INTRODUCTION.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother.
a. Story of the Ox and the Ass
1. The Merchant and the Genie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
a. The First Old Man's Story . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
b. The Second Old Man's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . ii
c. The Third Old Man's Story . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
2. The Fisherman and the Genie. . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
a. Story of the Physician Douban . . . . . . . . . . iv
aa. Story of King Sindbad and his Falcon. . . . .v
ab. Story of the King's Son and the Ogress. . . .v
b. Story of the Enchanted Youth. . . . . . . . . . .vii
3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad . . . . . . ix
a. The First Calender's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . xi
b. The Second Calender's Story . . . . . . . . . . .xii
ba. Story of the Envier and the Envied[FN#225]xiii
c. The Third Calender's Story. . . . . . . . . . . .xiv
d. The Eldest Lady's Story . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
e. The Story of the Portress . . . . . . . . . . .xviii
4. The Three Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
5. Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan. . xx
6. Story of the Hunchback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv
a. The Christian Broker's Story. . . . . . . . . . .xxv
b. The Controller's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . .xxvii
c. The Jewish Physician's Story. . . . . . . . . xxviii
d. The Tailor's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
e. The Barber's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi
ea. Story of the Barber's First Brother . . . xxxi
eb. Story of the Barber's Second Brother. . . xxxi
ec. Story of the Barber's Third Brother . . .xxxii
ed. Story of the Barber's Fourth Brother. . .xxxii
ee. Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother . . .xxxii
ef. Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother . . xxxiii
7. Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelis . . . . .xxxiv
8. Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love . . . . . . . . .xxxix
a. Story of the Eunuch Bekhit. . . . . . . . . . .xxxix
b. Story of the Eunuch Kafour. . . . . . . . . . .xxxix
9. The History of King Omar ben Ennuman and his Sons Sherkan and Zoulmekanxlv
a. Story of Taj el Mulouk and the Princess Dunya . cvii
aa. Story of Aziz and Azizeh. . . . . . . . cxliii
b. Bakoun's Story of the Hashish-Eater . . . . . cxliii
c. Hemmad the Bedouin's Story. . . . . . . . . . .cxliv
10. The Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam. . . . . .cxlvi
11. The Hermits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cxlviii
12. The Waterfowl and the Tortoise. . . . . . . . . .cxlviii
13. The Wolf and the Fox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cxlviii
a. The Hawk and the Partridge. . . . . . . . . . .cxlix
14. The Mouse and the Weasel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cl
15. The Cat and the Crow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cl
16. The Fox and the Crow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cl
a. The Mouse and the Flea. . . . . . . . . . . . . .cli
b. The Falcon and the Birds. . . . . . . . . . . . clii
c. The Sparrow and the Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . clii
17. The Hedgehog and the Pigeons. . . . . . . . . . . . clii
a. The Merchant and the Two Sharpers . . . . . . . clii
18. The Thief and his Monkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . clii
a. The Foolish Weaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . clii
19. The Sparrow and the Peacock . . . . . . . . . . . . clii
20. Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar . . . . . . . . . .cliii
21. Kemerezzeman and Budour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . clxx
a. Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slave-girl . ccxxxvii
22. Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ccl
23. Hatim et Tal; his Generosity after Death. . . . . .cclxx
24. Maan ben Zaideh and the three Girls . . . . . . . cclxxi
25. Maan ben Zaideh and the Bedouin . . . . . . . . . cclxxi
26. The City of Lebtait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cclxxii
27. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth. . . . . . . cclxxi
28. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-surgeon . . cclxxiii
29. The City of Irem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cclxxvi
30. Isaac of Mosul's Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamouncclxxix
31. The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad . . cclxxxii
32. The Mock Khalif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cclxxxvi
33. Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper. . . . . . . ccxciv
34. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and his Vizier Jaaferccxcvi
35. The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress's Honourccxcvii
36. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller. . . . . ccxcix
37. Abou Mohammed the Lazy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ccc
