= a non-Moslem, 460.
Padding introduced to fill up the “Night,” 460.
Payne quoted, 55, 69.
Pear-tree, not found in Badawi-land, 117.
Pennyroyal (here mere “shot”; the orig. has “Baítharán”), 458.
Perspired in her petticoat trowsers (a physical sign of delight in
beauty, usually attributed to old women), 142.
Pertinence (in couplets) not a _sine quâ non_ amongst Arabs, 135.
Pigeon blood, used to resemble the results of a bursten hymen, 29.
Pilgrimage quoted, 43, 180, 214.
Practical joking, a dangerous form of fun, as much affected by
Egyptians as Hibernians, 455.
Precious stones, Arab, superstitions concerning, 130.
Pretext for murdering an enemy to his faith (Jewish), an idea prevalent
in Eastern world, utterly wrong, 214.
“Pretty Fanny’s ways” amongst Moslems, 85.
Priah = tearing the foreskin (second operation of circumcision), 217.
Prison had seven doors (to indicate its formidable strength), 233.
Prisoners expected to feed themselves in Moslem lands, 338.
Public gaol = here the Head Policeman’s house. In mod. times it is part
of the wall in Governor’s palace, 337.
Raas Sukkar = Loaf-sugar, 352.
Radáh (a form of “Rádih”) = “the large-hipped,” 198.
Radíf or back-rider, common in Arabia, 162.
Rádih, a P.N. (ST.), 161.
Rafaka (and “Zafaka”) = took their pleasure, 282.
Ra’ís (_fem._ Ra’ísah) the captain, the skipper (not the owner), 22.
Raisins, an efficacious “pick-me-up,” 51.
Rajul ikhtiyár, _tr._ “a man of a certain age” (polite term for old
man), 402.
Rajul khuzari (_Arab._) = a green-meat man (_tr._ “costermonger”), 291.
Rajul Khwájá = Gentleman, 254.
“Rákiba-há”; the technical term for demoniac possession, 326.
Ramaha bi-h = bolted, 382.
Rankah or “Ranakah” prob. for “Raunakah,” which usually means
“troubled” (speaking of water) (ST.), 66.
Ram’s mutton preferred in wilder tribes of the East, because it gives
the teeth more to do, 299.
Rashákah, Al- (_Arab._), a word not found in common lexicons, said to
be a fork with three prongs, here probably a hat stand (_tr._ “peg”)
(ST.), 244.
Revetment of old wells in Arabia, mostly of dry masonry, 132.
Rent his robes (usually a sign of quiet, here a mark of strong
excitement), 71.
Rheumatism, a common complaint in even the hottest climates, 160.
Ríh = Wind, gust (of temper), pride, rage, 58.
Rodwell quoted, 42, 48.
“Rose up and sat down,” a sign of agitation, 328.
Russians (Asiatics have a very contemptible opinion of the), 119.
Sá’ah = the German _Stunde_, our old “Stound” (meaning to Moslems the
spaces between prayer times), 151.
“Sabbal ’alayhim (for ’alayhinna, the usual masc. _pro fem._)
Al-Sattár” (_Arab._) = _lit._ “the Veiler let down a curtain upon
them,” 276.
Sabt = Sabbath, Saturday, 228, 324.
Sádah (Al-) wa al-Khatáyát _tr._ “various colors both plain and
striped,” 223.
“Sáhib al-Hayát” = astronomer (may also = a physiognomist), 289.
Sahl, _meaning_ “the easy-tempered” (Scott writes “Sohul”), 138.
Sahríj = Cistern, 5.
Sakf (flat roof), must have a parapet (a Jewish precaution neglected by
Al-Islam), 219.
Sakhtúr (_Arab._) for “Shakhtúr” _tr._ “batel,” 163.
Sakk (_pl._ “Sikák” and “Sukúk”) = “nail” (ST.), 380.
Salaku-hu wa nashalú-hu = “they scored it,” 395.
Salkh (_Arab._) = flay (meaning also a peculiar form of circumcision),
214.
Salt rubbed on wounds to staunch the blood, 97.
Samár (_Arab._) from _Pers._ “Sumar” = a reed, a rush, 226.
Samm Sá’ah (in text), _tr._ “poison of the hour,” 352.
