# Tales from the Arabic/Volume 2

TALES FROM THE ARABIC.
CASHAN EDITION
Limited to One Thousand Copies
No. 958

## Contents

Printed Contents :
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
Breslau Text.
page
12.
KING SHAH BEKHT AND HIS VIZIER ER REHWAN (continued)
3
r.
STORY OF THE PIOUS WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEWDNESS
5
s.
STORY OF THE JOURNEYMAN AND THE GIRL
17
t.
STORY OF THE WEAVER WHO BECAME A PHYSICIAN BY HIS WIFE’S COMMANDMENT
21
u.
STORY OF THE TWO SHARPERS WHO CHEATED EACH HIS FELLOW
28
v.
STORY OF THE SHARPERS WITH THE MONEY-CHANGER AND THE ASS
41
w.
STORY OF THE SHARPER AND THE MERCHANTS
46
wa.
STORY OF THE HAWK AND THE LOCUST
50
x.
STORY OF THE KING AND HIS CHAMBERLAIN’S WIFE
53
xa.
STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DRAPER’S WIFE
55
y.
STORY OF THE FOUL-FAVOURED MAN AND HIS FAIR WIFE
61
z.
STORY OF THE KING WHO LOST KINGDOM AND WIFE AND WEALTH AND GOD RESTORED THEM TO HIM
66
aa.
STORY OF SELIM AND SELMA
81
bb.
STORY OF THE KING OF HIND AND HIS VIZIER
105
13.
EL MELIK EZ ZAHIR RUKNEDDIN BIBERS EL BUNDUCDARI AND THE SIXTEEN OFFICERS OF POLICE
117
a.
THE FIRST OFFICER’S STORY
122
b.
THE SECOND OFFICER’S STORY
134
c.
THE THIRD OFFICER’S STORY
137
d.
THE FOURTH OFFICER’S STORY
142
e.
THE FIFTH OFFICER’S STORY
144
f.
THE SIXTH OFFICER’S STORY
146
g.
THE SEVENTH OFFICER’S STORY
150
h.
THE EIGHTH OFFICER’S STORY
155
ha.
THE THIEF’S STORY
165
i.
THE NINTH OFFICER’S STORY
167
j.
THE TENTH OFFICER’S STORY
172
k.
THE ELEVENTH OFFICER’S STORY
175
l.
THE TWELFTH OFFICER’S STORY
179
m.
THE THIRTEENTH OFFICER’S STORY
181
n.
THE FOURTEENTH OFFICER’S STORY
183
na.
A MERRY JEST OF A THIEF
186
nb.
STORY OF THE OLD SHARPER
187
o.
THE FIFTEENTH OFFICER’S STORY
190
p.
THE SIXTEENTH OFFICER’S STORY
193
14.
ABDALLAH BEN NAFI AND THE KING’S SON OF CASHGHAR
195
a.
STORY OF THE DAMSEL TUHFET EL CULOUB AND THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID
203
Calcutta (1814–18) Text.
15.
WOMEN’S CRAFT
287 :
Note: The nesting below tries to follow the actual structure of the stories, it doesn't match exactly the Contents in the printed book. (Wikisource contributor note)
Breslau Text
* King Shah Bekht and His Vizier Er Rehwan (continued)
** Story of the Pious Woman Accused of Lewdness
** Story of the Journeyman and the Girl
** Story of the Weaver Who Became a Physician by His Wife’s Commandment
** Story of the Two Sharpers Who Cheated Each His Fellow
** Story of the Sharpers with the Money-Changer and the Ass
** Story of the Sharper and the MerchantsStory of the Hawk and the Locust
** Story of the King and His Chamberlain’s WifeStory of the Old Woman and the Draper’s Wife
** Story of the Foul-Favoured Man and His Fair Wife
** Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and God Restored Them to Him
** Story of Selim and Selma
** Story of the King of Hind and His Vizier
* El Melik ez Zahir Rukneddin Bibers el Bunducdari and the Sixteen Officers of PoliceThe First Officer’s StoryThe Second Officer’s StoryThe Third Officer’s StoryThe Fourth Officer’s StoryThe Fifth Officer’s StoryThe Sixth Officer’s StoryThe Seventh Officer’s StoryThe Eighth Officer’s StoryThe Thief’s StoryThe Ninth Officer’s StoryThe Tenth Officer’s StoryThe Eleventh Officer’s StoryThe Twelfth Officer’s StoryThe Thirteenth Officer’s StoryThe Fourteenth Officer’s StoryA Merry Jest of a ThiefStory of the Old SharperThe Fifteenth Officer’s StoryThe Sixteenth Officer’s Story
* Abdallah Ben Nafi and the King’s Son of CashgharStory of the Damsel Tuhfet el Culoub and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid
Calcutta (1814–8) Text. #Women’s Craft
* ↑ There is another fragment with the same title in Volume 3. (Wikisource contributor note)
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