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Arabian Nights Vol. 1

Preface

The exact origin of the Tales, which appear in the Arabic as "The Thousand and One Nights," is unknown. The Caliph Haroon al Rusheed, who, figures in so lifelike a manner in many of the stories, was a contemporary of the Emperor Charlemagne, and there is internal evidence that the collection was made in the Arabic language about the end of the tenth century.

They undoubtedly convey a picturesque impression of the manners, sentiments, and customs of Eastern Mediaeval Life.

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• • Introduction
  • 1- The Ass, the Ox, and the Labourer
  • 2- The Merchant and the Genie
  • 3- Old Man and the Hind
  • 4- Old Man and the Two Black Dogs
  • 5- The Fisherman
  • 6- Grecian King and the Physician Douban
  • 7- The Husband and the Parrot
  • 8- The Vizier that was Punished
  • 9- History of the Young King of the Black Isles
  • 10- The Three Calenders
  • 11- History of the First Calender
  • 12- The Second Calender
  • 13- The Envious Man
  • 14- History of the Third Calender
  • 15- The Story of Zobeide
  • 16- The Story of Amene
  • 17- Sinbad the Voyager
  • 18- The Three Apples
  • 19- Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Houssun
  • 20- History of Ganem