38. Yehya ben Khalid and Mensour. . . . . . . . . . . . .ccv
39. Yehya ben Khalid and the Man who forged a Letter in his Nameccvi
40. The Khalif El Mamoun and the Strange Doctor . . . .cccvi
41. Ali Shar and Zumurrud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cccvii
42. The Loves of Jubeir ben Umeir and the Lady Budourcccxxvii
43. The Man of Yemen and his six Slave-girls. . . . cccxxxiv
44. Haroun er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwascccxxxviii
45. The Man who stole the Dog's Dish of Gold. . . . . .cccxl
46. The Sharper of Alexandria and the Master of Policecccxli
47. El Melik en Nasir and the three Masters of Policecccxliii
a. Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police. cccxliii
b. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police . . .cccxliv
c. Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police. .cccxliv
48. The Thief and the Money-Changer . . . . . . . . . ccxliv
49. The Chief of the Cous Police and the Sharper. . . cccxlv
50. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant's Sister Night ccxlvi
51. The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgivingcccxlviii
52. The Devout Israelite. . . . . . . . . . . . . .cccxlviii
53. Abou Hassan es Ziyadi and the Man from Khorassan Night ccxlix
54. The Poor Man and his Generous Friend. . . . . . . .cccli
55. The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dreamcccli
56. El Mutawekkil and his Favourite Mehboubeh . . . . .cccli
57. Werdan the Butcher's Adventure with the Lady and the Bearcccliii
58. The King's Daughter and the Ape . . . . . . . . . .ccclv
59. The Enchanted Horse Night . . . . . . . . . . . cclvii
60. Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier's Daughter Rose-in-budccclxxi
61. Abou Nuwas with the three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshidccclxxxi
62. Abdallah ben Maamer with the Man of Bassora and his Slave-girlccclxxxiii
63. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh. . . . . . . . ccclxxxiii
64. Tht Vizier of Yemen and his young Brother . . .ccclxxxiv
65. The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School . . . . ccclxxxv
66. El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh. . . . . . . ccclxxxv
67. Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath . . . ccclxxxv
68. Haroun er Reshid and the three Poets. . . . . .ccclxxxvi
69. Musab ben ez Zubeir and Aaisheh his Wife. . . .ccclxxxvi
70. Aboulaswed and his squinting Slave-girl . . . ccclxxxvii
71. Haroun er Reshid and the two Girls. . . . . . ccclxxxvii
72. Haroun er Reshid and the three Girls. . . . . ccclxxxvii
73. The Miller and his Wife . . . . . . . . . . . ccclxxxvii
74. The Simpleton and the Sharper . . . . . . . .ccclxxxviii
75. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshld and Zubeidehccclxxxviii
76. The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant. . . . . .ccclxxxix
77. King Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel .ccclxxxix
78. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith's Wife. . . . .cccxc
79. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman. . . . . . . cccxci
80. Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man . . . . . . . . cccxci
81. Mohammed el Amin and Jaafer ben el Hadi . . . . .cccxcii
82. Said ben Salim and the Barmecides . . . . . . . .cccxcii
83. The Woman's Trick against her Husband . . . . . cccxciii
84. The Devout Woman and the two Wicked Elders. . . .cccxciv
85. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Old Bedouin. . . . . cccxcv
86. Omar ben el Khettab and the Young Bedouin . . . . cccxcv
87. El Mamoun and the Pyramids of Egypt . . . . . .cccxcviii
88. The Thief turned Merchant and the other Thief .cccxcviii
89. Mesrour and Ibn el Caribi . . . . . . . . . . . .cccxcix
90. The Devout Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cccci
91. The Schoolmaster who Fell in Love by Report . . . ccccii
92. The Foolish Schoolmaster. . . . . . . . . . . . .cccciii
93. The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster. .cccciii
94. The King and the Virtuous Wife. . . . . . . . . . cccciv
95. Abdurrehman the Moor's Story of the Roc . . . . . cccciv
96. Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind. . . . . . . . .ccccv
97. Dibil el Khuzai with the Lady and Muslin ben el Welidccccvii
98. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant . . . . . . . . .ccccvii
99. The Three Unfortunate Lovers. . . . . . . . . . . ccccix
100. The Lovers of the Benou Tai. . . . . . . . . . . .ccccx
101. The Mad Lover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ccccxi
102. The Apples of Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .ccccxii
103. The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain. . . . .ccccxiv
104. El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi . .ccccxviii
105. El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil . . . . . .ccccxix
106. The Man's Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative Excellence of the
Sexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ccccxix
107. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman . . . .ccccxxiii
108. Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis. . . . . . . ccccxxiv
109. The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Loverccccxxiv
110. The Haunted House in Baghdad . . . . . . . . . ccccxxiv
111. The Pilgrim and the Old Woman who dwelt in the Desertccccxxxiv
112. Aboulhusn and his Slave-girl Taweddud. . . . .ccccxxxvi
113. The Angel of Death with the Proud King and the Devout Mancccclxii
114. The Angel of Death and the Rich King . . . . . cccclxii
115. The Angel of Death and the King of the Children of Israelcccclxiii
116. Iskender Dhoulkernein and a certain Tribe of Poor Folkcccclxiv
117. The Righteousness of King Anoushirwan. . . . . cccclxiv
118. The Jewish Cadi and his Pious Wife . . . . . . .cccclxv
119. The Shipwrecked Woman and her Child. . . . . . cccclxvi
120. The Pious Black Slave. . . . . . . . . . . . .cccclxvii
121. The Devout Platter-maker and his Wife. . . . cccclxviii
122. El Hejjaj ben Yousuf and the Pious Man . . . . .cccclxx
123. The Blacksmith who could Handle Fire without Hurtcccclxxi
124. The Saint to whom God gave a Cloud to serve him and the Devout Kingcccclxxiii
125. The Muslim Champion and the Christian Lady . .cccclxxiv
126. Ibrahim ben el Khawwas and the Christian King's Daughtercccclxxvii
127. The Justice of Providence. . . . . . . . . .cccclxxviii
128. The Ferryman of the Nile and the Hermit. . . .cccclxxix
129. The King of the Island . . . . . . . . . . . .cccclxxix
130. Abulhusn ed Durraj and Abou Jaafer the Leper .cccclxxxi
131. The Queen of the Serpents. . . . . . . . . . cccclxxxii
a. The Adventures of Beloukiya . . . . . . . cccclxxxvi
b. The Story of Janshah. . . . . . . . . . . . ccccxcix
132. Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter. . . . dxxxvi
a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . dxxxviii
b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor . . . dxliii
c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . . .dxlvi
d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor . . . . . dl
e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . . . dlvi
f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . . . dlix
g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . dlxiii
133. The City of Brass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dlxvi
134. The Malice of Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . dlxxviii
a. The King and his Vizier's Wife. . . . . . . dlxxviii
b. The Merchant's Wife and the Parrot. . . . . . dlxxix
c. The Fuller and his Son. . . . . . . . . . . . dlxxix
d. The Lover's Trick against the Chaste Wife . . .dlxxx
e. The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread . . . . . .dlxxx
f. The Lady and her Two Lovers . . . . . . . . . dlxxxi
g. The King's Son and the Ogress . . . . . . . . dlxxxi
h. The Drop of Honey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dlxxxii
i. The Woman who made her Husband sift Dust. . .dlxxxii
j. The Enchanted Springs . . . . . . . . . . . .dlxxxii
k. The Vizier's Son and the Bathkeeper's Wife. .dlxxxiv
l. The Wife's Device to Cheat her Husband. . . .dlxxxiv
m. The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing- girl.dlxxxvi
n. The Man who never Laughed again . . . . . . dlxxxvii
o. The King's Son and the Merchant's Wife. . . . . dxci
p. The Page who feigned to know the Speech of Birdsdxcii
q. The Lady and her five Suitors . . . . . . . . dxciii
r. The Man who saw the Night of Power. . . . . . .dxcvi
s. The Stolen Necklace . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dxcvi
t. The two Pigeons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dxcvii
u. Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detmadxcvii
v. The House with the Belvedere. . . . . . . . .dxcviii
w. The King's Son and the Afrit's Mistress . . . . dcii
x. The Sandal-wood Merchant and the Sharpers . . .dciii
y. The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Child. . . .dcv
z. The Stolen Purse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dcv
135. Jouder and his Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . dcvi
136. The History ot Gherib and his Brother Agib . . . dcxxiv
137. Otbeh and Reyya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dclxxx
138. Hind Daughter of En Numan and El Hejjaj. . . . .dclxxxi
139. Khuzeimeh ben Bishr and Ikrimeh el Feyyas. . . dclxxxii
140. Younus the Scribe and the Khalif Welid ben Sehldclxxxiv
141. Haroun er Reshid and the Arab Girl . . . . . . .dclxxxv
142. El Asmai and the three Girls of Bassora. . . . dclxxxvi
143. Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil . . . . . . . .dclxxxvii
144. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh . . . . . . . dclxxxviii
145. The Bedouin and his Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . .dcxci
146. The Lovers of Bassora. . . . . . . . . . . . . .dcxciii
147. Isaac of Mosul and his Mistress and the Devil. . .dcxcr
148. The Lovers of Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dcxcvi
149. El Melik en Nasir and his Vizier . . . . . . . .dcxcvii
150. The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her Daughter Zeyneb the Trickstressdcxcviii
151. The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo, a Sequel to the Rogueries of Delileh
