Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE -- Chapter One. The Eloquent Mute -- Chapter Two. Inimitable Simplicity -- PART TWO -- Chapter Three. "Words Covered in Veils" -- Chapter Four. "A Nightingale without feathers" Riddlers of the Late Ghaznavid and Early Seljuq Periods -- Chapter Five. The Virtues of the King: Riddles in Mukhtærñ's Hunar-næma -- Conclusion -- References -- Index