Kuka. Wit and Humour of the Persians

Today's free book is The Wit and Humour of the Persians by Mehrjibhai Nosherwanji Kuka (1894). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Anecdotes of Princes and Poets
Parody and Burlesque
Exquisite Extravagance
Elegant Comparisons
Bits of Humour
Epigrams and Satires
Quaint Conceits
Humorous Stories in Verse 
Play on Words, and Macaronic Verses
Riddles
Enigmas
The Definitions of Mulla Do-pyazah
Humorous Stories
Stories of Akbar, Birbul, and Mulla Do-pyazah