Dulac. Sindbad the Sailor

Today's free book is Sindbad the Sailor and Other Stories from The Arabian Nights by Edmund Dulac. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive.

SINDBAD THE SAILOR
The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor

ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP

THE THREE CALENDERS
The Story of the First Calender
The Story of the Second Calender
The Story of the Third Calender

THE SLEEPER AWAKENED

Adler-Ramsay. Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales

Today's free book is Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales by Cyrus Adler and Allan Ramsay. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon, and there's a free audiobook from LibriVox.

How the Hodja saved Allah
Better is the Folly of Woman than the Wisdom of Man
The Hanoum and the Unjust Cadi
What happened to Hadji, a Merchant of the Bezestan
How the Junkman travelled to find Treasure in his Own Yard
How Chapkin Halid became Chief Detective
How Cobbler Ahmet became the Chief Astrologer
The Wise Son of Ali Pasha
The Merciful Khan
King Kara-Kush of Bithynia
The Prayer Rug and the Dishonest Steward
The Goose, the Eye, the Daughter, and the Arm
The Forty Wise Men
How the Priest knew that it would Snow
Who was the Thirteenth Son?
Paradise sold by the Yard
Jew turned Turk
The Metamorphosis
The Calif Omar
Kalaidji Avram of Balata
How Mehmet Ali Pasha of Egypt administered Justice
How the Farmer learned to cure his Wife: A Turkish Aesop
The Language of Birds
The Swallow's Advice
We know not what the Dawn may Bring Forth
Old Men made Young
The Bribe
How the Devil lost his Wager
The Effects of Raki

Brown. The Wisdom of the Egyptians

Today's free book is The Wisdom of the Egyptians, edited by Brian Brown. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts and Hathi Trust. The links below are to the Sacred Texts edition of the book.

Introduction
Chapter I: The Story of Egypt
Chapter II: Religion of Ancient Egypt
Chapter III: The Ptah-Hotep And The Ke'gemni: The Oldest Books In The World
Chapter IV: The Book of the Dead
Chapter V: Hermes Trismegistus
Chapter VI: Egyptian Magic
Chapter VII: The Vision of Hermes
Chapter VIII: The Story of the Book of Thoth

Shah. The Sufis

Today's free book is The Sufis by Idries Shah (1964). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read for free online at the Idries Shah Foundation.

Table of Contents

The Islanders: A Fable
The Travellers and the Grapes
The Elephant in the Dark
The Subtleties of Mulla Nasrudin
Sheikh Saadi of Shiraz
Fariduddin Attar, the Chemist
Our Master Jalaluddin Rumi
Ibn el-Arabi: The Greatest Sheikh
El-Ghazali of Persia
Omar Khayyam
The Coalmen
The Builders
The Philosopher's Stone
Strange Rites
The Chivalric Circle
The Head of Wisdom
Francis of Assisi
The Secret Doctrine
The Higher Law
The Book of the Dervishes
The Dervish Orders
Seeker After Knowledge
The Creed of Love
Miracles and Magic
The Teacher, the Teaching, The Taught

Wilson. Egyptian literature

Today's free book is Egyptian literature: comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings with a special introduction by Epiphanius Wilson (1902). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

