The Persian world (Empires of the sand
Picture essay: Echoes of empire)
Legends of the early world (The valleys of creation
War at the heart of existence
The goddess and the warrior
Years of peace and plenty
A perfect prince beguiled
Picture essay: The bounty of Paradise)
The flames of wisdom (The birth of Zoroaster
Picture essay: Patterns of perfection)
The epic of the kings (Zal the white-haired prince
The wars between Iran and Turan
Kay Khusrow's final victory
Sikander the world conqueror
Picture essay: Magic from the sky).
Land of the story-tellers (The book of 1,000 tales
The quest for a distant lover
Prince Ahmed and the peri Banu