the Crafty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dccviil
152. Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous . . . . . . . . . . .dccxu
153. Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persiaiccxxxviii
154. King Mohammed ben Sebaik and the Merchant Hassan dcclvi
a. Story of Prince Seif el Mulouk and the Princess Bediya el Jemal dcclviii
155. Hassan of Bassora and the King's Daughter of the Jinndcclxxviii
156. Khelifeh the Fisherman of Baghdad. . . . . . . cccxxxii
157. Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif. . . . . . . . . . .dcccxlv
158. Ali Noureddin and the Frank King's Daughter. .dccclxiii
159. The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife. . . dcccxciv
160. The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave-girl . dcccxcvi
161. King Jelyaad of Hind and his Vizier Shimas: whereafter ensueth the History of
King Wird Khan son of King Jelyaad and his Women and Viziersdcccxciz
a. The Cat and the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . .dccoc
b. The Fakir and his Pot of Butter . . . . . . .dccccii
c. The Fishes and the Crab . . . . . . . . . . dcccciii
d. The Crow and the Serpent. . . . . . . . . . dcccciii
e. The Fox and the Wild Ass. . . . . . . . . . .dcccciv
f. The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince. . . . dccccv
g. The Crows and the Hawk. . . . . . . . . . . .dccccvi
k. The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife. . . . . . dccccvii
i. The Spider and the Wind . . . . . . . . . .dccccviii
j. The Two Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dccccix
k. The Blind Man and the Cripple . . . . . . . . dccccx
l. The Foolish Fisherman . . . . . . . . . . dccccxviii
m. The Boy and the Thieves . . . . . . . . . dccccxviii
n. The Man and his Wilful Wife . . . . . . . . dccccxix
o. The Merchant and the Thieves. . . . . . . . .dccccxx
p. The Foxes and the Wolf. . . . . . . . . . . dccccxxi
q. The Shepherd and the Thief. . . . . . . . . dccccxxi
r. The Heathcock and the Tortoises . . . . . .dccccxxiv
162. Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber. . . . dccccxxx
163. Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman .dccccxl
164. The Merchant of Oman . . . . . . . . . . . . .dccccxlvi
165. Ibrahim and Jemileh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . dcccciii
166. Aboulhusn of Khorassan . . . . . . . . . . . . dcccclix
167. Kemerezzeman and the Jeweller's Wife . . . . dcccclxiii
168. Abdallah ben Fasil and his Brothers. . . . dcccclixviii
169. Marouf the Cobbler and his Wife Fatimeh. dcccclxxxix-Mi
Conclusion.
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE BRESLAU (TUNIS)
EDITION OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF
THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT.
Night
Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother.
a. Story of the Ox and the Ass
1. The Merchant and the Genie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
a. The First Old Man's Story . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
b. The Second Old Man's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . vi
c. The Third Old Man's Story . . . . . . . . . . . viii
2. The Fisherman and the Genie. . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
a. Story of the Physician Douban . . . . . . . . . . xi
aa. Story of the Jealous Man and the Parrot[FN#226]xiv
ab. Story of the King's Son and the Ogress. . . xv
b. Story of the Enchanted Youth. . . . . . . . . . .xxi
3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad . . . . xxviii
a. The First Calender's Story. . . . . . . . . . xxxvii
b. The Second Calender's Story . . . . . . . . . . . xl
ba. The Envier and the Envied . . . . . . . . xlvi
c. The Third Calender's Story. . . . . . . . . . . liii
d. The Eldest Lady's Story . . . . . . . . . . . .lxiii
e. Story of the Portress . . . . . . . . . . . . .lxvii
4. The Three Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxix
5. Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan.lxxii
6. Story of the Hunchback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cii
a. The Christian Broker's Story. . . . . . . . . . cvii
b. The Controller's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . cxix
c. The Jewish Physician's Story. . . . . . . . . .cxxix
d. The Tailor's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . .cxxxvii
e. The Barber's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cxlix
ea. Story of the Barber's First Brother . . . . ci
eb. Story of the Barber's Second Brother. . . cliv
ec. Story of the Barber's Third Brother . . .clvii
ed. Story of the Barber's Fourth Brother. . clviii
ee. Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother . . . .clx
ef. Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother . . .clxiv
7. Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar. . . . . . . . . . .clxix
8. Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelii . . . . .cxcix
9. Kemerezzeman and Budour. . . . . . . . . . . . . .ccxviii
10. The Enchanted Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ccxlir
11. The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor . . . . . . . . ccxliv
