Note 26 — THE “BĀZ-NĀMA-YI NĀṢIRĪ” A TREATISE ON FALCONRY DEDICATED TO NĀṢIRU ’D-DĪN SHĀH OF PERSIA In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

The book, however, contains only two numbered bābs; the first, pages 1 to 26 (1st Edition) on “The species of Hunting-birds;” and the second, the remaining 157 pages of the book on other subjects. The 2nd bāb, however, commences with: “On the black-eyed birds of prey that have at various times of my life come into my possession and which....”