The Bakhtyar Nama: A Persian RomanceW. Burns, printer] Priv. print., 1883 - 232 pages |
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... Irāk and her adventures with the King of Abyssinia , which , if your Majesty permit , I shall briefly relate . " - Having obtained permission , he began the story as follows : STORY OF THE KING OF ABYSSINIA , SHOWING THE ARTIFICE OF ...
... Irāk and her adventures with the King of Abyssinia , which , if your Majesty permit , I shall briefly relate . " - Having obtained permission , he began the story as follows : STORY OF THE KING OF ABYSSINIA , SHOWING THE ARTIFICE OF ...
Page 75
... Irak , soliciting his daughter in marriage . In con- sequence of this advice , some able and discreet per- sons were despatched as ambassadors to ' Irāk . On their arrival in that country , the King received them courteously ; but when ...
... Irak , soliciting his daughter in marriage . In con- sequence of this advice , some able and discreet per- sons were despatched as ambassadors to ' Irāk . On their arrival in that country , the King received them courteously ; but when ...
Page 76
... Irāk , and lay that country waste , unless his de- mands were complied with . In consequence of this resolution , he ordered the doors of his treasury to be thrown open , and caused so much money to be distributed among the soldiers ...
... Irāk , and lay that country waste , unless his de- mands were complied with . In consequence of this resolution , he ordered the doors of his treasury to be thrown open , and caused so much money to be distributed among the soldiers ...
Page 77
... Irāk had some years before given his daughter in marriage to another man , by whom she had a son ; and this boy was now grown up , and accomplished in all sciences , and such a favourite with the King of ' Irāk , that he would never ...
... Irāk had some years before given his daughter in marriage to another man , by whom she had a son ; and this boy was now grown up , and accomplished in all sciences , and such a favourite with the King of ' Irāk , that he would never ...
Page 78
... Irak's court . The man inquired the name of the boy , which was Farrukhzād , and , disguised as a merchant , set out immediately for ' Irāk . Having arrived there , he presented various offerings to the King ; and one day found an ...
... Irak's court . The man inquired the name of the boy , which was Farrukhzād , and , disguised as a merchant , set out immediately for ' Irāk . Having arrived there , he presented various offerings to the King ; and one day found an ...
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Abraha Abū Saber Abū Temām Abyssinia accordingly accused Aleppo ambassadors appear Arabian Nights Arabian text Arabic astrology attendants Āzādbakht back to prison Bakht Bakhtyar Basra beauty Bihzād boys brought camel Cazotte Cazotte's century chief consent damsel daughter of Kāmgār death declared desert desired dihkan Eastern English execution eyes Farrukhsuwar father favours Gesta Romanorum Habicht's happened harem History immediately innocence inquired Irāk jeweller journey Kaisar Kārdār King of Persia King of Yemen King ordered Kur'an lacs of dinars lady Lescallier lithographed text Majesty manuscript Merchant monarch Muslim Ouseley's palace patience pearls person prayer present Prince Princess punishment Queen rendering replied resolved returned robbers romance royal Rūm Rūzbih Sa'di says seized sent servants Sindibād Sipahsālār slave story Sultan summer-house Syntipas Syriac Talmud thee thou throne tion told translation treasures Turki version village Vizier wife William Ouseley wine young youth Zangībār
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Page 202 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 225 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page xl - The Bakhtyar Nameh, or Story of Prince Bakhtyar and the Ten Viziers. A series of Persian Tales.
Page 229 - Then said Saul to his servant, But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man ? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God : what have we...
Page 152 - that prayer carries us half-way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms procure us admission.
Page 174 - Some exceptions, that can neither be dissembled nor eluded, render this mode of reasoning as indiscreet as it is superfluous: the kingdom of Yemen has been successively subdued by the Abyssinians, the Persians, the Sultans of...
Page 149 - Ahaseurus takes his signet off his hand, and gives it first to Haman, and again to Mordecai : and Herodotus notices that each of the Babylonians wore a seal-ring. The Greeks and Romans had their rings curiously engraved with devices, and that cast by Polycrates into the sea was the work of an engraver whose name the historian has not thought unworthy of commemoration.
Page xvii - A poet went to the chief of a band of robbers and recited a panegyric upon him. He commanded them to strip off his clothes and turn him out of the village. The dogs, too, attacked him in the rear. He wanted to take up a stone, but the ground was frozen. Unable to do anything, he said, " What a villainous set are these, who have untied their dogs and tied up the stones." The chieftain heard this from a window, and said with a laugh, " Philosopher ! ask a boon of me.
Page 228 - It is counted uncivil to visit in this country without an offering in hand. All great men expect it as a kind of tribute due to their character and authority ; and look upon themselves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when this compliment is omitted.
Page 138 - ... one to consult, let him return to his wife, and consult her; and whatever she advises him to do, let him do the contrary : so shall he proceed rightly in his affair, and attain his object."03...