The Laughable Stories of Bar-Hebraeus, by Bar-Hebraeus, tr. E.A.W. Budge, [1897], at sacred-texts.com
Index.
Abraham 32.
Abraham, disciple of Sisoes 43, 45.
Ahmad ibn ‘Abd el-Azîz 27.
Aleppo 148.
Alexander the Great, 8, 10, letter to his mother 12, 13; glass vessels broken by 14; his chastity 15; his saying about the Amazons 15.
Alexander, History of, quoted 12, 16.
Alexander, the soldier 10.
Alexandria 10.
Al-Ma‘mun 60.
Amazons 16.
Angels 46.
Ape and the dog, story of 91.
Apostles 123.
April 23.
Arab ascetics, sayings of, 70-79.
Aramean 3.
Araunah 134.
Aristotle 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 182.
Arithmetic 151.
Arteries, the 83.
Bâbêl 99.
Babylon 99.
Bakhtagân 18.
Barber, story of 122.
Bazarjamhir, sayings and stories of, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27.
Behnâm, Mar, Monastery of 158.
Beasts, irrational, stories of speech of, 90-94.
Benjamin 32.
Bile, the red 83
Bile, the black 83
Birdcatcher and the sparrow 93.
Blacksmith and the woman, story of 124.
Blood, the 83.
Brethren, the two who took wives, 47.
Butcher, story of a, 115.
"Butter of Wisdom" quoted 183.
Buzurjumihr 18.
Calumniator, the 20.
Carrots 115.
Cat, a black, story of, 103.
Chastity 31.
Cheese 115.
China 172.
Christian recluses, sayings of 38-55.
Chronicles, the Book of, quoted 134.
City, the walled, 10; ornaments of 25.
Cock and hawk, story of, 93.
Comedians, stories of, 129-139.
Confession 33.
Corinthians, Epistle to, quoted 55.
Creator, the, 10.
Cynic of Alexandria 10.
Cyrus 18.
Damascus 148.
Damsel and the fire 9.
Darius, the daughters of, 15.
Date, the, 10.
David 124.
Death 71.
Devils 46.
Diogenes and the harlot's child 9; his house 12; stories and sayings of 14, 15, 26.
Doctrine, the best 17; its effect on the soul 33.
Dog and ape, story of, 91.
Dog and fox, story of, 92.
Dog and gazelle, story of, 92.
Dreams, stories of, which have come true 95-104.
Egypt 40.
El-Amîn 60.
Emesa 158.
Envious, the Ethiopians 184.
Evagrius 52.
Firdousi 19.
Fish and the net, story of, 13, 41.
Flesh 31.
Flies and the miser 117.
Food, evil effects of too much, 32.
Fool, the greatest, 11.
Fox and the grapes, story of, 94.
Fox and the lioness, story of, 90.
Fox, wolf and lion, story of, 90.
Fox, wolf and hare, story of, 91.
Foxes, the two, story of, 91.
Friday 117.
Gazelle 90.
Gazelle and dog, story of, 92.
Gideon 123.
Glass vessels of Alexander 14.
Goat 90.
Goat and Wolf, story of 91.
Gospels, Book of, stolen, 167.
Greediness 33.
Grasshopper 32.
Gratitude 34.
Gushtasp 26.
Hagiopontus 175.
Hair, the 83.
Hardihood 33.
Hare 90.
Hare, wolf, and fox, story of, 91.
Harlotry 30.
Hârûn al-Rashîd 59.
Hawk and cock, story of, 93.
Heart, the 83.
Hebrew, the 3.
Hebrew sages, sayings of 31-37.
Hercules 161.
Hermes 142.
Hippocrates 16.
Hittites 184.
Hoffmann's Auszüge quoted 158.
Hormizd the sage 18.
Horse, the 26.
Hosanna Sunday 150.
Huns 184.
Ibn al-Athîr 18.
Indian sages, sayings of, 28-30.
Indians and the dying 28.
Isaiah 170.
Isidore 46.
Ispandahar 26.
Jacob, Abbâ 52.
Jacob Bûrdĕ‘âyâ 160.
Jacob of Edessa 154.
Ja‘far 60.
John bar-Ma‘danî, verses on his death by Bar-Hebraeus 193 ff.
Jumâda 59.
Kaianian dynasty 26.
