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| 100. HOW ABU HASAN BROKE WIND original: "brake wind." This is a famous humorous story regarding a man's social embarrassment. . . . . . . . . | 95 |
| 101. THE LOVERS OF THE TRIBE OF TAYY original: "Banu Tayy." . . . . . . . | 97 |
(Result of Restraint upon Two Lovers: p. 601.) | |
| 102. THE MAD LOVER . . . . . . . . . . | 98 |
(Anecdote of a Distracted Lover: p. 602.) | |
| 103. THE PRIOR WHO BECAME A MUSLIM original: "Moslem." . . . . . . . | 100 |
(The Converted Prior: p. 603.) | |
| 104. THE LOVES OF ABU ISA AND KURRAT AL-AYN Abu Isa (Father of Jesus) and Kurrat al-Ayn (Delight of the Eyes). . . . . . | 104 |
(Abu Isa and Kurrat al-Ayn: p. 606.) | |
| 105. AL-AMIN AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI . . . | 111 |
| 106. AL-FATH BIN KHAKAN AND AL-MUTAWAKKIL . . . . . | 112 |
| 107. THE MAN'S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN CONCERNING THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF MALE AND FEMALE . . . . . . . . . . . . | 113 |
| 108. ABU SUWAYD AND THE PRETTY OLD WOMAN . . . . . | 120 |
| 109. ALI BIN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MUUNIS original: "Muunis," meaning "Intimate Companion." . . . . . . | 121 |
| 110. THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN AS A LOVER . . . . . . . . . | 121 |
| 111. ALI THE CAIRENE original: "Cairene," meaning a person from Cairo. AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD . . . . . . . . . . . . | 122 |
(Chapter XIX. Story of Ali of Cairo: p. 609.) | |
| 112. THE PILGRIM MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN . . . . . . | 141 |
(Anecdote of a Townsman and a Bedouin Woman original: "Bedaweeyeh.": p. 635.) | |
| 113. ABU AL-HUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWADDUD Abu al-Husn (Father of Beauty) and Tawaddud (Lovingness or Endearment). . . . . | 144 |
| 114. THE ANGEL OF DEATH WITH THE PROUD KING AND THE DEVOUT MAN . . . . . . . . . . | 197 |
| 115. THE ANGEL of DEATH AND THE RICH KING . . . . . | 199 |
| 116. THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . | 201 |
(A Tyrannical King and the Angel of Death: p. 636.) | |
| 117. ALEXANDER THE TWO-HORNED original: "Iskandar Zu al-Karnayn," the name used in the Quran for Alexander the Great. AND A CERTAIN TRIBE OF POOR FOLK . . . . . . . . . . . | 203 |
| 118. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF KING ANUSHIRWAN A famous Sassanid King of Persia known for his justice. . . . . | 205 |
| 119. THE JEWISH JUDGE original: "Kazi," or Qadi, usually a Muslim judge. AND HIS PIOUS WIFE . . . . . . | 206 |
| 120. THE SHIPWRECKED WOMAN AND HER CHILD . . . . | 209 |
| 121. THE PIOUS BLACK SLAVE . . . . . . . . | 212 |
| 122. THE DEVOUT TRAY-MAKER AND HIS WIFE . . . . . | 215 |
(Advantages of Piety and Industry: p. 637.) |