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Table of Contents

The Book of the Dead:
A Hymn to the Setting Sun 
Hymn and Litany to Osiris 
Hymn to Ra
Hymn to the Setting Sun 
Hymn to the Setting Sun
The Chaplet of Victory
The Victory Over Enemies 
Of Giving a Mouth to the Overseer
Of Giving a Mouth to Osiris Ani
Opening the Mouth of Osiris 
Of Bringing Charms to Osiris 
The Chapter of Memory
Of Giving a Heart to Osiris 
Of Preserving the Heart
Of Preserving the Heart 
Of Preserving the Heart
The Heart of Carnelian 
Preserving the Heart
Preserving the Heart 
Preserving the Heart 
Beating Back the Crocodile
Beating Back the Crocodile
Repulsing Serpents
Against Snakes
Against Serpents 
Driving Away Apshait 
Driving Back the Merti 
Living by Air 
Living by Air
Driving Back Rerek 
Repulsing the Eater of the Ass
Abolishing the Slaughterings 
Abolishing the Slaughterings
Air and Water 
Dominion Over Elements
Dominion Over Elements
Preservation of the Soul
Of Drinking Water
Preservation from Scalding 
On Coming Forth by Day
Chapter of Knowledge 
Of Gaining Mastery Over Enemies
Victory Over Enemies 
Coming Forth by Day 
Opening the Underworld
Coming Forth by Day 
Coming Forth by Day
Coming Forth by Day
Coming Forth by Day 
Of Lifting Up the Feet 
Of journeying to Annu 
Of Transformation
Of Performing Transformations 
Of Transformation into a Hawk
Of Transformation into a Governor
Of Transformation into a God
Transformation into a Lotus
Transformation into Ptah
Transformation into a Bennu Bird
Transformation into a Heron
Of the Living Soul
Of the Swallow 
The Serpent Sata 
Of the Crocodile 
Soul and Body
Of Evil Recollections
Of Rescue 
Of Opening the Tomb 
Of Not Sailing to the East
Of the Ink-pot and Palette
Of Being Nigh unto Thoth 
Of Being Nigh unto Thoth
Of Bringing a Boat Along in Heaven 
Of Bringing the Makhent Boat 
Of Entering the Boat of Ra
Of Protecting the Boat of Ra
Of Going into the Boat of Ra
Of Knowing the Souls of the East
Of Sekhet-Hetepet 
Of Knowing the Souls of Fe
Of Knowing the Souls of Nekhen
Of Knowing the Souls of Khemennu
Of Coming Forth from Heaven 
Of Knowing the Souls of Khemennu 
Of Receiving Paths
Of Coming Forth from Re-Stau
Of Corning Forth from Re-Stau
Of Going About in the Underworld 
Of Entering into the Great House 
Of Entering the Presence 
The Introduction to Maati
The Introduction to Maati 
The Negative Confession 
Address to the Gods of the Underworld
On the Four Apes
Of the Praise of the Gods
Adoration of the Gods of the Qerti 
Hymn of Praise to Osiris
Of Making Perfect the Khu
Of Living Nigh unto Ra 
Of Bringing Men Back to Earth 
Of Making Perfect the Khu
For the New Moon 
Of Travelling in the Boat of Ra
Of Making Perfect the Khu
Sailing in the Great Boat
Of the Four Flames

Egyptian Tales:
The Taking of Joppa
The Doomed Prince
Anpu and Bata
Setna and the Magic Book
Tales of the Magicians 
The Peasant and the Workman 
The Shipwrecked Sailor
The Adventures of Sanehat

The Tell Amarna Tablets:
The Hittite Invasion of Damascus
The Amorite Treachery
The War in Phoenicia
Northern Palestine
Southern Palestine 
Royal Letters 

Inscriptions and Papyri:
The Great Tablet of Rameses II 
Hymn to Osiris
Travels of an Egyptian
Dirge of Menephtah 
Hymn to the Nile
Solemn Festal Dirge of the Egyptians 
Hymns to Amen 
Hymn to Pharaoh
The Song of the Harper
Hymn to Amen-Ra
Hymn to Ra-Harmachis
Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys
Litany of Ra 
The Book of Respirations 

Epic of Penta-Our

Robinson. Arabian nights entertainments

Today's free book is The Arabian nights entertainments with illustrations by W.H. Robinson, Helen Stratton, A.D. McCormick, A.L. Davis and A.E. Norbury (1899). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

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Table of Contents

The Arabian Nights Entertainments
The Ass, the Ox, and the Labourer
The Merchant and the Genie
The Story of the First Old Man and the Hind
The Story of the Second Old Man and the Two Black Dogs
The Story of the Fisherman
The Story of the Grecian King and the Physician Douban
The Story of the Husband and the Parrot
The Story of the Vizier that was Punished
The Further Adventures of the Fisherman
The History of the Young King of the Black Isles
Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Sultans; and of the Five Ladies of Bagdad
The History of the First Calender
The Story of the Second Calender
The Story of the Envious Man, and of him who was Envied
The History of the Third Calender
The Story of Zobeide
The Story of Amene
The Story of Beder, Prince of Persia, and Jehaunara, Princess of Samandal
The Story of the Three Sisters
The Story of the Enchanted Horse
The Story of Prince Ahmed, and the Fairy Perie Banou
The History of the Lady who was Murdered by her Husband
The Story of Noureddin Ali and his Son
The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Robbers
The History of Codadad and his Brothers
The History of the Princess of Deryabar
The History of Aboulhassan Ali Ebu Becar, and Schemselnihar, Favourite of Caliph Haroun Alraschid
The Story of the Little Hunchback
The Story Told by the Christian Merchant
The Story Told by the Sultan of Casgar's Purveyor
The Story Told by the Jewish Physician
The Story Told by the Tailor
The Story of the Barber
The Story of the Barber's Eldest Brother
The Story of the Barber's Second Brother
The Story of the Barber's Third Brother
The Story of the Barber's Fourth Brother
The Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother
The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother
The Story of Camaralzaman and Badoura, Princess of China
The History of Prince Zeyn Alasnam and the Sultan of the Genii
The Story of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp
Adventures of the Caliph Haroun al Raschid
The Story of Baba Abdalla
The Story of Syed Nouman
The Story of Sindbad the Sailor
The Story of Noureddin and the Fair Persian
The Story of Ali Cogia, a Merchant of Bagdad
The Story of Abou Hassan; or, The Sleeper Awakened

Arnold. Pearls of the faith

Today's free book is Pearls of the faith; or, Islam's rosary; being the ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah by Edwin Arnold (1883). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Table of Contents

ALLAH
ALLAH
The Merciful: The Sinful Angels
The Compassionate: Solomon and the Ant
The King of Kings: The Sultan and the Potter
The Holy One: God's Name in Heaven
The Peace: The Peace of Paradise
The Faithful: The Verity of Sayid
The Help in Peril: The Spider and the Dove
The Mighty: The Throne Verse
The All-Compelling: Sura 59
The Majestic: Azar and Abraham
The Creator: Signs of the Lord
The Artificer: Angels' Wings
The Fashioner: The Making of Man
The Forgiver: Abraham's Offence
The Dominant: Sura Of the Cattle
The Bestower: Ali and the Angels
The Provider: Sura Of the Forenoon
The Opener: Muhammad's Journey to Heaven
The All-Knower: The Moakkibat
The Closer: Evil Deeds
The Uncloser: Good Deeds
The Abaser: Nimrud and the Gnat
The Exalter: Allah's Prophets
The Honourer: Sura Of Imran's Family
The Leader Astray: God's Will and Free-will
The All-Hearing: A Shepherd's Prayer
The All-Seeing: Azrael and the Indian Prince
The Judge of All: The Last Day
The Equitable: Sura Of Jonas
The Gracious One: Sura Of Counsel
He who is Aware : Muhammad in the Cemetery
The Clement: The Dharra and the Date-stone
The Strong: Sura Of Al-Akhaf
The Pardoner: Hassan's Slave
The Thankful: Sura Of Al-Kauthar
The Exalted: Sura Of the Bee
The Very Great: The Seven Heavens
The Preserver: Sura Of the Night Star
The Maintainer: Sura Of the Inevitable
The Reckoner: Sura Of Women
The Beneficent: The Rose-Garden
The Bountiful: Sura Of Cleaving Asunder
The Watchful: The Books of Good and Evil
The Hearer of Prayer: Ali and the Jew
The All-Comprehending: Turning to Mecca
The Judge of Judges: The Angels of the Scales
The Loving: Tasmin and Salsabil
The All-Glorious: Sura Of the Cow
The Raiser from Death: Iblis and Abraham
The Witness: Poets and Prophets
The Truth: The Sin of Sins
The Guardian: Sura  Of the Cow
The Almighty: The Fly and the False Gods
The Firm: The Tent-Pole
The Nearest Friend: Abraham's Bread
The All-Praiseworthy: The Garden and the Rock
The Accountant: Sura Of the Earthquake
The Beginner: The Light of Life
The Restorer: A Message from the Dead
The Quickener: Sura  Of the Signs
The Slayer: The Angel of Death
The Ever-Living: The Life Beyond
The Self-Subsisting: The Trumpet
The All-Perceiving: Sura Of Daybreak
The One: Al-I'hlas
The Eternal: Ozair the Jew
Providence: Kismat
The All-Powerful: Sura Of the Moon
The Forewarner
The Fulfiller: Sura of K.
The First
The Last 
The Manifest
The Hidden: The Mothers of the Names
The All-Governing: Solomon's Signet
The One above Reproach: Moses and the Angel
The Good: The Adulteress
The Relenting: Adam quitting Eden
The Avenger
The Rewarder: Hell and Heaven
The Ever-Indulgent: Sura Of the Star
King of the Kingdom: Sura of the Emigration
Lord of Splendid Power: Sura of the Merciful
The Equitable: The Last Sermon of the Prophet
The Gatherer: Sura of Women
The All-Sufficing: Sura of Troops
The Sufficer: Sura of the Afternoon
The Provider
The Withholder: The Two Gateawys
The Propitious: The Dove
The Harmful: King Sheddad's Paradise
The Light: Sura of Light
The Guide: The Four Travellers
Eternal in the Past
Eternal in the Future: Sura of Ya Sin
The Inheritor: The Rose and the Dewdrop
The Unerring: The Prophet's Oath
The Patient: Islam