Kaikubâd 26.
Kîkôbâd 26.
King, the, characteristic of, 10.
Kings need wise men 18.
Ḳîrmên, Abbâ 44.
Lamb, the story of, 91.
Law, obligation of, 32.
Lazarus 147.
Lead, story of block of, 172.
Lebanon 134.
Leo the Pope 160.
Liberality 33.
Lines, straight and crooked, 9.
Lion, the two-legged, 10.
Lion, wolf, and fox, story of 90.
Lioness and fox, story of 90.
Liver, the 83.
Lot 148.
Lunatics, stories of, 156-164,
Macarius, Abbâ, the Great 38, 44.
Macarius and the hyaenas 49, 50.
Magians 141.
Maiden 9.
Malcolm quoted 26.
Mansûr 60.
Marcianus 161.
Mardawij 27.
Market-place 9.
Mary the Virgin 123.
Mas'ûdî quoted 18, 22, 24, 26.
Merâdwîkh 27.
Merâjil 60.
Merchant and the glass vessels, story of, 127.
Midwife 149.
Minaret 152.
Moderation 84.
Moses the Great 123, 134, 138.
Moses, Abbâ 46.
Moṣûl 99.
Muḥammad 134.
Muḥammadan kings and sages, stories of 56-65.
Muharram 60.
Müller 15.
Muslim 3.
Nathrêh 99.
Nature 84.
Net and the fish, story of, 13.
Nineveh 99.
Nîsân 23.
Nitria 52.
Noeldeke quoted 19.
November 23.
October 23.
Orators 11.
Oman 134.
Owls, the two, story of, 92.
Pachomius, Abbâ 44.
Paphnutius 38.
Paṭrâ 46.
Paul, St. 55.
Penitence 33.
Persian sages, sayings of 18-27.
Pĕshîttâ 55.
Pharaoh 138.
Philosopher with two daughters, stories of, 8.
Philosophers and the recluses 43.
Philosophers, stories of the Greek, 7-17.
Phlegm, the 83.
Physician and the captain of the host 17.
Physiognomical characteristics described by the sages 117-185.
Pleasure, the four kinds of, 11.
Pococke 12.
Podendon 60.
Poet and the miser, story of, 111.
Poverty 33.
Prayer, season of, 32.
Prison 31.
Prodigality 33.
Prophet, Muḥammad the 59.
Prophets, the, 32.
Pseudo-Callisthenes 15.
Pythagoras 11.
Rebî‘ 59.
Recreation, season of, 32.
Resurrection 72, 166; Feast of 150.
Rhetorical art, the, 36.
Ring of Pythagoras, the 11.
Rieu, his Cat. of Persian MSS. quoted 19.
Rome 40.
Sabbath Day, the 97.
Sailor and the ass 124.
Samuel, Book of, quoted 134.
Sanâbâdh 59.
Sarâ, Mother 47.
Satan 43.
Scarabaeus 92.
Scorpion 53.
Scripture, Books of, 68.
Secret, difficulty of keeping a, 13.
Sepulchre 123.
Simpletons, stories of, 140-155.
Sinjâr 158.
Sivas 132.
Six things which abide not, 29.
Skin, the 83.
Snake 52.
Socrates 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 24.
Sodomites 148.
Sorrow 7.
Spleen, the 83.
Sparrow and birdcatcher, story of, 93.
Stag, story of, 90.
Stomach 83.
Sword 32.
Taghrîth 99.
Talent, the 10.
Tarsus 60.
Tax-gatherer, story of, 127.
Taxes 152.
Tekrît 99.
Teshrîn 23.
Theatre 9.
Theodore, Abbâ 42.
Thorn-bush, story of 92.
Tigris 99.
Tooth-drawer, story of; 124.
Tornberg 18.
Trafficking, season of, 32.
Ṭûs 59.
Vengeance 31.
Wantonness 31.
Weavers, stories of, 122, 123.
Wednesday 117.
Wife, the thin 15.
Wolf and goat, story of 91.
Wolf, fox, and hare, story of, 91.
Wolf, fox, and lion, story of, 90.
Woman, the, who hanged herself, 7; the most irrational animal 13; the chaste 26.
Zafar-Nāmah 19.
Zakrôn 133.
Zodiac 142.
Zubêdah 60.