a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . . .cclii
b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor . . . ccliii
c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . . . cclv
d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor . . . .cclix
e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . .cclxiii
f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . . cclxvi
g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor. . . cclxix
12. Asleep and Awake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cclxxi
a. The Lackpenny and the Cook. . . . . . . . . cclxxiii
13. Seif el Mulouk and Bediya el Jemal. . . . . . . . ccxci
14. Khelif the Fisherman [FN#227] . . . . . . . . . . cccxxi
15. Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love. . . . . . . cccxxxii
a. Story of the Eunuch Sewab [FN#228]. . . . . cccxxxiv
b. Story of the Eunuch Kafour ,,
16. Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier's Daughter Rose- in-budcccxli
17. The Merchant of Oman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cccliv
18. Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous. . . . . . . . . . .ccclxiv
19. Hassan of Bassora and the King's Daughter of the Jinncclxxxvi
20. Haroun er Reshid and the three Poets. . . . . .ccccxxxii
21. Omar ben Abdulaziz and the Poets. . . . . . . .ccccxxxii
22. El Hejjaj and the three Young Mem . . . . . . .ccccxxxiv
23. Er Reshid and the Woman of the Barmecides . . .ccccxxxiv
24. The Ten Viziers; or the History of King Azad- bekht and his Sonccccxxxv
a. The Unlucky Merchant. . . . . . . . . . . . . ccccxl
b. The Merchant and his Sons . . . . . . . . . ccccxliv
c. Abou Sabir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ccccxlviii
d. Prince Bihzad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ccccliii
e. King Dadbin and his Viziers . . . . . . . . . cccclv
f. King Bekhtzeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cccclxi
g. King Bihkerd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cccclxiv
h. Ilan Shah and Abou Temam. . . . . . . . . . cccclxvi
i. King Ibrahim and his Son. . . . . . . . . . cccclxxi
j. King Suleiman Shah and his Sons . . . . . . cccclxxv
k. The Prisoner and how God gave him Relief . cccclxxxv
25. The City of Brass . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cccclxxxvii
26. Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slave-girl . . . . . . di
27. Alaeddin Abou es Shamat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dxx
28. Hatim Tai; his Generosity after Death . . . . . . .dxxxi
29. Maan ben Zaideh and the three Girls . . . . . . . dxxxii
30. Maan ben Zaideh and the Bedouin . . . . . . . . . dxxxii
31. The City of Lebtait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dxxxii
32. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth. . . . . . . dxxxiv
33. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-Surgeon . . . dxxxiv
34. The City of Irem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dxxxviii
35. Isaac of Mosul's Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoundxl
36. The Mock Khalif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dxliii
37. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Jaafer. . . .dlv
38. The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress's Honourdlvii
39. Abou Mohammed the Lazy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . dlviii
40. Jaafer ben Yehya and Abdulmelik ben Salih . . . . . dlxv
41. Jaafer ben Yehya [FN#229] and the Man who forged a Letter in his Namedlxvi
42. Er Reshid and the Barmecides. . . . . . . . . . . dlxvii
43. Ibn es Semmak and Er Reshid . . . . . . . . . . .dlxviii
44. El Mamoun and Zubeideh. . . . . . . . . . . . . .dlxviii
45. Ali Shir [FN#230] and Zumurrud. . . . . . . . . . .dlxix
46. The Loves of Budour and Jubeir ben Umeir. . . . dlxxxvii
47. The Man of Yemen and his six Slave-girls. . . . . . dxcv
48. Haroun Er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas . . . dc
49. The Man who stole the Dog's Dish of Gold. . . . . . dcii
50. El Melik en Nasir and the Three Masters of Police .dciii
a. Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police. . . dciv
b. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police . . . . .dcv
c. Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police. . . .dcv
51. The Thief and the Money-changer . . . . . . . . . . .dcv
52. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant's Sister. . . dcvi
53. King Kelyaad [FN#231] of Hind and his Vizier Shimas dcix
a. The Cat and the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . dcix
b. The Fakir and his Pot of Butter . . . . . . . . .dcx
c. The Fishes and the Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . dcxi
d. The Crow and the Serpent. . . . . . . . . . . . dcxi
e. The Fox and the Wild Ass. . . . . . . . . . . . dcxi
f. The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince. . . . .dcxii
g. The Crows and the Hawk. . . . . . . . . . . . dcxiii
h. The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife. . . . . . . .dcxiv
i. The Spider and the Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . dcxv
j. The Two Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dcxvi
k. The Blind Man and the Cripple . . . . . . . . .dcxvi