Sammán = quail, 151.
Sapídaj (corresponding with “Isfidaj”), _tr._ “ceruse” or white lead,
130.
Sára la-hu Shanán, _tr._ “In his new degree he was feared,” 472.
—— (Steingass reads “Thániyan” = and he became second to him (the
Sultan), _i.e._, his alter ego), 472.
Sára yuráshí-h, _tr._ “kindness and liberality,” 473.
—— “Yuráshí” and “Yuráshú” are the 6th form of “rashá, yarshú” = he
bestowed a gift (principally for the sake of bribery), he treated
kindly (ST.), 473.
Sar’a’l-Lijám, _tr._ “bridle thongs,” 385.
“Sárayah” (for “Saráyah,” Serai, Government House), _tr._ “Palace,” 6.
Sardáb = a souterrain, 117.
Sarmújah (_Arab._) from _Pers._ “Sar-múzah,” a kind of hose or gaiter
worn over a boot (ST.), 217.
Sarmújah (_Arab._) = sandals, slippers, etc., 442.
Sarsarah (cler. error for “Akhaza (?) surratan”) = he took a purse,
412.
—— Sarra Surrah (Surratan) = he tied up a purse (ST.), 412.
Sawábi (a regularly formed broken plural of a singular “Sábi’” = the
pointing one) (ST.), 419.
Sayf kunúzí = a talismanic scymitar (_tr._ “magical sword”), 426.
Sayfu (Al-) w’-al Kalanj = scymitar and dagger, 381.
Sayyid (descendant of Hasan) and the Sharíf (der. from Husayn) =
difference between, 39.
Scott quoted, 3, 17, 21, 22, _ib._ 24, 30, 36, 39, 44, 50, 63, 65, 105,
114, 116, 119, 120, 123, 125, 138, 153, 184, 210, 213, 214, 227,
231, 253, 263, 273, 321, 335, 347, 357, 465.
Sentiment, morbid and unmasculine French, contrasted with the healthy
and manly tone of the Nights, 267.
Seven ages of womankind, 56.
Sha’abán (his face gladdening as the crescent moon of), 142.
Shabaytar = the Shuhrúr (in MS. Suhrúr) = a blackbird, 151.
—— also called “Samaytar” and “Abu al-Ayzar” = the father of the brisk
one (a long-necked bird like heron) (ST.), 151.
Sháhbandar = King of the port, a harbour-master, 254.
Shá’il, copyist’s error for “Shághil,” act. part of Shughl = business
affairs, 245.
—— Here probably for the fuller “Shughl shághil” = an urgent business,
(ST.), 245.
Shakhat, or modern word, _tr._ here “revile” (ST.), 3.
Shakhs = carven image, 30.
Shakk (_Arab._) = splitting or quartering, 96.
Shaklaba, here = “shakala” = he weighed out (money), he had to do with
a woman (_tr._ “tumbled”), 291.
Shalabí = a dandy, a macaroni (from the Turk. Chelebi), 243.
Shame (uncovered my), in this instance “head and face,” 329.
Shásh = a small compact white turband, and distinctive sign of the true
Believer, 143.
Shashmah (from _Pers._ “Chashmah” = a fountain) _tr._ “privies,” 458.
Shatárah, signifying vileness and rashness (ST.), 220.
Shawwara binta-hu = he gave a marriage outfit to his daughter (ST.),
28.
Shaykh of Islam, 317.
Shi’ah doctrine, 178.
Ship’s crew ran on shore on their own business immediately the vessel
cast anchor, 475.
Shooting shafts and firing bullets at the butt, practised by Easterns
on horseback, 421.
“Shuhrúr al-kanísah” = the blackbird of the Church (Christians in Syria
call St. Paul, on account of his eloquence), (ST.), 151.
Shúwár (_Arab._) = trousseau (ST.), 28.
Signet-ring made of carnelian, 52.
Signet-ring of kingship (important sign of sovereignty), 112.
Sikkah (_pl._ Sikak) = (amongst other meanings) “an iron post or stake”
(ST.), 380.
Simá’a _lit._ hearing, applied idiomatically to the ecstasy of
Darwayshes when listening to esoteric poetry, 151.