Arnold. With Sa'di in the garden

Today's free book is With Sa'di in the garden: or, The book of love, being the "Ishk" or third chapter of the "Bostân" of the Persian poet Sa'di by Edwin Arnold (1906). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can read about Sadi's Bustan at Wikipedia.

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

Arnold. Gulistan

Today's free book is The Gulistan, being the Rose-garden of Shaikh Sà'di by Edwin Arnold (1899). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Table of Contents

Author's Preface 

Preface by Sa'di 

GATEWAY THE FIRST
The Manners of Kings

GATEWAY THE SECOND
Concerning Darweeshes 

GATEWAY THE THIRD
The Excellency of Moderation

GATEWAY THE FOURTH
The Benefits of Taciturnity 

Boyajian. Armenian Legends

Today's free book is Armenian Legends and Poems by Zabelle C. Boyajian (1916). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read online at Sacred Texts (I have not checked other online sources).

(Founding of Van)

Table of Contents

Armenia's Love To Shakespeare
Reproaches
A Trial of Orthodoxy
The Exile's Song
The Apple Tree
My Heart is Turned Into a Wailing Child
O Night, Be Long
Black Eyes
Yesternight I Walked Abroad
Vahagn, King of Armenia
Huntsman, That on the Hills Above
Liberty
I Beheld My Love This Morning
The Fox, the Wolf, and the Bear
Incense
The Little Lake
Spring
Cradle Song
Ara and Semiramis
Lament Over the Heroes Fallen in the Battle of Avarair
The Song of the Stork
Ye Mountain Bluebells
The Sun Went Down
Birthday Song
Morning
The Founding of Van
I Have a Word I Fain Would Say
The Song of the Partridge
The Lily of Shavarshan
Cradle Song
The Wind is Howling Through the Winter Night
The Armenian Poet's Prayer
The Chragan Palace
The Dream
The Sorrows of Armenia
Artashes and Satenik
My Death
The Eagle's Love
Concerning the Rose and the Nightingale
The Arrival of the Crusaders
Like an Ocean is This World
The Rock
The Crane
The Hawk and the Dove
Artavasd
Charm Verses
The Tears of Araxes
The Eve of Ascension Day
''Thy Voice is Sweet''
Christ and Abgarus
Araxes Came Devouringly
The Parrot's Song
Earth and Sky
O’er the Mountains High He Went
Complaints
A Day After
Without Thee What Are Song and Dance to Me?
The Lake of Van
Spring
The Fox
The Tale of Rosiphelee
The Song of the Vulture
Dance Song
Ballad
No Bird Can Reach the Mountain's Crest
The Nightingale of Avarair
Thou Art So Sweet
The Wandering Armenian to the Swallow
The Christ-Child
The Castle of Anoush
Happiness
Concerning Death
Love One Another
Pasqua Armena
''Io Vidi''
Armenia: Its Epics, Folk-Songs, and Mediaeval Poetry
Introduction
Armenian Paganism
Armenian Epics
Moses of Khorene
Adoption of Christianity
Golden Age of Armenian Literature
Middle Ages
Bagratuni Dynasty
The Crusades
Silver Age of Armenian Literature
End of Armenian Kingdom
Renaissance
Eighteenth Century and onward
Characteristics of Armenian Poetry
Russian Era

Budge. Book of the Dead

Today's free book is The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani by E. A. Wallis Budge (1895). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read online at Sacred Texts (I have not checked other online sources).

Table of Contents

The Versions Of The Book Of The Dead.
The Legend Of Osiris.
The Doctrine Of Eternal Life.
The Egyptians' Ideas Of God.
The Legend Of Ra And Isis.
The Abode Of The Blessed.
The Gods Of The Book Of The Dead.
The Principal Geographical And Mythological Places In The Book Of The Dead.
Funeral Ceremonies.
The Papyrus Of Ani.
Translation

Colum. Arabian Nights

Today's free book is The Arabian nights: tales of wonder and magnificence by Padraic Colum (1923) and illustrated by Eric Pape. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

(illustrated by Eric Pape)

Table of Contents

Shahrazad
The Fisherman
The Young King of the Black Islands
Alnaschar
The Magic Horse
Abu-Mohammad the Lazy
The Voyages of Es-Sindibad
Bedr Basim and Jawharah, Daughter of the King of the Sea
Ala-ed-Din, or The Wonderful Lamp
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Zempleni. Turanian Hero-Songs

Today's free book is Turanian songs, legendary and historical hero-songs by Arpad Zempleni (1916), translated into English by Gregory A. Page. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Table of Contents

Preface
The Taltos
Numi Tarom's Daughter
Istar and Gilgamos
The Hammer
Prince Haselkern
Revenge
The Greatest Hero
The Maid-Raid
The Sword of God
The Dead Bridegroom
A Mother's Curse
The Magyars in Saint Gallen
Hunyadi
Magdumkuli
Cavalry Sergeant Fazekas
Lavotta Plays
The Race for a Bride
An Aristocratic Marriage
The Stone
The Sentinel
Death upon the Ice-Field
A Dry Mill
An Interchange of Letters
The Memnonstatue to the Sower
Japanese Song
Chinimachinland
The Fiery Flood

Chodzko. Popular poetry of Persia

Today's free book is Specimens of the popular poetry of Persia, 
as found in the adventures and improvisations of Kurroglou, the bandit-minstrel of northern Persia and in the songs of the people inhabiting the shores of the Caspian Sea by Alexander Chodzko (1842). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Introduction to Kurroglou
3. Adventures and Improvisations of Kurroglou
4. Popular Songs of the Astrakan Tatars
5. Three Songs of the Kalmuks
6. Turkman Songs
7. Songs of the Persian Turks
8. Persian Songs
9. Songs of the Ghilanis
10. Ditto of the Rudbar Highlanders
11. Ditto of the Taulishes 
12. Ditto of the Mazenderanis 
13. Examples of the Texts
14. Nine Persian Airs, arranged for the Piano-Forte

McCarthy. The Thousand and One Days: Persian Tales

Today's free book is The Thousand and One Days: Persian Tales by Justin H. McCarthy (1892). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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

Table of Contents

1. The Story Of Aboulcasem Of Bassora
2. The Story Of The Lady Found In A Sack
3. Story Of Couloufe And Of The Beautiful Dilara 
4. The Story Of Prince Calaf And The Princess Of China
5. The Story Of The King Bedreddin-Lolo And Of His Vizir Atalmulc, Surnamed The Sad Vizir
6. The Story Of Prince Seyf El Mulouk
7. The Story Of The Beautiful Arouya 
8. The Story Of Nasiraddoleh, King Of Moussul, Of Abderrahman, Merchant Of Bagdad, And Of The Beautiful Zeineb 
9. The Story Of Repsima 
10. The Story Of The Two Travellers
11. The Story Of The Princess Of Cashmere

Shah. Wisdom of the Idiots

Today's free book is Wisdom of the Idiots by Idries Shah (1969). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read for free online at the Idries Shah Foundation.

Table of Contents

The Fruit of Heaven
Haughty and Generous
The Casket of Jewels
Ahrar and the Wealthy Couple
Bahaudin and the Wanderer
Food and Pens
The Glance of Power
Nothing for Man Except What He Has Earned
Milk and Buttermilk
Talisman
Dispute with Academics
Story of Hiravi
Something to Learn from Miri
The Mad King's Idol
Two Sides
Welcomes
Ajmal Hussein and the Scholars
Timur and Hafiz
Full Up
Charkhi and His Uncle
The Prisoner of Samakand
The Book in Turki
Beggars and Workers
Unaltered
Diagnosis
The Kashkul
The Cow
Individuality and Quality
Paradise of Song
The Treasure of the Custodians
The Attachment Called Grace
Correction
The Saint and the Sinner
The Sheikhs of the Skullcaps
The Secret of Locked Room
The Miracle of the Royal Dervish
Ishan Wali's Test
Hidden Miracles
Entry into a Sufi Circle
A Story of Ibn Halim
The Woman Sufi and the Queen
The Cook's Assistant
Why Is Wet Not Dry?
Books
When a Man Meets Himself
The Sufi and the Tale of Halaku
Fish on the Moon
Kilidi and the Gold Pieces
Wheat and Barley
The Wine Flask
Said Bahaudin Naqshband
The Sponge of Troubles
The Crystal Fish
The Seal Bearer
Full
Voice in the Night
Perception
Scraps
The Golden Fly
Tavern Pledge
The Knife
Caravanserai
Fantasies
Irrelevance
Fidelity
The Sanctuary of John the Baptist
The Meaning
The Method
Abu Tahir
Containment
Sifting
The Perfect Master
Give and Take
The Fox's Proof
Opportunity
The Loan
Light-Weaving
Explanation
Day and Night
Source of Being
Stained
Wahab Imri
The Rogue and the Dervish
Hope
Wanting
The Archer
Mahmud and the Dervish
Stages
What Is in It
Sound and Unsound
Lamb Stew
Finding Fault
Hearing
The Baby Elephant

Shah. Thinkers of the East

Today's free book is Thinkers of the East by Idries Shah (1971). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read for free online at the Idries Shah Foundation.

Table of Contents

A Death is Indicated
Ordinary
Bravery
A Disciple of Haidar
The Most Great Name
The Book of Wisdom
Kadudar and the Pilgrimage
Dismissal
Words of Israil of Bokhara
Lands of the Gurus
Nili
How Man is Susatained
Jan Fishan and the Seeker
Objectors
Exclusion
The Philosopher's Stone
Barbari and the Imitator
Iskandar of Balkh
Ali, Son of the Father of the Seeker
Rabia el-Adawiya
Abboud of Omdurman
Ajami
Conversion
Raised and Cast Down
Perplexity
Admonition to Disciples
Hasan of Basra
What to Do
The Test
The Hundred Books
Vehicle
The Formula
The Lives and Doings of the Masters
Change
Appetite
Oil, Water, Cotton
Sayed Sabir Ali-Shah
In Mecca
Halwavi
The Journeys of Kazwini
Inconsistencies
A Report by Kirmani
The Land of Truth
Language
Almost an Apple
Etiquette
Reactions
Motivation
Three Interpretations
Farmyard
Streaky Sand
To Seek to Learn to Seek
The Necessity for the Teaching
Observing One's Own Opinions
Great Worth
Analogy
Lucky People
Value for Money
The Man Who Gave More - and Less
When Even Kings Are Weak...
Conversion
Astrology
I'll Make You Remember
The Next Generation
If He Looks Good, He Is Good
Ruling and Ruled
Hariri the Good Man
Camlet
Respect
The Legend of the Three Men
Mystery
Merchant of Secrets
Distant Projection
Imam Baqir
Ajnabi
Rahimi
Reading
Haji Bektash Wali
The Book of Nonsense
Shakir Amali
How and What to Understand
Displacement
Dividing Camels
Revolting
Laws
Example
The Miracle
Every Luxury
Unsuitable
Sayed Sultan
Three Men of Turkestan
Feeling
The Precious Jewel
The Price of a Symbol
The Water-Wheel
Rauf Mazari
Meaning of a Legend
Ardabili
Inward and Outward Knowledge
The Secret Teacher
A Morning's Marketing
Moss
Bahaudin and the Scholar
Visiting and Obtaining
Bahaudin
Bahaudin Naqshband
Storing and Transmitting
How It Feels to Be a Teacher
Founding of a School
Opulence
Wisdom
Luxury and Simplicity
The Caravan
Giant Apples
Effort
The New Initiate
Unanswerable
Literalism
Hilmi
The High Knowledge
Charikari
Hazrat Bahaudin Shah
Difficult
Presents
Nahas
Chances
Siyahposh
The Embassy from China
The Question
Transition
Seeing
The Deputation from Syria
Literature
Environment
Andaki
Buyer and Seller
Learning by Signs
The Pardoned Murderer
Halabi
The Abode of Truth
Rights and Duties
Alisher Nawai
The Design
Ghazali
The Rules of the Schools
Bahaudin Naqshband Discipleship and Development
Counsels of Bahaudin
The Legend of Nasrudin
The Sufi Quest

Shah. The Way of the Sufi

Today's free book is The Way of the Sufi by Idries Shah (1968). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read for free online at the Idries Shah Foundation.

Table of Contents

The Study of Sufism in the West
Classical Authors:
El-Ghazali
Omar Khayyam
Attar of Nishapur
Ibn el-Arabi
Saadi of Shiraz
Hakim Jami
Hakim Sanai
Jalaludin Rumi

Four Major Orders:
Chishti
Qadiri
Suhrawardi
Naqshbandi

Teaching Stories

Solitary Contemplation Themes
A Sufi Notebook

Group Recitals

Letters and Lectures

Questions and Answers on Sufism:
Sufism and Islam
Deep Understanding

Shah. Pleasantries of Mulla Nasrudin

Today's free book is The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin by Idries Shah (1968). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read for free online at the Idries Shah Foundation.

Table of Contents

The Reason
Eating His Money
The Use of a Light
Why Don't You?
Prudence
Assumptions
Just Suppose...
Alternate Crop
Tit for Tat
Whose Servant Am I?
Inscrutable Fate
The Answer
Idiots
If Allah Wills It
A Great Thought
The Exploit
The Hunt
Both, Your Majesty!
Forgotten Himself
Not So Difficult
Obligation
Fixed Ideas
There Is a Different Time-scale
Man Bites Dog - That's News
Just as Well I Came Along
Strange That You Should Ask...
Avoid Entanglement
How Foolish Can a Man Be?
Cause and Effect
That's Why They Bunged It Up
The Burden of Guilt
Description of the Goods
More Useful
Which Is My Half?
Learn How to Learn
Face the Facts
Congratulations
Too-Obvious Principles
When You Face Things Alone
The Roles of Man
Dry in the Rain
What Is Real Evidence?
Behind the Obvious
Objectivity
Nobody Complains...
How Far Can You Usefully Be from the Truth
I Believe Your Are Right!
It Appears to Be Thou!
Ladder for Sale
Why Camels Have No Wings
The Gold, The Cloak and The Horse
Give Him Time
The Yogi, The Priest and The Sufi
Remembering
Refutation of the Philosophers
Ask Me Another
The Reward
The High Cost of Learning
The Spiritual Teacher
Hot Soup, Cold Hands
A Word for It
Science
A Question Is an Answer
Aren't We All?
The Value of Truth
Take No Chances
Guess What?
The Merchant
Don't Run Away with the Idea...
The Chickens
Prayer Is Better Than Sleep...
What Is to Be
The Logician
Once Bitten
Good News
The Dog at His Feet
Facts Are Facts
Not to be Taken Away
Not My Business to Know
Not as Easy as it Seems
Repetitiousness
Never Miss a Bargain
The Omen That Worked
The Change
The Value of a Desire
When to Worry
Or Else...
How Long Is Too Long?
Anachronism
Not Time to Waste
Altruism
Perhaps There Is a Road Up There
The Announcement
What Is Above and What is Below...
The Speculator
Louder than an Ox
I Did Not Start It
In the Mosque
Eggs
Allah Will Provide
The School
Clairvoyance
Invisible Extension
Mistaken Identity
Deductive Reasoning
Let It Be Wheat
The Genius
Why?
It Is What He Says That Counts
What Will He Find?
Just for the Asking
We Come and We Go
The Karkorajami
The Smell of a Thought
The Burglar
A Matter of Time, Not Place
All in My Wife's Name
Waiting for the Yeast to Rise
Even Fire
Later than You Think
On His Own
Limits of Perception
Which Way Round?
The Milkman's Horse
What Is it All For?
Pyramid Expert
Where I Sit
Anyone Can Do It That Way
Life and Death
A Penny Less to Pay
Why Ask Me?
The Daughters
All Included
Why Shouldn't They Mourn?
Not Worth Keeping
The Physician
Appetite
The Secret
Maximum Capacity
Battle of the Sexes
At the Frontier
Try Anything Once
Seven with One Stroke
Raw Material
Catch Your Rabbit
Pity the Poor Natives
How Far is Far Enough?
Economic Law
Private Property
Tie Up Below!
Fire
Instinct
The Question Contains its Answer
Nosebags and Donkeys
The Mulla's Dream
The King Spoke to Me
Nobody Really Knows
Truth Last Year's Nests
Head and Heels
Just in Case
Old Graves for New
Nasrudin's Will
Incomplete
The Mulla's Tomb

Shah. Magic Monastery

Today's free book is The Magic Monastery by Idries Shah (1972). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read for free online at the Idries Shah Foundation.

Table of Contents

The Magic Monastery
Cat Think
The Self-Congratulating Fruit
Greed, Obligement and Impossibility
Delusion
Cat and Rabbit
An Answer of Humanyun Adil
The Disease
The Son of a Beggar
Three Epocks
A Sufi of Pamiristan
Last Day
Vine Thought
Appearances
Disguise
Eating and Wonderment
Pitcher Lore
Exercises
Nectar
Absurdities
Onions
Tokens
The Ass
The Method
Nuts
Visitors
Thirsty
The Realm
Vanity
Destitution
Where It Starts
Statistic
Night and Morning
Man and Animal
Obvious
Prisoner
Characdteristics
Theoretician
Catharsis
Fantasy
Kindness
Misjudged
Scratching
The Oatland Story
Zaky and the Dove
Grass Prospects
The Mirror, the Cup, and the Goldsmith
The Onion
Time
The Wand
The Sun and the Lamps
The Goat
The Imbecile Teacher
The Fool
Transaction
The Fish and the Water
Mouseolatry
Six Lives in One
Opposition
Scientific Advance
Service
The Tristomachic Survival
Tiger
Please Do This
Sting
Contradictions
The Fruit
The Slave Sufi
Unlikely Legend
Surroundings
The Outline
The Difference
The Crystal
Selfishness
Experience
The Botanists: Land without Medicine
Worse
Money
Evaluate
In Due Season
Radios
The Young Sufi
The Magical Book
The Man
Psychoanthropological Report
Frivolous
Stop Og Now...
Five Thousand
The Man and the Snail
The Doorkeeper
The Letter of Thanks
The Knife
The Elixir
The Lion
The Certificate
Cheese for Choice
Hidden Hand
City of Storms
People
What to Shun
Posture
The Killer
Magician
Visitors' Information
Cheetahs and Awarts
Ant Research
Duty
The Right Man
Burdens
The Wisest Tiger
The Wrong Department
Expectations
Personal Wisdom
How Can It Mean Anything?
Economics
Two Pilgrims
Service
The Boy and the Wolf
Literature
Legend of the Nightingale
Inner Senses
Grain
Mistakes
Mixed Behavior
Difficulty
The Greatest Vanity
Secret Teaching
Working Together
A House to which the Key is Lost
Hali in Converse with an Inquirer
The Observances
The Cupboard
What Has to Be
Generous and Humble
Books and Sages
Two Scholars and a Sufi
Command
Incurring Blame
Success
Three Possible Reasons
Healing
Dialogue
Meatballs
At the Crossroads
Poems
Discernment
Camels and Bridges
Interchange
Mosquitoes
How to Become a Thief
A Thousandth Part
The Aim of the Nightingale
Abstention
An Obscure Scholar
Confined Thinking
The Outward and the Inward