rashíd uninvited, and when caught, tickles the fancy of the great Caliph, and obtains immense rewards.
f163a	”	1462	The experience of Ibráhím b. Adham, the Ṣúfí saint of Balkh, with the Syrian hermits, hence his taciturnity and his firm conviction, that ”Gnosis is nearer to Silence than to Speech”.
”	”	1463	A prince is brought to grief through neglecting the lesson of silence taught to him by his tutor.
”	f216b	1464	Fadhl b. Sahl invites his doom by spreading incautious and unwise statements about his efforts for the installation of al-Ma’mún, and by persuading al-Ma’mún to acknowledge the apostolical succession of ‘Alí b. Músá ar-Ridhá. (The Ta’ríkh-i-Khulafá-i-Baní’l-‘Abbás as the source, see above, p. 47—8).
f163b	”	1465	Aḥmad b. Yúsuf relates the story of al-Ma’mún’s machinations against Ibráhím (b. Mahdí, his uncle), on account of a heedless expression, and how Ibráhím saved himself by giving a satisfactory explanation. (Cf. T. F. S., pt. II, ch. viii, pp. 46—7).
			The chapter ends with a panegyric on the Wazír, the patron of the author.

See above p. 115 ll. 29—33. Since D. omits this chapter, while A. contains the first four chapters of Part II also, the text of this chapter is based on A., and parallel folio references to D. are given from A. as far it goes.

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