IV. Shemsu-’d-Dīn, Tebrīzī 99 V. Sheykh Salāhu-’d-Dīn, Ferīdūn 110 VI. Chelebī Husāmu-’d-Dīn, Hasan 113 VII. Bahā’u-’d-Din, Sultān Veled 122 VIII. Chelebī Emīr ‘Ārif 126 IX. Genealogical 132 _THE MESNEVĪ--BOOK I._ PREFACE i INTRODUCTION.--PLAINT OF THE REED-FLUTE 1 TALE I. The Prince and the Handmaid 4 II. The Oilman and the Parrot 19 III. The Jewish King, Persecutor of Christians 25 IV. Another Jewish King, Persecutor of Christians 55 V. The Lion and the Beasts 67 VI. The Greater (Spiritual) Warfare 101 VII. The Merchant and the Parrot 114 VIII. The Harper 139 IX. The Poor Scenite Arab and his Wife 165 X. Patience and Perseverance 212 XI. The Lion’s Hunt 218 XII. Joseph and the Mirror 228 XIII. The Prophet’s Amanuensis 234 XIV. The Chinese and Roman Artists 248 XV. Zeyd’s Inspiration 254 XVI. ‘Ali’s Forbearance 270 CONCLUSION 289 TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.[1] The historian El Eflākī was a disciple of Chelebī Emīr ‘Ārif, a grandson of the author of the Mesnevī. ‘Ārif died in A.D. 1320; but as the dates of ‘Ārif’s successors are carried down to A.H. 754 (A.D. 1353), when Eflākī’s collection of anecdotes was completed, the historian must have outlived this last date. As a disciple of the Emīr ‘Ārif, he was a dervish of the order named Mevlevī, as being followers of the rule and practices of Mevlānā Jelālu-’d-Dīn, er-Rūmī, commonly known in English literature as “the dancing dervishes,” expressed by Americans: “whirling dervishes.” The dervishes of the order do not all dance or “whirl.” Some are musicians, and some singers or chanters, who may, however, be occasional dancers also.