Sín, Al- (in text) = China (here “Al-Sind”), 194.
“Sind revisited” quoted, 3.
Sind (so-called from Sindhu, the Indus, _Pers._ “Sindáb”), 3.
“Sirru ’l-iláhi,” _i.e._, the soul which is “divinæ particula auræ”
(_tr._ “Divine mystery”), 466.
Sirt’anta = thou hast become (for Sirtu ana = I have become), 86.
“Sitt-há” (_Arab._), _tr._ “Mistress” (Mauritanians prefers “Sídah” and
Arabian Arabs “Kabírah” = the first lady, _Madame Mère_), 364.
Slaves, when useless, made to “walk a plank” or tossed into the sea,
405.
“Sleep with both feet in one stocking” (Irish saying for “Have a care
of thyself”), 442.
Smoking and coffee, 236.
“Solaced himself by gazing upon the trees and waters,” a feeling well
known to the traveller, 390.
Spreading (the mats, mattresses, rugs, etc., of well-to-do Eastern
lodging), 233.
“Stick wherewith he tapped and drew lines in absent fashion on the
ground,” 10.
Stomach has two mouths, œsophagic above and pyloric below, 52.
Stone tied in kerchief or rag, weapon for fighting, 350.
Story-telling, servile work, 34.
St. Paul, called by the Christians in Syria “Shuhrúr al-Kanísah,” the
blackbird of the Church (on account of his eloquence) (ST.), 151.
“Subaudi” = “that hath not been pierced” (a virgin), 223.
Sugar (Europe-made white) avoided by Moslems as unlawful, 352.
Sugar (Sukkar), 352.
Sujjádah, _tr._ “prayer-rug,” 225.
Sukkar (from _Pers._ “Shakkar,” whence Lat. Saccharum), the generic
term, 352.
Sunnah = the practice, etc., of the Prophet, 193.
Supernatural agency makes the most satisfactory version of tale, 118.
Surúr = Joy, contentment, 200.
Su’ubán (_Arab._) = cockatrice (_tr._ “Basilisk”), 427.
Syria, city of (“the stubbornest of places and the feeblest of races”),
41.
“Syrian and three women of Cairo” (Variants), 273.
Ta’ayyun = influence (especially by the “’Ayn” (evil) Eye), _tr._
“fascinate,” 166.
Taawíl = the commentary or explanation of Moslem Holy Writ, 43.
Tabíb, Al- = the scientific practitioner (in pop. parlance), 326.
Tá-Há = the Koranic chapter No. XX. revealed at Meccah, 180.
“Tahlíl” = making word or deed canonically lawful, 43.
Tahrím = rendering any action “harám” or unlawful, 43.
Taí, Al- (relative adjective of irregular formation), 46.
Tá’il al-Wasf = “Drawer-out of Descriptions,” 185.
Tajrís, rendered by a circumlocution “Bell,” 337.
Takbír and Tahlíl, _i.e._, Crying the war-cry, “Alláho Akbar” = “God is
most Great,” and “Lá iláha illa ’llah” the refrain of Unity, 403.
Takhsa-u, _tr._ “baffled,” a curious word of venerable age (ST.), 44.
Takht Raml = table of sand, geomantic table, 153.
Tale of Simpleton Husband (W. M. Version), 116.
Tanzíl = coming down, revelation of the Koran, 43.
Tarajjama = he deprecated, 12.
Tartara (_Arab._), _tr._ “perked up” (prob. an emphatic reduplication
of Tarra = “sprouting, pushing forward),” 443.
Tasawwuf (mystic fraternity of), 426.
Tasht = “basin” (the consonantic outline being the same as of
“tashshat” = she was raining, sprinkling) a possible pun, (ST.),
147.
Tastaghís (_Arab._) = _lit._ crying out “Wa Ghausáh!”—“Ho to my aid”
(_tr._ “Help! Help!”), 157.
Tauhán al-Husán, _tr._ “lost in the waste,” 409.
Tawánís (instead of “Tawánis,” _pl._ of Taunas), _tr._ “Cordage” (ST.),
133.
Tayhál (_pl._ “Tawáhil”) for the usual “Tihál” = spleen (ST.), 53.
Tayyibah = the good, sweet or lawful, 43.
Tazaghzagha, _gen._ = he spoke hesitatingly, he scoffed (_tr._ “waxed
wroth,”) 106.
“Tazaghghara fíhi” (rendered pop.) “he pitched into him” (ST.), 106.
Tazarghít (error for “Zaghrítah”) = the cry of joy, 429.
—— (numerous forms of) (ST.), 430.
“Ten camel loads” about a ton, at the smallest computation of 200 lbs.
to each beast, 395.
Ter-il-bas (Tayr Táús?), a kind of peacock, made to determine elections
by alighting on the head of a candidate, 26, 27. (Old Translation.)
Time, division of, in China and Japan, 90.
“Tirrea Bede” (Night 655) note concerning, 119.
Tisht (a basin for the ewer), _tr._ “tray,” 428.
Thakálah (_Arab._) = heaviness, dulness, stupidity (_tr._ “horseplay”),
457.
“Them” for “her” (often occurrence of), 178.
This matter is not far to us = “is not beyond our reach,” 311.
“Thou hast been absent overlong,” a kindly phrase pop. addressed to the
returning traveller, 444.
“Thy rose-hued cheek showeth writ new-writ,” _i.e._, the growing beard
and whisker is compared with black letters on a white ground, 148.
T Kh DH (= takhuz-hu, according to author); may be either 2nd or 8th
form of “ahad,” in the sense that “thou comest to an agreement
(Ittihád) with him,” 189.
Tuhál or Tihál (_Arab._) in text “Tayhál,” _tr._ “spleen,” 53.
Turtúr = the Badawi’s bonnet, 255.
Tutty, in low Lat. “Tutia” prob. from _Pers._ “Tutiyah” = protoxide of
zinc, 352.
Unsak (_Arab._), an expression used when drinking one’s health (_tr._
“Thy favour”) (ST.), 458.
’Urrah (_Arab._) = dung, 75.
Usburú = be ye patient, 83.
“Verily great is their craft” (Koranic quotation from “Joseph”), 294.
Violation of the Harem (son “having” his father’s wives), very common
in Egypt, 441.
Vows of Pious Moslems, 234.
“Wa Ghausáh!” = “Ho, to my aid,” 157.
“—— inní la-ar’ákum wa ar’à widáda-kum,” etc., _tr._ “And I make much
of you and your love,” etc. (ST.), 172.
—— Kulli Tárik = night-traveller, magician, morning-star, 378.
“—— lá huwa, ashamná min-ka talkas (read “talkash”) ’alà Harimi-ná,”
_tr._ “that thou wouldst strive to seduce our Harím” (or “that thou
hadst an itching after our Harím”) (ST.), 285.
“—— lásh: Murádí bas ism al-Madinah” (_Arab._) = For nothing: my only
want is the city’s name, 402.
“—— lau anunahá li ’l-Mushrikín,” etc., lines which have occurred
before, 55.
“—— min-hum man fáha,” evidently an error of the scribe for “Man
nafá-hu,” 114.
—— Nikáh = conjugal intercourse, 153.
“Wa sába’l-dár wa Zaujatu-hu mutawaṣṣín bi-há,” _tr._ “the house
prospered, for the master and the dame had charge of it,” 420.
—— Steingass explains the plural “Mutawaṣṣín,” by supposing “Sáb
al-Dár” is blunder for “Sáhibu ’l-Dár” and translates “the master of
the house and his wife took charge of her (the nurse) during the
days of suckling,” 420.
“—— Sawábi ’hu (Asábi ’a-hu?) fí hanaki-h” _tr._ “his fingers in his
mouth and sucking thereat,” 419.
—— Talattuf Alfázak wa ma’áník al-hisán = and for the pleasingness of
thy sayings and meanings so fine and fair (ST.), 146.
“—— zand mujauhar fí-hi Asáwir,” etc., may mean “and a fore-arm (became
manifest) ornamented with jewels, on which were bracelets of red
gold” (ST.), 86–7.
Waka’h (_Arab._) = an affair (of fight), 403.
Wakálah = inn (_tr._ “Caravanserai”), 455.
“——” or caravanserai, 273.
