The Dabistan Or School Of Manners Book

1901. Part of the Universal Classics Library. The religious beliefs, observances, philosophic opinions and social customs of the nations of the East translated from the original Persian. With a special introduction by A. V. Williams Jackson. Contents: Invocation; Cult of the Parsees; The Sipasian Sect; The Code of Mahabad; The Jamshaspian Sect; The Samradian Sect; Zoroastrianism; The Hundred Gates of Paradise; The Orthodox Hindu System; The Vedantian Sect; The Sankhya Sect; The Vichnian Sect; The Vairagis Sect; The Buddhists; The Nanac Sect; The Yahuds (Jews); The Aisuyans (Christians); The Muhammedans; Omar Khayam; The Roshenians; The Ilaliahs; The Great Jenghis Khan; and The Religion of the Philosophers.