Contents
Abbreviations / ix Introduction / Xi
I. Suleimaniye / 1 Ismā`īl ū Qambartā. Shah Ismail and Qamberta / 4 Sultan Mahmū w Rašswār. Sultan Mahmud and the Black Rider / 32 Ahmad ū Fāzuhur. Ahmed and Fazuhur / 42 `Ačim bō lay Xwā.' `I am going to see God' / 62 Čan qisayak. Conversation / 68
II. Wārmāwa / 81 Žīnī lādēī. Village life / 82 Bēžin ū Manīĵa. Bêzhin and Manije / 92 Rēy Xānaqī. The Khanaqin road / 106 Girānī. Famine / 108 Miškān. The mice / 110 Mahmū w Sīmanswār. Mahmud and Simenswar / 112
III. Bingird and Piždar / 134 Pyāwī bē-aql. A stupid man / 136 Kīsalēk wa du mirāwī. A tortoise and two ducks / 138 Bayānī badbaxtī. A 'hard-up' tale / 140 Ganim. Wheat / 140 Arsalān la mamlakatī Farangīān. Arselan in the country of the Franks / 142 Hāwīn. Summer / 170 Tūtin. Tobacco / 170 Qāzānĵ. Profit. / 172 Misāl. A moral tale / 174 Bō xātirī Faqē Mihammad. For the sake of Faqé Muhammed / 174 Sultān Salīm. Sultan Selim / 176 Čil ū yak qatī. Forty-one deaths / 180
IV. Arbil, Xōšnāw, and Rewandiz / 187 Yisif ū Zilaxā. Joseph and Zuleikha / 188 Šērzād Xān ū Šīmul'uzār. Shérzad Khan and Shimuluzar. / 200 Hikāyatakī 'Usmānī binī 'Afān. A story of Usman b. Alan / 212
V. Sūrćī / 227 Hārē min. My circumstances / 228 Ćērōk: 'Ahmed' ū sē kōsa. A story: 'Ahmed' and the three swindlers / 228
VI. Akre / 241 Ahmadē Pīrikē. Ahmed, the son of the old woman / 242 'Čākī namāya.' 'There is no goodness left' / 248 La'bā řīvīe vixen's trick / 252 Hārôn Řašīd ô diz. Harun Rashid and the thieves / 254 Gulēt ganimī yēt zēř. Golden ears of corn / 262 Xāīn ô Xudē. The deceiver and God / 272 Makrēt žinā. The wiles of women / 276 Hākimē anglēz. The British judge / 280 Šēx Sa’dī ô yē bē-xam. Sheikh Saadi and the carefree man / 284 Kuřē Sultān Salīmī. The son of Sultan Selim / 288 Kičā Hākimī. The Prince's daughter / 308
VII Amadiye and Barwārī-Žôr / 319 Diraw. A lie. (Two versions) / 320 Bālīl ô Hārônařašīd. Bahlul and Harun al-Rashid. (Two versions) / 322 Am čôyna čyay. We went to the mountains / 330 Āmēdīē. Amadiye / 330 Bāpīrē ma. Our ancestor / 334 Ahmad Čalabī ô Bahram Fēris. Ahmed Chelebi and Bahram Féris / 336
Gullī and Zakho / 347 Mīrzā Mihammad ô Kāfir. Mirza Muhammed and the monster / 348 Āxiftin. Talk / 356
Notes / 368 |