The

BAKHTYAR NAMA:

A PERSIAN ROMANCE.

TRANSLATED FROM A MANUSCRIPT TEXT,

SIR WILLIAM OUSELEY.

Edited, with Introduction and Notes,

BY

W. A. CLOUSTON

Editor of
"Arabian Poetry for English Readers,"

"Each order given by a reigning King
Should after long reflection be expressed;
For it may be that endless woe will spring
From a command he paused not to digest.
Anvar-i Suhaili

P R I V A T E L Y P R I N T E D.

MDCCCLXXXIII

Edition: 330 Copies

TO

GENERAL JAMES ABBOTT, C.B.,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAN
AND IRELAND,

A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

FROM

THE EDITOR.