The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan | Page 8

V
Hajji Baba becomes a robber in his own defence, and invades his native
city.
CHAPTER VI
Concerning the three prisoners taken by the Turcomans, and of the
booty made in the caravanserai.
CHAPTER VII
Hajji Baba evinces a feeling disposition--History of the poet Asker.
CHAPTER VIII
Hajji Baba escapes from the Turcomans--The meaning 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 Cûrdish 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 Yûsûf, 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 Yûsûf 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