Solwan

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The work of Ibn Zafer appears to me of no less value in a literary point of view, for it offers, perhaps, the most ancient specimen in existence of the historical romance, together with a praiseworthy and by no means servile imita tion of the Indian fables introduced into Europe by the Persians and Arabs, seven centuries before the study of Sanscrit had made us ac quainted with the originals.