Oral tradition from the Indus
- Subtitle
- comprised in tales, to which are added explanatory notes
John Frederick Adolphus McNair and Thomas Lambert Barlow
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1. Front matter2. ORAL TRADITION FROM THE INDUS.3. INTRODUCTION.4. THE GURU AND HIS GREEDY DISCIPLE.5. THE DONKEY-MAN AND THE PRECIOUS STONE.6. THE FAKIR AND THE BHÂNDS.7. THE MISERLY MOSLEM PRIEST AND HIS WIFE.8. THE KING’S SON, HIS FRIEND, AND THE FAKIR.9. SECUNDUR ZULF-KUR-NAIN.10. THE FARMER, THE CROCODILE, AND THE JACKAL.11. FAITH OPPOSED TO MAGIC.12. THE FAKIR AND HIS QUARRELSOME WIFE.13. THE FARMER AND THE REVENUE SOWAR.14. MŪLTĀN AS HOT AS FIRE.15. SHĀITĀN AND HIS SAVAGE WIFE.16. SAKHI, THE GENEROUS MOSLEM.17. THE PRIEST, THE WASHERMAN, AND THE ASS.18. AKBAR AND HIS MINISTER.19. THE RAJAH, HIS MINISTER, AND THE SHEPHERD.20. THE BANJĀRA, HIS DOG, AND THE BANKER.21. HOW AN EVIL SPIRIT WAS EXORCISED.22. BAHADŪR SINGH AND THE BLIND BEGGAR.