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Thomas Lambert Barlow. Oral Tradition from the Indus
Oral Tradition from the Indus
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INTRODUCTION
THE GURU AND HIS GREEDY DISCIPLE
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE DONKEY-MAN AND THE PRECIOUS STONE
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE FAKIR AND THE BHÂNDS
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE MISERLY MOSLEM PRIEST AND HIS WIFE
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE KING’S SON, HIS FRIEND, AND THE FAKIR
EXPLANATORY NOTES
SECUNDUR ZULF-KUR-NAIN
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE FARMER, THE CROCODILE, AND THE JACKAL
EXPLANATORY NOTES
FAITH OPPOSED TO MAGIC
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE FAKIR AND HIS QUARRELSOME WIFE
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE FARMER AND THE REVENUE SOWAR
EXPLANATORY NOTES
MŪLTĀN AS HOT AS FIRE
EXPLANATORY NOTES
SHĀITĀN AND HIS SAVAGE WIFE
EXPLANATORY NOTES
SAKHI, THE GENEROUS MOSLEM
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE PRIEST, THE WASHERMAN, AND THE ASS
EXPLANATORY NOTES
AKBAR AND HIS MINISTER
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE RAJAH, HIS MINISTER, AND THE SHEPHERD
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE BANJĀRA, HIS DOG, AND THE BANKER
EXPLANATORY NOTES
HOW AN EVIL SPIRIT WAS EXORCISED
EXPLANATORY NOTES
BAHADŪR SINGH AND THE BLIND BEGGAR
EXPLANATORY NOTES
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John Frederick Adolphus McNair, Thomas Lambert Barlow
Comprised in Tales to Which Are Added Explanatory Notes
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It is perhaps matter for regret that in publishing these rural tales, I am not in a position to add the names of those people in Ghazi from whom Mr. Barlow heard them, nor, of course, can I give their antecedents. It might perhaps have afforded some clue to the source from whence the tales had been received, and it would certainly have been an additional evidence of their authenticity.
Mr. Barlow, however, made no note of these particulars at the time, and he cannot even now trust his memory on these points. He gathered the tales more to obtain a better insight into the character of the people, and to strengthen his knowledge of the language, and with no ulterior view to their publication. He, however, can say with all truth, that most of them were related in his presence by the farmers and “Merasis” or bards of the people, and that they are from the original stock transmitted to them by their forefathers.
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