The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan | Page 8

of ‘falling from the frying-pan into the fire’ illustrated.
CHAPTER IX
Hajji Baba, in his distress, becomes a saka, or water-carrier.
CHAPTER X
He makes a soliloquy, and becomes an itinerant vendor of smoke.
CHAPTER XI
History of Dervish Sefer, and of two other dervishes.
CHAPTER XII
Hajji Baba finds that fraud does not remain unpunished, even in this world--He makes fresh plans.
CHAPTER XIII
Hajji Baba leaves Meshed, is cured of his sprain, and relates a story.
CHAPTER XIV
Of the man he meets, and the consequences of the encounter.
CHAPTER XV
Hajji Baba reaches Tehran, and goes to the poet’s house.
CHAPTER XVI
He makes plans for the future, and is involved in a quarrel.
CHAPTER XVII
He puts on new clothes, goes to the bath, and appears in a new character.
CHAPTER XVIII
The poet returns from captivity--the consequences of it for Hajji Baba.
CHAPTER XIX
Hajji Baba gets into the service of the king’s physician--Of the manner he was first employed by him.
CHAPTER XX
He succeeds in deceiving two of the faculty, getting a pill from one, and a piece of gold from the other.
CHAPTER XXI
He describes the manner in which the Shah of Persia takes medicine.
CHAPTER XXII
Hajji Baba asks the doctor for a salary, and of the success of his demand.
CHAPTER XXIII
He becomes dissatisfied with his situation, is idle, and falls in love
CHAPTER XXIV
He has an interview with the fair Zeenab, who relates how she passes her time in the doctor’s harem.
CHAPTER XXV
The lovers meet again, and are very happy--Hajji Baba sings.
CHAPTER XXVI
The history of Zeenab, the C?rdish slave.
CHAPTER XXVII
Of the preparations made by the chief physician to receive the Shah as his guest, and of the great expense which threatened him.
CHAPTER XXVIII
Concerning the manner of the Shah’s reception; of the present made him, and the conversation which ensued.
CHAPTER XXIX
A description of the entertainment, which is followed by an event destructive to Hajji Baba’s happiness.
CHAPTER XXX
Hajji Baba meets with a rival in the Shah himself, and loses the fair object of his affections.
CHAPTER XXXI
His reflections on the loss of Zeenab--He is suddenly called upon to exert his skill as a doctor.
CHAPTER XXXII
Hajji is appointed to a situation under government--He becomes an executioner.
CHAPTER XXXIII
He accompanies the Shah to his camp, and gets some insight into his profession.
CHAPTER XXXIV
Employed in his official capacity, Hajji Baba gives a specimen of Persian despotism.
CHAPTER XXXV
Fortune, which pretended to frown, in fact smiles upon Hajji Baba, and promotes him to be sub-lieutenant to the chief executioner.
CHAPTER XXXVI
Although by trade an executioner, he shows a feeling heart--He meets with a young man and woman in distress.
CHAPTER XXXVII
The history of Y?s?f, the Armenian, and his wife Mariam.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Sequel of the foregoing history, and of the resolution which Hajji Baba takes in consequence.
CHAPTER XXXIX
The Armenian Y?s?f proves himself worthy of Hajji Baba’s confidence.
CHAPTER XL
Hajji Baba gives an account of his proceedings to his superiors, and shows himself a friend to the distressed.
CHAPTER XLI
He describes an expedition against the Russians, and does ample justice to the cowardice of his chief.
CHAPTER XLII
He proceeds to the king’s camp, and gives a specimen of lying on a grand scale.
CHAPTER XLIII
He relates a horrid tale, the consequences of which plunge him in the greatest misery.
CHAPTER XLIV
Hajji Baba meets with an old friend, who cheers him up, gives him good advice, and secures him from danger.
CHAPTER XLV
He takes refuge in a sanctuary, where his melancholy thoughts are diverted by a curious story.
CHAPTER XLVI
He becomes a saint, and associates with the most celebrated divine in Persia.
CHAPTER XLVII
Hajji Baba is robbed by his friend, and left utterly destitute; but is released from his confinement.
CHAPTER XLVIII
Hajji Baba reaches Ispahan, and his paternal roof, just time enough to close the eyes of his dying father.
CHAPTER XLIX
He becomes heir to property which is not to be found, and his suspicions thereon.
CHAPTER L
Showing the steps he takes to discover his property, and who the diviner, Teez Negah, was.
CHAPTER LI
Of the diviner’s success in making discoveries, and of the resolution which Hajji Baba takes in consequence.
CHAPTER LII
Hajji Baba quits his mother, and becomes the scribe to a celebrated man of the law.
CHAPTER LIII
The mollah Nadan gives an account of his new scheme for raising money, and for making men happy.
CHAPTER LIV
Hajji Baba becomes a promoter of matrimony, and of the register he keeps.
CHAPTER LV
Of the man Hajji Baba meets, thinking him dead; and of the marriage which he brings about.
CHAPTER LVI
Showing how the ambition of the mollah Nadan involves both him and his disciples in ruin.
CHAPTER LVII
Hajji Baba meets with an extraordinary adventure in the bath, which miraculously saves him from the horrors of despair.
CHAPTER LVIII
Of the consequences of the adventure, which threaten danger, but end in apparent good fortune.
CHAPTER LIX
Hajji Baba does not shine in honesty--The life and adventures of the mollah Nadan.
CHAPTER LX
Hajji and the mollah make plans suited to their critical situation, showing that no confidence can exist between rogues.
CHAPTER LXI
The punishment due to Hajji Baba falls