Walad al-Hayáh (for “Hayát”) _tr._ “Thou make him a child of life,”
_i.e._, let him be long-lived, 378.
Wasayah (prob. cler. error for “wa Miah”—spelt “máyah”—and a hundred
pair of pigeons) (ST.), 217.
Weapons taken from Easterns when embarking as passengers, ticketed and
placed in safe cabin, 403.
Well, Angels choking up a, 332.
Well, filled in over the intruding “villain” of the piece, 332.
“Whose van was not known from its rear” = “both could not be seen at
the same time,” 189.
“—— weal Allah increase,” well nigh sole equiv. amongst Moslems of our
“thank you,” 325.
Wife (exalting the character of) whilst the Mistress is a mere shadow
(kind of tale not unfrequent amongst Moslems), 335.
Wiják = a stove, a portable hearth (_tr._ “a brazier”), 110.
Without a vein swelling, _i.e._, so drunk that his circulation had
apparently stopped, 276.
“With the tongue of the case” = words suggested by the circumstance, 9.
Wizzatayn = geese, 357.
Woman, fulfilling the desires of, fatal to love, when she revolts
against any reduction of it, 91.
“Womankind, Allah kill all” (note by Dr. Steingass), 304.
“Written,” either on the Preserved Tablet or on the Sutures of the
Skull, 398.
Yá ’Ars, yá Mu’arras = O pimp, O pander, 246.
Ya Ghárati a-zay má huná Rájil = O, the shame of me! however, O my
Lord, can there be here a man? 247.
—— Dr. Steingass explains and translates, 247.
Yahya (according to Scott “Yiah”), 153.
Yá = í and Mím = m, composing the word “Ibrahím,” 203.
Yá’llah, _i.e._, “By Allah,” meaning “Be quick!” 325.
“Yállah, Yállah,” gen. meaning “Look sharp” (here syn. with “Allah!
Allah!” = “I conjure thee by God”), 302.
Yaman, Al-, people of, are still deep in the Sotadic Zone and practice,
42.
Yarjú (presumably error for “Yarja’u”), _tr._ “retracing their steps,”
382.
—— (may be error for “Yajrú”) (ST.), 382.
“Yá Sín” = “The Heart of the Koran,” 94.
Yastanít (_Arab._), aor. to the pretext “istanat” (ST.), 218.
Yastanit = he listened attentively (_tr._ “he firmly believed”) (ST.),
432.
“Yasta’ amilúna al-Mrd” (_tr._ “their noblest make womanly use of
Murd”)—may also have a number of meanings, 42.
Yá Sultán-am = “O my chief,” 312.
Yatama’ash min-hu, _tr._ “wherewith he might nourish himself,” 472.
—— a denominative of the 5th form of “Ma’ásh” = livelihood (ST.), 473.
Yathrib = Al-Madinah, 183.
Yathrib, the classical name Ἰατρίππα (one of the titles of “Madínat
al-Nabi,” City of the Prophet), 43.
Yá Wárid = “O farer to the fountain,” 148.
Yazghaz-há fí Shikkati-ha = verb being prob. a cler. error for
“Yazaghzagh” from ✓ “Zaghzagha” = he opened a skin bag (_tr._
“thrusting and foining at her cleft”), 267.
Young man, being grown up, would not live in his father’s house, 442.
Youth worn out by genial labours of the (marriage) night, but bride
made the merrier and livelier (a neat touch of realism), 429.
Yúzbáshí, in text “Uzbáshá” or “úzbáshá” = head of a hundred (men)
centurion, captain, 243.
“Zad Yakún Z R H ahad fí Mál jazíl, etc.” (error in MS. explained.)
(ST.), 72.
Zahrat = a blossom especially yellow, commonly applied to
orange-flower, 201.
Zahrat al-Hayy, _i.e._, “Bloom of the Tribe,” 201.
“Zakarayn Wizz (ganders) simán,” _tr._ “a pair of fatted ganders,” 357.
Zamaku-há, _tr._ “arabesque’d,” 133.
Zakka (meaning primarily “a bird feeding her young”), _tr._
“largessed,” 182.
Zarb al-Aklám = caligraphy, 376.
—— ——, _tr._ “penmanship,” 432.
