THE BAKHTYĀR NĀMA: A PERSIAN ROMANCE. TRANSLATED FROM A MANUSCRIPT TEXT,

BY

SIR WILLIAM OUSELEY.

Edited, with Introduction and Notes,

BY

W. A. CLOUSTON,

Editor of “Arabian Poetry for English Readers.”

Each order given by a reigning King

Should after long reflection be expressed;

For it may be that endless woe will spring

From a command he paused not to digest.

Anvār-i Suhailī.

PRIVATELY PRINTED.

MDCCCLXXXIII.

Edition:

330 Copies, of which 30 are printed on hand-made paper, and numbered.

WILLIAM BURNS, PRINTER, LARKHALL, LANARKSHIRE.

TO

GENERAL JAMES ABBOTT, C.B.,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

FROM

THE EDITOR.

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