- Book I — Prologue
- Book I — STORY I. The Prince and the Handmaid.
- Book I — STORY II. The Oilman and his Parrot.
- Book I — STORY III. The Jewish King, his Vazir, and the Christians.
- Book I — STORY IV. Another Tyrannical Jewish King.
- Book I — STORY V. The Lion and the Beasts.
- Book I — STORY VI. Omar and the Ambassador.
- Book I — STORY VII. The Merchant and his Clever Parrot.
- Book I — STORY VIII. The Harper.
- Book I — STORY IX. The Arab and his Wife.
- Book I — STORY X. The Man who was Tattooed.
- Book I — STORY XI. The Lion who Hunted with the Wolf and the Fox.
- Book I — STORY XII. Joseph ad the Mirror.
- Book I — STORY XIII. The Prophet's Scribe.
- Book I — STORY XIV. The Chinese and the Greek Artists.
- Book I — STORY XV. Counsels of Reserve given by the Prophet to his Freedman Zaid.
- Book I — STORY XVI. 'Ali's Forbearance.
- Book II — Prologue
- Book II — STORY I. The Sufi's Beast After anecdotes of the man, in the time of 'Omar, who
- Book II — STORY II. The Pauper and the Prisoners.
- Book II — STORY III. The King and his Two Slaves.
- Book II — STORY IV. The Falcon and the Owls.
- Book II — STORY V. The Thirsty Man who threw Bricks into the Water.
- Book II — STORY VI. Luqman's Master examines him and discovers his Acuteness.
- Book II — STORY VII. Moses and the Shepherd.
- Book II — STORY VIII. The Man who made a Pet of a Bear.
- Book II — STORY IX. The Gardener and the Three Friends.
- Book II — STORY X. Bayazid and the Saint.
- Book II — STORY XI. Mo'avia and Iblis.
- Book II — STORY XII. The Four Hindustanis who censured one another.
- Book II — STORY XIII. The Old Man and the Physician.
- Book II — STORY XIV. The Arab Carrier and the Scholar.
- Book II — STORY XV. The Man who boasted that God did not punish
- Book II — STORY XVI. The Gluttonous Sufi.
- Book II — STORY XVII. The Tree of Life.
- Book II — STORY XVIII. The Young Ducks who were brought up under a Hen.
- Book III — Prologue
- Book III — STORY I. The Travelers who ate the Young Elephant.
- Book III — STORY II. The Villager who invited the Townsman to visit him.
- Book III — STORY III. The Jackal who pretended to be a Peacock.
- Book III — STORY IV. Moses and Pharaoh.
- Book III — STORY V. The Elephant in a Dark Room.
- Book III — STORY VI. The Lover who read Sonnets to his Mistress.
- Book III — STORY VII. The Man who prayed earnestly to be fed without work.
- Book III — STORY VIII. The Boys and their Teacher.
- Book III — STORY IX. The Darvesh who Broke his Vow.
- Book III — STORY X. The Old Man who made no Lamentation at the Death of his Sons.
- Book III — STORY XI. Bahlol and the Darvesh.
- Book III — STORY XII. The Visions seen by the Saint Daquqi.
- Book III — STORY XIII. The People of Saba.
- Book III — STORY XIV. Miracles performed by the Prophet Muhammad.
- Book III — STORY XV. The Man who asked Moses to teach him the language of animals.
- Book III — STORY XVI. The Woman who lost all her infants.
- Book III — STORY XVII. The Vakil of the Prince of Bokhara.
- Book III — STORY XVIII. The Deadly Mosque.
- Book IV — Prologue
- Book IV — STORY I. The Lover and his Mistress.
- Book IV — STORY II. The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem.
- Book IV — STORY III. The Youth who wrote a letter of complaint
- Book IV — STORY IV. Bayazid and his impious sayings when beside himself.
- Book IV — STORY V. The Three Fishes.
- Book IV — STORY VI. Moses and Pharaoh.
- Book IV — STORY VII. The Courtier who quarreled with his Friend for saving his Life.
- Book IV — STORY VIII. The Prince who, after having been beguiled by
- Book IV — STORY IX. The Mule and the Camel.
- Book V — Prologue
- Book V — STORY I. The Prophet and his Infidel Guest.
- Book V — STORY II. The Arab and his Dog.
- Book V — STORY III. The Sage and the Peacock.
- Book V — STORY IV. Muhammad Khwarazm Shah and the Rafizis of Sabzawar.
- Book V — STORY V. The Man who claimed to be a Prophet.
- Book V — STORY VI. The Disciple who blindly imitated his Shaikh.
- Book V — STORY VII. How Adam was created out of a handful of earth brought by an Angel.
- Book V — STORY VIII. Mahmud and Ayaz. 1 Mahmud, the celebrated king of Ghazni, had a favori
- Book V — STORY IX. The sincere repentance of Nasuh.
- Book V — STORY X. The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass.
- Book V — STORY XI. The Mosalman who tried to convert a Magian.
- Book V — STORY XII. The Devotee who broke the noble's wine-jar.
- Book V — STORY VIII.
- Book VI — Prologue
- Book VI — STORY I. The Hindu Slave who loved his Master's Daughter.
- Book VI — STORY II. The Fowler and the Bird.
- Book VI — STORY III. The Drunken Turkish Amir and the Minstrel.
- Book VI — STORY IV. The Purchase of Bilal.
- Book VI — STORY V. The Sufi and the Qazi.
- Book VI — STORY VI. The Faqir and the Hidden Treasure.
- Book VI — STORY VII. The Three Travelers.
- Book VI — STORY VIII. The Man who received a Pension from the Prefect of Tabriz.
- Book VI — STORY IX. The King and his Three Sons.