Caravan of Dreams by Shah, Idries - 1968

London: Octagon, 1968. First ed. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket. See photos. A lovely copy. As new./fine. Octavo in black jacket; 207 pages 23 cm. Collection of extracts, translations, thoughts, and teachings of the Middle East and Central Asia. / Tales, Sufi.parables. Parables. Parables. Paraboles. / Contents: Traditions of the prophet -- Adventures of Mulla Nasrudin -- Red Sea journey -- Pilgrimage to Mecca -- Thoughts from Omar Khayyam -- Meditations of Rumi -- The tale of Melon City -- Haughty and generous -- Chests of gold -- The lowliest of Arabs -- The man, the snake and the stone -- The value of kingdoms -- The magic horse -- The prince of darkness -- Encounter at a hermitage -- The shrine -- Mushkil Gusha -- The story of Mushkil Gusha -- Cheating death -- The three perceptives -- Definitions of Mulla Do-Piaza -- The two brothers -- The angel and the charitable man -- Hospitality -- The Mongols -- Letter from a queen -- The artillery -- Jan Fishan Khan's favour -- Omar and the wine-drinker -- The proper channels -- In Spain -- Baghdad -- Commander of the faithful -- The ball of Marzipan -- Ahmad Husain and the emperor -- The king, the sufi and the surgeon -- A matter of honour -- The pulse of the princess -- Maulana Dervish -- Self-deception -- The camel and the tent -- The curse -- Pleasant and unpleasant -- Khwaja Ahrar -- Saadi : on envy -- Hazrat Bahaudin Naqshband -- Prayer -- The horseman in a hurry -- Class and nation -- Letters -- The voice -- The four men and the interpreter -- The sultans and the taxpayers -- The thief -- Seeing double -- Why? -- Yusuf, son of Husain -- Why the Dervish hides himself -- The dog and the Dervishes -- The prayer and the curse of the Dervish -- Encounter with the devil -- The beard of the Dervish -- The ants and the pen -- Who recognised the master -- Solomon, the mosquito and the wind -- The bees and the hollow tree -- The effects, and use, of music -- Confessions of John of Antioch -- Silent teaching -- Three things -- Table talk.