ISBN: 9781232410867

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 134 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 134 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: . . . the great. A reciter or declaimer, as he was called, often elevated his whole family or tribe by his fascinating powers. Sometimes a criminal would postpone or avoid death by a craftily devised tale with endless episodes. There were professional story-tellers who could relieve pain or lull the restless to sleep with their low croonings of romance. And many a harems queen owed her high position to the gentle art with which she wove her tales of adventure and of love. Among the endless romances of Persian life sung or recited in palace, market-place, camp or hut, the loved, the undying one, is the story of two foster brothers, Meher and Mushteri. The author of this is Assar, of whom practically nothing else seems to be known. The tale is one of affection, treachery, fidelity, suffering, consolation, and a magnanimity of forgiveness which we have been accustomed to associate with an unaffected submission to the teachings of Christ. Meher And Mushteri. In ancient times, in the city of Persepolis, there lived a rich and magnificent king, whose name was Shapur. He was blessed with a grand vizier, loyal, devoted and just. The king had a son Meher; his vizier had a son Mushteri. So intimate were the relations between the monarch and his principal officer that the beautiful boys were educated together, having the same masters, the same studies, the same sports. Hand in hand, they grew up nearly to manhood united by a bond as strong as that of fraternal love. In the kings household there was another official who also had a son, Behram. He foresaw that when Meher should reign Mushteri would be grand vizier, and he wanted that position for his own son. The royal tutor was a good man, but old and easily influenced. He was made to believe that Mushteri was no fit compa. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<