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[9] "Es-Suyooṭee, in his 'Ḥosn el-Moḥáḍarah,' after quoting a
description of certain dresses, says, 'As to their dresses of
honour, and those of the Wezeers and others of similar rank, I
have struck out the description of them from the words of
Ibn-Faḍl-Allah; for they are composed of silk and gold, which
is forbidden by the law, and I have obliged myself not to
mention in this book any thing of which I should be questioned
in the world to come, if it be the will of God.'--I have never
seen any Arabic work with drawings of costumes; but Persian
drawings are often useful in explaining Arab dresses."
[10] These drawings, with some few exceptions, have now been
published, from copies in the possession of M. Coste.
[11] "The substance of the first five chapters in my
translation, ending with part of the thirty-second Night,
occupies a hundred and sixty-eight Nights in the edition of
Breslau."
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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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Introduction 1
Notes 15
CHAPTER I.
Story of the Merchant and the Jinnee 38
Story of the First Sheykh and the Gazelle 42
Story of the Second Sheykh and the two Black Hounds 46
Story of the Third Sheykh and the Mule 50
Notes 52
CHAPTER II.
Story of the Fisherman 69
Story of King Yoonán and the Sage Doobán 75