(30.) Defeats the Kings of ’Alánia and Halab.
(31.) He subdues Rúm, and kills there a huge dragon. Defeats and slays a Habashí king, Shadkáwa, and returns to Madáín.
Vol. ii. (32.) [In my edition there is a mistake in numbering this story 19 as the first of the volume; the mistake is carried right though the remainder of the work.]
Amír Hamza is sent to Rúm to demand arrears of tribute and captures ’Adís the king.
(33.) Kills Istaqlán, King of Rúm, and then goes on to Misr, the king of which he slays with the aid of his daughter Zohra Báno, and returns to MadÀín.
(34.) Finds Anúshírwán absent, and takes possession of Mihar Nigár.
(35.) Sends her to Makká, and attacks Anúshírwán for breaking his promise. Battle ensues, in which Amír Hamza is wounded by Zúbin Sháh Mughal, and flies on his horse, Khúng, to Makka pursued by his enemies.
(36.) Assists the fairy Asmáí to recover the Golden City (Shahristán Zarrín), in the Koh-i-Qáf, from the ’Ifrits. Amír Hamza kills the king of the ’Ifrits, and restores her realm to Asmáí.
(37.) On his way home he is re-called by the fairy Asmáí, whose city was re-taken by the ’Ifrits. He marries her.
(38.) He has a daughter by her, called Malika Qureshia, and returns to Makka through Demonland.
(39.) On the road he gets possession of the horse Ashqar, and rescues two men, Ashúb Malláh and Bahlol Naqqásh, from an enchanted fort.
(40.) Arrives at the city of king ’Arshi Tájdár, whose people have the ears of elephants. Crosses very wide rivers to rescue Asfá, a female devotee. Rescues his leader, Ma'dekarab, from imprisonment, who relates how he and the Princess Mihar Nigár had been surrounded by enemies.
(41.) His meeting with Mihar Nigár, and putting to flight her enemies.
(42.) The defeat and death of Hom, king of Damishq, at the hand
