# Tales from the Arabic/Volume 1

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

## Contents

Printed Contents :
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
Breslau Text.
page
1.
ASLEEP AND AWAKE
5
a.
STORY OF THE LACKPENNY AND THE COOK
9
2.
THE KHALIF OMAR BEN ABDULAZIZ AND THE POETS
45
3.
EL HEJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN
53
4.
HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES
57
5.
THE TEN VIZIERS; OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBEKHT AND HIS SON
61
a.
OF THE USELESSNESS OF ENDEAVOUR AGAINST PERSISTENT ILL FORTUNE
70
aa.
STORY OF THE UNLUCKY MERCHANT
73
b.
OF LOOKING TO THE ISSUES OF AFFAIRS
80
bb.
STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND HIS SONS
81
c.
OF THE ADVANTAGES OF PATIENCE
89
cc.
STORY OF ABOU SABIR
90
d.
OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF PRECIPITATION
98
dd.
STORY OF PRINCE BIHZAD
99
e.
OF THE ISSUES OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTIONS
103
ee.
STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS VIZIERS
104
f.
OF TRUST IN GOD
114
ff.
STORY OF KING BEKHTZEMAN
115
g.
OF CLEMENCY
120
gg.
STORY OF KING BIHKERD
121
h.
OF ENVY AND MALICE
125
hh.
STORY OF ILAN SHAH AND ABOU TEMAM
126
i.
OF DESTINY OR THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEAD
136
ii.
STORY OF KING IBRAHIM AND HIS SON
138
j.
OF THE APPOINTED TERM, WHICH, IF IT BE ADVANCED, MAY NOT BE DEFERRED AND IF IT BE DEFERRED, MAY NOT BE ADVANCED
147
jj.
STORY OF KING SULEIMAN SHAH AND HIS SONS
150
k.
OF THE SPEEDY RELIEF OF GOD
174
kk.
STORY OF THE PRISONER AND HOW GOD GAVE HIM RELIEF
174
6.
JAAFER BEN YEHYA AND ABDULMELIK BEN SALIH THE ABBASIDE
183
7.
ER RESHID AND THE BARMECIDES
189
8.
IBN ES SEMMAK AND ER RESHID
195
9.
EL MAMOUN AND ZUBEIDEH
199
10.
EN NUMAN AND THE ARAB OF THE BENOU TAI
203
11.
FIROUZ AND HIS WIFE
209
12.
KING SHAH BEKHT AND HIS VIZIER ER REHWAN
215
a.
STORY OF THE MAN OF KHORASSAN, HIS SON AND HIS GOVERNOR
218
b.
STORY OF THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST
229
c.
STORY OF THE KING WHO KNEW THE QUINTESSENCE OF THINGS
239
d.
STORY OF THE RICH MAN WHO GAVE HIS FAIR DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE TO THE POOR OLD MAN
247
e.
STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND HIS WASTEFUL SON
252
f.
THE KING’S SON WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PICTURE
256
g.
STORY OF THE FULLER AND HIS WIFE
261
h.
STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN, THE MERCHANT AND THE KING
265
i.
STORY OF THE CREDULOUS HUSBAND
270
j.
STORY OF THE UNJUST KING AND THE TITHER
273
jj.
STORY OF DAVID AND SOLOMON
275
k.
STORY OF THE THIEF AND THE WOMAN
278
l.
STORY OF THE THREE MEN AND OUR LORD JESUS
282
ll.
THE DISCIPLE’S STORY
283
m.
STORY OF THE DETHRONED KING WHOSE KINGDOM AND GOOD WERE RESTORED TO HIM
285
n.
STORY OF THE MAN WHOSE CAUTION WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH
291
o.
STORY OF THE MAN WHO WAS LAVISH OF HIS HOUSE AND HIS VICTUAL TO ONE WHOM HE KNEW NOT
293
p.
STORY OF THE IDIOT AND THE SHARPER
298
q.
STORY OF KHELBES AND HIS WIFE AND THE LEARNED MAN
301 :
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
* Asleep and AwakeStory of the Lackpenny and the Cook
* The Khalif Omar Ben Abdulaziz and the Poets
* El Hejjaj and the Three Young Men
* Haroun er Reshid and the Woman of the Barmecides
* The Ten Viziers; or the History of King Azadbekht and His Son Of the Uselessness of Endeavour Against Persistent Ill Fortune Of Looking to the Issues of Affairs Of the Advantages of Patience Of the Ill Effects of Precipitation Of the Issues of Good and Evil Actions Of Trust in God Of Clemency Of Envy and Malice Of Destiny or That Which Is Written on the Forehead Of the Appointed Term, Which, If It Be Advanced, May Not Be Deferred and If It Be Deferred, May Not Be Advanced Of the Speedy Relief of God
** Story of the Unlucky Merchant
** Story of the Merchant and His Sons
** Story of Abou Sabir
** Story of Prince Bihzad
** Story of King Dadbin and His Viziers
** Story of King Bekhtzeman
** Story of King Bihkerd
** Story of Ilan Shah and Abou Temam
** Story of King Ibrahim and His Son
** Story of King Suleiman Shah and His Sons
** Story of the Prisoner and How God Gave Him Relief
* Jaafer Ben Yehya and Abdulmelik Ben Salih the Abbaside
* Er Reshid and the Barmecides
* Ibn es Semmak and Er Reshid
* El Mamoun and Zubeideh
* En Numan and the Arab of the Benou Tai
* Firouz and His Wife
* King Shah Bekht and His Vizier Er Rehwan
** Story of the Man of Khorassan, His Son and His Governor
** Story of the Singer and the Druggist
** Story of the King Who Knew the Quintessence of Things
** Story of the Rich Man Who Gave His Fair Daughter in Marriage to the Poor Old Man
** Story of the Rich Man and His Wasteful Son
** The King’s Son Who Fell in Love with the Picture
** Story of the Fuller and His Wife
** Story of the Old Woman, the Merchant and the King
** Story of the Credulous Husband
** Story of the Unjust King and the TitherStory of David and Solomon
** Story of the Thief and the Woman
** Story of the Three Men and Our Lord JesusThe Disciple’s Story
** Story of the Dethroned King Whose Kingdom and Good Were Restored to Him
** Story of the Man Whose Caution Was the Cause of His Death
** Story of the Man Who Was Lavish of His House and His Victual to One Whom He Knew Not
** Story of the Idiot and the Sharper
** Story of Khelbes and His Wife and the Learned Man
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