Gazel 145 Gazel 146 Gazel 146 Description of Circassian Women 147 Description of Greek Women 147 Defeat of the French in Egypt 149 Sharqī 152 Sharqī 153 Gazel 154 Gazel 154 Gazel 155 On the Death of ‘Andelīb Khānim 156 Takhmīs 157 Sharqī 158 Gazel 159 On a Beyt of Mahmūd Nedīm Pacha 160 COUNSELS OF NABI EFENDI: Introduction 165 Prologue 167 Details of Nabi’s Station 169 Of Nabi’s Motives in Writing the Book 170 Of the Ranks of Islam 171 First Duty of True Religion 172 The Excellence of Prayer 172 The Excellence of Fasting 174 Of Pilgrimage 174 The Excellence of Almsgiving 176 The Desirability of Knowledge 179 The Knowledge of God 181 Eulogy of Constantinople 182 On Flight from Avidity and Avarice 185 Bad Effects of Pleasantry and Jocularity 186 Nobility of Generosity 187 Eulogy of Good Nature 188 Of Lying and Hypocrisy 191 Forbidding the Practice of Astrology 192 The Defilement of Drunkenness 193 The Vanity of Adornment 194 THE ASCENSION OF MAHOMET 201 THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE: