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    “0° ABGDKOF WISDOM AND LIES By SulkhanSabe Orbeliani Translated by Katharine Vivien — mars ry E bk on t rm Se SNM gs Books from Octagon Learning How to Learn Idries Shah Extraordinarily successful key to Shah’s work. How traditional psychology can illuminate current human spiritual and psychological problems. ‘A watershed in studies of the mind’ — Psychology Today (Choice of the Month). Sadi: The Rose Garden Translated by Edward B. Eastwick, CB, MA, FRS, MRAS One of the best known of the Sufi classics and a major work of Persian literature. ‘These are not essays or disquisitions; each is a little landscape of tales, maxims, aphorisms, reminiscences, verse and poetry in different manners — singularly attractive’ — Books and Bookmen. Teachings of Rumi: The Masnavi Translated and abridged by E. H. Whinfield For centuries Rumi’s greatest work has fascinated readers from all cultures. In Iran it is called ‘The Koran in the Persian tongue’, a tribute paid to no other book. ‘Full of profound mysteries, and a most important book in the study of Sufism — mysteries which must, for the most part, be left to the discernment of the reader’ — F. Hadland Davis. Among the Dervishes O. M. Burke An account of travels and adventures in India, the Middle East and Central Asia. Burke carried out a pilgrimage to Mecca (forbidden to unbelievers), studied in a monastery in Baluchistan, visited the little-explored Afghan land of Nuristan, lived as a Moslem holy man and attended strange ceremonies. ‘Opens horizons that cause the mind to soar’ — Sunday Telegraph. Magic and Mystics of Java Nina Epton A fascinating record of travels and investigations into the magic and mysticism of Java which form the background of the island’s culture and traditions. ‘Miss Epton has written one of the pleasantest travel books | have read for years . . . both learned and stimulating — rare combination — to a rare degree’ — lsabel Quigley — The Tablet. Escape from Central Asia Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah Gripping stories told with pace and humour, dovetailed with allegory. On a modern-day pilgrimage several travellers entertain — and edify each other in the classical manner. Jacket illustration by Mamia Malazonia ISBN: 90086098 2 A BOOK OF WISDOM AND LIES A BOOK OF WISDOM AND LIES Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Translated from the Georgian by KATHARINE VIVIAN THE OCTAGON PRESS LONDON om. oO i a9 First Impression of the First Edition Copyright © 1982 Katharine Vivian All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photographic, by recording or any information storage or retrieval system or method now known or to be invented or adapted, without prior permission obtained in writing from the publisher, The Octagon Press Limited 14, Baker Street, London W1M 1DA, England except by a reviewer quoting brief passages in a review written for inclusion in a journal, magazine, newspaper or broadcast. ISBN: 90086098 2 Photoset, printed and bound in Great Britain by Redwood Burn Limited Trowbridge, Wiltshire SA F IANS SIS : SNe S0F0IS5 % 3 FOR JOHN, ANTONIA AND IMOGEN MARTINEAU Aa Se ee ea ee ae ee CONTENTS . The King of Khorassan . A Poor Man’s Greed . The Miserly Merchant . The Man with a Sieve . The Stupid Swimmer . The Ill-Fated Merchant . The Eunuch of Aleppo . The King of India’s Vizir 9. The Man who Could Not be Sent to Hell . The Old Man and the Youth . The Sweetest and the Most Bitter . The Duke and the Nobleman’s Son . The King and the Artist . The Thieving Tailor . The Two Mullahs . The Fox in Holy Orders . The Moon of Ramadan . The Mountain Dweller in the Orchard . Building a Village . The Unjust Shirvan-Shah . How the Tongue can Wound . News of a Dog . The Caliph and the Arab . The Search for a Man without a Care . The King of Arabia 26. The King of Kobuleti’s Son . The Roman Noble . The Grand Duke’s Son . The Defeated General . The Grasping Stone-Cutter . The Merchant’s Wife . The Ill-Fated King’s Son . The Bughdan Nobleman . The Story of the Beardless Man . Strength in Unity . The Wolf as Farrier vii 37. 38. 39. 40. The Thief’s Son of Tabriz The Thieving Corpse The Oyster and the Lobster Greed for Fruit DyumBEr’s TALES ay, AZ, Ag: as. a5. 46. ates 48. Sh 50. ad. 52. 53; 54, 55. 56. O27. oe 59, 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71, 72; 7. 74, 7S. 76. ie 78. Buried Treasure The Drunken Heir The Clever Prince The Affectionate Brothers The King who was Thrown down a Well The Foolish Donkey The King who Did Not Fear Death The Power of Wine The Shrewish Sister-in-Law The Two Brothers The Three Comrades Seeing and Unseeing The Donkey and the Tiger The King of India and the Barber The Ploughman, the Weaver and the Tailor The Wolf, the Goat and the Hay Melas, Metur and Marasan Sharing Out Goats The God-King and his Angel The Tortoise and the Scorpion The Sage and the Rich Man Two Cups of Wine The Tinker and the Donkey The Christian and the Jew The Reapers of Derbend The Mullah of Gilan The Two Rich Men The Fox and the Crane The Qadi and the Mule The Blacksmith of Shami and the Devils The Persian and the Indian The Storks and the Geese The Philosophers The Bear and the Hunters The Orphan and his Mother The King of Langaruth and the Blacksmith The Clumsy Barber The Italian Painters Vili 4 } THE THREE LUCKLESS MARRIED MEN yo: 80. 81. The Jealous Sister-in-Law Gruel The ‘Backwards-and-Forwards’ Fire THE TEN LEARNED PHysICIANS 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. o2: 23. 94. The Artificial Skull The Blood-Letting The Ass’s Bone The Wise Physician The King of Basra and the Physician The Tumour Upside Down The Son of Kirman-Shah Sleeping Sickness Healing by Treachery The Fungus Patient The Man with the Rolling Stone Hospitality with Two Loaves of Bread Djizi Gurgen HUNTING STORIES 2). 96. oy 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. AL... 112. 113. 114. 11S. 116. The Falcon and the Crane The Blind Cheetah The Falconer The Pheasant and the Whip A Saucepan for a Head The Key of the Wine-Cellar Abdul-Azim the Dervish The Raven with Second Sight The Man who was Buried Alive and The Country of the Giants The Indian Acrobats The Magicians of Tunisia The Hindu Physician The Poor Man and the Jar of Florins The Two Enemies The Idle Man The Man and the Snake The Good-Hearted Snake The Rich Man and the Poor Man The Caliph and the Arab The Young Man and the Brigands The Rich Merchant and the Innkeeper The Three Blind Men 97 98 98 99) 99 100 101 101 103 104 105 105 106 109 109 110 110 110 111 113 114 116 121 122, 122, 127 127 128 122 131 131 132 133 134 136 aly. 118. I19. 120. IAs 122, 123. 24° 125° 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135: 136. 137. 138. 139, 140. 141. 142. 143. 144, 145. 146. gay 5 148. 149. 150: 151, 152. Caesar’s Magister The King of Anakopia The Indian Bird The Salamander The Three Comrades The Poor Man and the Pot of Butter The Two Dervishes and the Shah The Peasant and the Three Snakes The Three Brothers

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