CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

Introductory Quatrains (1)

1

I.

Story of Rostevan, King of the Arabs (32)

6

II.

The Seeing by the King of the Arabs of the Knight clad in the Panther's Skin (84)

15

III.

Here is the Letter of Avt’handil to his Knights (164)

28

IV.

Departure of Avt’handil in Quest of Tariel (176)

30

V.

The Telling of his Tale by Tariel when he first told it to Avt’handil (300)

49

VI.

Tale of Tariel's falling in Love when he first fell in Love (328)

53

VII.

First Letter written by Nestan-Daredjan to her Lover (363)

59

VIII.

First Letter written by Tariel to his Beloved (367)

59

IX.

Tariel writes a Letter and sends a Man to the Khatavians (373)

60

X.

The Letter written by the King of the Khatavians to Tariel in Reply (387)

63

XI.

Letter of Tariel to the King of the Indians when he triumphed over the Khatavians (448)

72

XII.

Letter of Nestan-Daredjan written to her Beloved (477)

76

XIII.

Tariel's Letter in Answer to his Beloved (487)

78

XIV.

Tariel hears Tidings of the Loss of Nestan-Daredjan (551)

87

XV.

Story of Nuradin P’hridon when Tariel met him on the Seashore (574)

91

XVI.

Tariel's aid to P’hridon, and their Victory over their Foes (596)

94

XVII.

P’hridon tells Tariel Tidings of Nestan-Daredjan (605)

96

XVIII.

Story of Avt’handil's return to Arabia after be had found and parted from Tariel (654)

103

XIX.

Avt’handil's Request to King Rostevan, and the Vizier's Discourse and Entreaty (710)

113

XX.

Avt’handil's Discourse with Shermadin when he stole away (755)

120

XXI.

Testament of Avt’handil to King Rostevan when he stole away (769)

122

XXII.

Avt’handil's Prayer in the Mosque and his Flight (790)

126

XXIII.

King Rostevan hears of Avt’handil's Secret Flight (795)

127

XXIV.

Avt’handil's Second Departure and Meeting with Tariel (811)

130

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XXV.

Here is the Going of Tariel and Avt’handil to the Cave, and their seeing of Asmath (894)

143

XXVI.

The Going of Avt’handil to P’hridon's to meet him at Mulghazanzar (931)

149

XXVII.

Avt’handil's Arrival at P’hridon's when he had parted from Tariel (948)

152

XXVIII.

Avt’handil's Departure from P’hridon to seek Nestan-Daredjan (1004)

161

XXIX.

Story of Avt’handil's Arrival in Gulansharo (1039)

167

XXX.

Avt’handil's Arrival at P’hatman's; her Reception of him and her Joy (1054)

170

XXXI.

P’hatman becomes enamoured of Avt’handil; writes him a Letter and sends it (1059)

171

XXXII.

The Letter of Love written by P’hatman to Avt’handil (1063)

172

XXXIII.

Avt’handil's Letter in Answer to P’hatman's (1073)

173

XXXIV.

Here is the Slaying of the Chachnagir and his Two Guards by Avt’handil (1093)

177

XXXVI.

Story of the Capture of Nestan-Daredjan by the Kadjis, told by P’hatman to Avt’handil (1191)

193

XXXVII.

Letter written by P’hatman to Nestan-Daredjan (1248)

202

XXXVIII.

The Letter written by Nestan-Daredjan to P’hatman (1262)

205

XXXIX.

The Letter written by Nestan-Daredjan to her Beloved (1269)

206

XL.

Avt’handil's Letter to P’hridon (1294)

210

XLI.

Avt’handil's Departure from Gulansharo, and his Meeting with Tariel (1303)

212

XLII.

Tariel and Avt’handil go to P’hridon (1350)

219

XLIII.

The Council of P’hridon, Avt’handil and Tariel as to the Assault on the Castle of Kadjet’hi (1369)

222

XLIV.

The Going of Tariel to the King of the Seas and to P’hridon's (1404)

228

XLV.

The Wedding of Tariel and Nestan-Daredjan. by P’hridon (1439)

235

XLVI.

Tariel goes again to the Cave and sees the Treasure (1468)

239

XLVII.

Here is the Marriage of Avt’handil and T’hinat’hin by the King of the Arabs (1525)

248