—— al-Fál = casting lots for presage (_tr._ “prognostic,)” 374.
“Zardiyá” (for Zaradiyyah = a small mail coat, a light helmet), _tr._
“a haubergeon,” 58.
“Zug” or draught which gave him rheumatism (_tr._ “the air smote me,”)
157.
Zuhà, Al- (= undurn-hour, or before noon) and Maghrib (= set of sun)
become Al-Ghaylah (= Siesta time) and Ghaybat al-Shams, in Badawi
speech, 151.
Appendix
Appendix I.
_CATALOGUE OF WORTLEY MONTAGUE MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS._
I here proceed to offer a list of the tales in the Wortley Montague MS.
(Nos. 550–556), beginning with
VOL. I.,
which contains 472 pages = 92 Nights. It is rudely written, with great
carelessness and frequent corrections, and there is a noted improvement
in the subsequent vols. which Scott would attribute to another
transcriber. This, however, I doubt: in vol. i. the scribe does not seem
to have settled down to his work. The MS. begins abruptly and without
caligraphic decoration; nor is there any red ink in vol. i. except for
the terminal three words. The topothesia is in the land of Sásán, in the
Isles of Al-Hind and Al-Sind; the elder King being called “Báz” and
“Shár-báz” and the younger “Kahramán” (p. 1, ll. 5–6), and in the same
page (l. 10) “Saharbán, King of Samarkand”; while the Wazir’s daughters
are “Shahrzádah” and “Dunyázádah” (p. 8). The Introduction is like that
of the Mac. Edit. (my text); but the dialogue between the Wazir and his
Daughter is shortened, and the “Tale of the Merchant and his Wife,”
including “The Bull and the Ass,” is omitted. Of novelties we find few.
When speaking of the Queen and Mas’úd the Negro (called Sa’id in my
text, p. 6) the author remarks:—
Take no black to lover; pure musk tho’ he be ✿ Carrion-taint shall
pierce to the nose of thee.
And in the “Tale of the Trader and the Jinni” (MS. 1, 9: see my transl.
1, 25) the ’Ifrit complains that the Merchant had thrown the date-stones
without exclaiming “Dastúr!”—by thy leave.
The following is a list of the Tales in vol. i.:—
PAGE.
Introductory Chapter 1–9
Tale of the Trader and the Jinni, Night i.–ii. 9
The First Shaykh’s Story, Night ii. 14
The Second Shaykh’s Story, Night ii. 23
The Third Shaykh’s Story, Night iv. 34
Scott, following “Oriental Collections,” ii. 34, supposes that the
latter was omitted by M. Galland “on account of its indecency, it being
a very free detail of the amours of an unfaithful wife.” The true cause
was that it did not exist in Galland’s Copy of The Nights (Zotenberg,
Histoire d’ ’Alâ al-Dîn, p. 37). Scott adds, “In this copy the Genie
restores the Antelope, the Dogs and the Mule to their pristine forms,
which is not mentioned by Galland, on their swearing to lead virtuous
lives.”
PAGE.
Conclusion of the Trader and the Jinni, Night v. 43
The Fisherman and the Jinni, including the Tales of the Sage Dúbán
and the ensorcelled Prince and omitting the Stories (1) of King
Sindibád and his Falcon (2) the Husband and the Parrot and (3)
the Prince and the Ogress: 44
The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad, Night v. 100
The First Kalandar’s Tale, Night xxxix. 144
The Second Kalandar’s Tale, Night xlviii. 152
(_The beginning of this Tale is wanting in the MS. which omits p. 151:
also The Envier and the Envied, admitted into the list of Hikáyát, is
here absent._)
The Third Kalandar’s Tale, Night lv. 173
The Eldest Lady’s Tale, Night lxvi. 231
Tale of the Portress. Conclusion of the Story of the Porter and
Three Ladies of Baghdad, Night lxii. (a clerical mistake for
lxx.?) 260
(_In Galland follow the Voyages of Sindbad the Seaman which are not
found in this copy._)
The Tailor and the Hunchback, Night lxviii. (for lxxiv.) 295
The Nazarene Broker’s Story, Night lxviii. (for lxxiv.?) 308
The Youth whose hand was cut off, Night (?)[629] 312
(_In p. 314 is a hiatus not accounting for the loss of hand._)
The Barber’s Tale of his First Brother 314
—— Second —— 317
—— Third —— 323
—— Fourth —— 327
—— Fifth —— 331
—— Sixth —— 343
The end of the Tale of the Hunchback, the Barber and others, Night
lxviii. (?) 350
(HERE ENDS MY VOL. I.)
