Mohammad Amin Sheikho

Birth: 1890 A.D.

Death: 1964 A.D.

Precept: Interpretation of the Holy Qur'an

CONTENTS

- Introduction - Stories of the Scholar – Part 5

- The Dignity of a Believing Officer.

- His Enemies Confessed to His Excellence.

- The Officer, a Repentant Criminal and a Chicken Coop.

- Danger Overcome on the Al-Qaboon Highway.

- Obsequious Behaviour Is not Tolerated.

- Superior Intelligence Resolves a Difficult Situation.

- The False Penitent Will Never Succeed.

- The Minister of War Yusuf Al- 'Azma and the Battle of Maysalun.

- The Tale of a Good Butcher and a Bad Butcher.

- The French Woman Learns the Reason for the Veil.

- Defending the Sheikh against a Murderous Mob.

- The Governor of the Castle Ensures Stability within Its Walls.

- Occasional Marital Privacy for Prisoners.

- The Irreverent Grocer Is Foiled.

- Prisoner in the Castle or Guest of Honour?

- A Complex Story of Punishment, Rebellion and Mercy.