THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Contents
The World of The Arabian Nights
Dissemination and Manuscripts
The Printed Editions
The Mahdi Edition
Past Translations
The Present Translation
The Guiding Principles
The Prose
The Verse
Conclusion
A Note on the Transliteration
Map: The World of the Nights
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Foreword
Prologue: The Story of King Shahrayar and Shahrazad, His Vizier’s Daughter
The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey
The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife
The Story of the Merchant and the Demon
The First Old Man’s Tale
The Second Old Man’s Tale
The Story of the Fisherman and the Demon
The Tale of King Yunan and the Sage Duban
The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot
The Tale of the King’s Son and the She-Ghoul
The Tale of the Enchanted King
The Story of the Porter and the Three Ladies
The First Dervish’s Tale
The Second Dervish’s Tale
The Tale of the Envious and the Envied
The Third Dervish’s Tale
The Tale of the First Lady, the Mistress of the House
The Tale of the Second Lady, the Flogged One
The Story of the Three Apples
The Story of the Two Viziers, Nur al-Din Ali al-Misri and Badr al-Din Hasan al-Basri
The Story of the Hunchback
The Christian Broker’s Tale: The Young Man with the Severed Hand and the Girl
The Steward’s Tale: The Young Man from Baghdad and Lady Zubaida’s Maid
The Jewish Physician’s Tale: The Young Man from Mosul and the Murdered Girl
The Tailor’s Tale: The Lame Young Man from Baghdad and the Barber
The Barber’s Tale
The Tale of the First Brother, the Hunchbacked Tailor
The Tale of the Second Brother, Baqbaqa the Paraplegic
The Tale of the Third Brother, Faqfaq the Blind
The Tale of the Fourth Brother, the One-Eyed Butcher
The Tale of the Fifth Brother, the Cropped of Ears
The Tale of the Sixth Brother, the Cropped of Lips
The Story of Nur al-Din Ali ibn-Bakkar and the Slave-Girl Shams al-Nahar
The Story of the Slave-Girl Anis al-Jalis and Nur al-Din Ali ibn-Khaqan
The Story of Jullanar of the Sea
Book classification
The book is classified within : 100 best fantasy books
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