Núr al-Dín Alí and the Damsel Anis al-Jalís, Night lxviii. 355
Sayf al-Mulúk and Badí’a al-Jamal, Night xci.[630] 401
Tale of the Youth of Mosul whose hand was cut off, Night xcii. 466–472
(_The Tale of the Jewish Doctor in my vol. i. 288–300._)
Vol. i. ends with a page of scrawls, the work of some by-gone owner.
VOL. II.
Contains 316 pages, and includes end of Night xcii. to Night clxvi. The
MS. is somewhat better written; the headings are in red ink and the
verses are duly divided. The whole volume is taken up by the Tale of
Kamar al-Zamán (1st), with the episodes of Al-Amjad and Al-As’ad, but
lacking that of Ni’amah and Naomi. In Galland Kamar al-Zaman begins with
Night ccxi.: in my translation with vol. iii. 212 and concludes in vol.
iv. 29. This 2nd vol. (called in colophon the 4th Juz) ends with the
date 20th Sha’abán, A.H. 1177.
VOL. III.
Contains 456 pages, extending from Night cccvi. (instead of Night
clxvii.) to cdxxv. and thus leaving an initial hiatus of 140 Nights
(cxvi.–cccvi. C. de Perceval, vol. viii. p. 14). Thus the third of the
original eight volumes is lost. On this subject Dr. White wrote to
Scott, “One or two bundles of Arabic manuscript, of the same size and
handwriting as the second volume of the Arabian Tales, were purchased at
the sale by an agent for Mr. Beckford of Fonthill, and I have no doubt
whatever but that the part deficient in your copy is to be found in his
possession.” If such be the case, and everything seems to prove it, this
volume was not No. iii. but No. iv. The MS. begins abruptly with the
continuation of the tale. There is no list of contents, and at the end
are two unimportant “copies of verses” addressed to the reader, five
couplets rhyming in —ímu (_e.g._ ta’dimu) and two in —af (_e.g._ Salaf).
The following is a list of the contents:—
PAGE.
Part of the Tale of Hasan of Bassorah, Nights cccvi.–cccxxix. 1–81
Story of the Sultan of Al-Yaman[631] and his Sons, told to
Al-Rashíd by Hasan of Bassorah, Nights cccxxix.–cccxxxiv. 81
Story of the Three Sharpers,[632] Nights cccxxxiv.–cccxlii. 96
The Sultan who fared forth in the habit of a Darwaysh, Night
cccxlii. 121
History of Mohammed, Sultan of Cairo, Night cccxliii.–cccxlviii. 124
Story of the First Lunatic,[633] Night cccxlviii.–ccclv. 141
Story of the Second Lunatic, Night ccclv.–ccclvii. 168
Story of the Sage and his Scholar, Night ccclvii.–ccclxii. 179
Night-Adventure of Sultan Mohammed of Cairo with three foolish
Schoolmasters, Night ccclxii. 204
Tale of the Mother and her Three Daughters, Night ccclxii. 206
Story of the broke-back Schoolmaster, Night ccclxiii. 211
Story of the Split-mouthed Schoolmaster, Night ccclxiii. 214
Story of the limping Schoolmaster, Night ccclxiv.–ccclxv. 219
Story of the three Sisters and their Mother the Sultánah, Night
ccclxvi.–ccclxxxvi. 231
History of the Kází who bare a babe, Night ccclxxxvi.–cccxcii. 322
Tale of the Kazi and the Bhang-eater, Night cccxciii.–cdiii. 344
History of the Bhang-eater and his wife, Night cccxciii.–cdiii. 348
How Drummer Abú Kásim became a Kází, Night cdiii.–cdxii. 372
Story of the Kazi and his Slipper (including the Tale of the
Bhang-eater who became the Just Wazir and who decided two
difficult cases), Night cdxii.–cdxiii. 424