Jaafar Musa Al-Hadi had a slave-girl called Al-Badr Al-Kabir who played upon the flute greatly and was, in fact, perfect in every discipline one could think of. Mohammed Al-Amin, the son of Zubaidah, requested Jaafar to sell her to him. Jaafar clarified he never intended to sell off his slave-girls or set prices on them. […]
Yahya bin Khalid, the Barmecide, was once coming back from the palace of the Caliph to his mansion. As he entered inside, a man waiting for him arose and said that he was in need of what Yahya had in his possession and took the Allah’s name. Immediately Yahya ordered the man to be given
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In desperation, Duryodhan asked Karna to stop Ghatotkach. Karna had to use the divine weapon given by Indra and killed Ghatotkach. Seeing this, Bheem said angrily, “Krishna, my son is dead and you are laughing.” Lord Krishna said, “From the day this war started, I have been keeping Arjun away from Karna. I am laughing
King Khusrau of Persia and his Queen Shirin were fond of fish. Once a fisherman brought a big fish for the King and was rewarded four thousand dirhams. But Shirin told the King that the fisherman had been rewarded excessively, and so his reward should be revised. She continued that if the fish was a
Lord Krishna revealed a secret to the Pandavas to win against Drona. “Drona has vowed that he would stop fighting if his only son, Ashwatthama, was killed!” The following day, Bheem acted promptly according to Lord Krishna’s plan. He killed an elephant with the name Ashwatthama. Then, Yudhishthira informed Drona that Ashwatthama was dead without
Chapter 2 Mr. Woodhouse was fond of society in his own way. He liked very much to have his friends come and see him; and from various united causes, from his long residence at Hartfield, and his good nature, from his fortune, his house, and his daughter, he could command the visits of his own
A water-carrier in Bokhara held the duty of carrying water to the goldsmith’s house for thirty years. His wife had a perfect blend of beauty and brilliance, apart from modesty and piousness. One day when the water-carrier customarily poured the water into the cisterns at their house, he suddenly caught the lady’s hand, squeezed it
One day when Caliph Al-Hakim bin Amrillah was riding through the state procession, he came across a garden wherein a man was surrounded by eunuchs and negro-slaves. He came forward and asked the man for a draught of water, which he was more than happy to give him and requested the Caliph to grace his
Drona became the chief of the Kaurav army after Bhishma. He planned a war trap called Chakravyuha and made Jaidrath the leader of it. Only Arjun knew how to break this trap but Drona made sure that Arjun was nowhere near by. As the Chakravyuha moved towards the Pandava army, it crushed them on its
Chapter 1 Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent
John liked to take care of his garden and clean the statues of elfs and smurfs. He saw something strange one day. The ceramic figure of the blue smurf was outside beside the other statues. He ran to the wood house to check it. When he came in, he saw that the smurf that he
Kunti went to meet Karna to reveal his true identity. However, he refused to join the Pandavas, saying, “I have already refused to Lord Krishna before. Anyway, it is too late to do that as I am a close friend of Duryodhan. However, I promise you that I will not kill any of the Pandavas
A man of the pilgrims once slept a long sleep and awaking, found no trace of the caravan. So he rose up and walked on, but lost his way and came to a tent, where he saw an old woman standing at the entrance and by her side a dog asleep. He went up to
Karna was given the Kavach and Kundalas at his birth for protection by his father, the Sun-god. The Kavach was embedded into his chest, making it impossible to hurt him with arrows. The Kundalas protected his ear’s cartilage from attacks. Together, they made Karna immortal as there was no other way to kill him. Indra,
A simpleton was walking with his ass tied to a leash in the market. A pair of sharpers saw the man pulling the ass behind him. One said to the other that he would somehow take the ass from the man without his knowledge. Slowly, the sharper went behind the man, removed the ass from