EIGHTEEN — The Amir sets out for Greece, and contracts a marriage with Nahid Maryam, a charming beauty. The expedition to chastise the supposedly...
SEVENTEEN — [The Amir is tricked into setting out to conquer the kings of the Seven Lands.] Please hear about Bakhtak: When he heard...
SIXTEEN — Bakhtak’s mother Hell-cave Bano spreads a rumor of Princess Mihr Nigar’s death, and the Amir hears it and is distraught, and ‘Amar...
FIFTEEN — [The Amir and Landhaur return to Naushervan’s court, where Landhaur narrowly escapes execution.] The journey back to Ctesiphon was long and dangerous....
FOURTEEN – Landhaur makes war on the Sahib-qiran, and is finally subdued by this world-conqueror. Hamzah went up on a mountain and prayed at...
TWELVE – The Amir’s ships are again storm-tossed, and those unlucky ones fall into the Whirlpool of Alexander, then emerge from the hurricane and...
ELEVEN — [The Amir sets out for Sarandip to conquer Landhaur bin Sa’dan, Emperor of Hindustan.] Overcoming all difficulties, Hamzah and Mihr Nigar...
TEN — The Amir’s first meeting with the foremost among the beautiful ones of the age, that is, with Princess Mihr Nigar. Love invents...
Chapter 9 – [Amar humiliates Bakhtak, and the Amir is stricken with love] Frightened, Khvajah Alfalfa-robe got up. Taking some gardeners with spades, he...
Chapter 8 – [The Amir goes with Naushervan to the Garden of Justice, where ‘Amar contrives to join them.] The next day the king...
SEVEN – [Gustahm makes a treacherous attack and wounds Bahram, but Amar cures the wound.] Now please hear about the Sasanians, who went...
SIX — Gustahm arrives in the city of Ctesiphon, bringing Bahram Gurd the Emperor of China, with supreme grandeur and glory and splendor. Naushervan...
FIVE — [The Amir kills a lion on the way to Ctesiphon, and Amar makes use of its skin.] One day Buzurg Ummid said...
FOUR – The Amir comes to Mecca the Great, and Naushervan’s letter reaches him. During this boyhood period, Hamzah acquired the first members of...
THREE – The dastan of how the Amir and Muqbil and Amar were given looks of empowerment by the Friends of God. Amar, Hamzah and...
TWO – Amir Hamzah’s cradle goes to the Realm of Qaf, and takes that sun of perfection to Mount Qaf. Now the narrator of sweet...
ONE — Khvajah Buzurchmihr goes to Mecca and makes inquiries everywhere about Amir Hamzah’s birth. The great king Qubad Kamran, whose realm extended from...
