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Solomon, David and, i. 275.

Son, The History of King Azadbekht and his, i. 61.

Son and his Governor, Story of the Man of Khora.s.san, his, i. 218 Son, Story of King Ibrahim and his, i. 138.

Son, The Rich Man and his Wasteful, i. 252.

Sons, Story of King Suleiman Shah and his, i. 150.

Sons, The Merchant and his, i. 81.

Speedy Relief of G.o.d, Of the, i. 174.

Suleiman Shah and his Sons, Story of King, i. 150.

Tai, En Numan and the Arab of the Benou. i. 203.

Temam (Abou), Story of Ilan Shah and, i. 126.

Ten Viziers, The, i. 61 Tenth Officer's Story, The, ii. 172 Term, Of the Appointed, i. 147.

Thief, A Merry Jest of a, ii. 186.

Thiefs Story, The, ii. 165.

Thief and the Woman, The, i. 278 Things, The King who knew the Quintessence of, i. 239 Third Officer's Story, The, ii. 137.

Thirteenth Officer's Story, The, ii. 181.

Three Men and our Lord Jesus, The, i. 282.

Three Young Men, El Hejjaj and the, i. 53.

t.i.ther, The Unjust King and the, i. 273.

Trust in G.o.d, Of, 114.

Tuhfet el Culoub and Er Res.h.i.+d, ii. 203.

Twelfth Officer's Story, The, ii. I79.

Two Kings and the Vizier's Daughters, The, iii. 145

Unjust King and the t.i.ther, The, i. 272 Unlucky Merchant, The, i 73.

Uselessness of Endeavour against Persistent Ill Fortune, Of the, i. 70

Vizier, The King of Hind and his, ii. 105.

Vizier Er Rehwan, King Shah Bekht and his, i. 215.

Vizier's Daughters, The Two Kings and the, iii. 145, Viziers, Story of King Dadbin and his. i. 104.

Viziers, The Ten, i. 61.

Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, The Seventh, iii. 224.

Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, The Sixth, iii. 203.

Wasteful Son, The Rich Man and his, i. 252.

Weaver who became a Physician by his Wife's Commandment, The ii. 21.

Wife, The King and his Chamberlain's, ii. 53.

Wife, The Old Woman and the Draper's, ii. 55.

Wife, Firouz aad his, i. 209.

Wife, The Fuller and his, i. 261.

Wife and the Learned Man, Khelbes and his, i. 301.

Woman accused of Lewdness, The Pious, ii. 5.

Woman of the Barmecides, Haroun er Res.h.i.+d and the, i. 57.

Woman, The Thief and the, i. 278.

Woman (The Old) and the Draper's Wife, ii. 55.

Woman (The Old), the Merchant and the King, i. 265.

Women's Craft, ii. 287.

Young Men, El Hejjaj and the Three, i. 53.

Zubeideh, El Mamoun and, i. 199

The End.

Tales from the Arabic, Volume 3 Endnotes

[FN#1] Breslau Text, vol. xii. pp. 50-116, Nights dcccclviii-dcccclxv.

[FN#2] Babylon, according to the Muslims, is the head-quarters of sorcery and it is there that the two fallen angels, Harout and Marout, who are appointed to tempt mankind by teaching them the art of magic, are supposed to be confined.

[FN#3] i.e. "my lord," a t.i.tle generally prefixed to the names of saints. It is probable, therefore, that the boy was named after some saint or other, whose t.i.tle, as well as name, was somewhat ignorantly appropriated to him.

[FN#4] i.e. one and all?

[FN#5] i.e. a foretaste of h.e.l.l.

[FN#6] Lit. he loaded his sleeve with.

[FN#7] A mithcal is the same as a dinar, i.e. about ten s.h.i.+llings.

[FN#8] Masculine.

[FN#9] He was a noted debauchee, as well as the greatest poet of his day See my "Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night," Vol. IV. p. 205, and Vol. IX. p. 332.

[FN#10] See ante, Vol. II. p. 240. note.

[FN#11] Princess of the Fair.

[FN#12] i.e. Ye are welcome to.

[FN#13] i.e. the place in which those accused or convicted of crimes of violence were confined.

[FN#14] i.e. a youth slender and flexile as a bough.

[FN#15] i.e. sway gracefully. A swimming gait is the ideal of elegance to the Arab.

[FN#16] An Arab of Medina, proverbial for faithlessness.