l. The Foolish Fisherman . dcxxvi
m. The Boy and the Thieves . . . . . . . . . . .dcxxvii
n. The Man and his Wilful Wife . . . . . . . . dcxxviii
o. The Merchant and the Thieves. . . . . . . . . dcxxix
p. The Foxes and the Wolf. . . . . . . . . . . . .dcxxx
q. The Shepherd and the Thief. . . . . . . . . .dcxxxii
r. The Heathcock and the Tortoises . . . . . . .dcxxxiv
54. The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving .dcxli
55. The Poor Man and his Generous Friend. . . . . . .dcxliii
56. The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dreamdcxliv
57. Abou Nuwas with the Three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshiddcxlv
58. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh [FN#232] . . . . . dcxlvi
59. El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh. . . . . . . dcxlviii
60. Haroun Er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath . . . dcxlviii
61. Musab ben ez Zubeir and Aaisheh his Wife. . . . . dcxlix
62. Aboulaswed and his Squinting Slave-girl . . . . . . dcli
63. Haroun er Reshid and the Two Girls. . . . . . . . . dcli
64. Haroun er Reshid and the Three Girls. . . . . . . . dcli
65. The Simpleton and the Sharper . . . . . . . . . . .dclii
66. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Zubeideh. .dclii
67. The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant. . . . . . . dcliii
68. Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel. . . . . dcliii
69. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith's Wife. . . . .dcliv
70. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman. . . . . . . .dclvi
71. Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man . . . . . . . . .dclvi
73. Mohammed el Amin and Jaafer ben el Hadi . . . . . dclvii
73. The Woman's Trick against her Husband . . . . . .dclviii
74. The Devout Woman and the Two Wicked Elders. . . . .dclix
75 El Fezl ben Rebiya[FN#233] and the Old Bedouin . . . dclx
76 En Numan and the Arab of the Benou Tai . . . . . . . dclx
77 The Draper and the Thief[FN#234] . . . . . . . . . .dclxi
78. Mesrour and Ibn el Caribi . . . . . . . . . . . . dclxii
79. The Devout Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dclxiv
80. The Schoolmaster who fell in Love by Report . . . .dclxv
81. The Foolish Schoolmaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . dclxvi
82. The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster. .dclxvii
83. Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind. . . . . . . dclxviii
84. Dibil el Khuzai with the Lady and Muslim ben el Weliddclxx
85. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant . . . . . . . . . .dclxx
86. The Three Unfortunate Lovers. . . . . . . . . . .dclxxii
87. The Lovers of the Benou Tai . . . . . . . . . . dclxxiii
88. The Mad Lover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dclxxiv
89. Firous and his Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dclxxv
90. The Apples of Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . .dclxxvi
91. The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain . . . .dclxxviii
92. El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi. . . dclxxxii
93. El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil. . . . . .dclxxxiii
94. The Man's Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative Excellence of
the Sexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dclxxxiii
95. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman. . . . .dclxxxvii
96. Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis . . . . . . dclxxxviii
97. The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Loverdclxxxviii
98. The Haunted House in Baghdad. . . . . . . . . dclxxxviii
99. The History of Gherib and his brother Agib. . . dcxcviii
100. The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her Daughter Zeyneb the Trickstressdcclvi
101. The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo . . .dcclxvi
102. Jouder and his Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . .dcclxxv
103. Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persiadccxciv
104. Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif. . . . . . . . . . .dcccxxi
105. Ali Noureddin and the Frank King's Daughter. . dcccxxxi
106. The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife. . . dccclxii
107. The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave-girl . dccclxiv
108. Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber. . . .dccclxvii
109. Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Mermandccclxxvii
110. King Shah Bekhi and his Vizier Er Rehwan . . .dccclxxxv
a. The Man of Khorassan, his Son and his Governordccclxxxvi
b. The Singer and the Druggist . . . . . . dccclxxxviii
c. The King who knew the Quintessence of Things.dcccxci
d. The Rich Man who gave his Fair Daughter in Marriage to the
Poor Old Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dcccxcii
e. The Rich Man and his Wasteful Son . . . . .dcccxciii
f. The King's Son who fell in Love with the Picturedcccxciv
g. The Fuller and his Wife . . . . . . . . . . dcccxcvi
h. The Old Woman, the Merchant and the King. . dcccxcvi
i. The Credulous Husband . . . . . . . . . . dcccxcviii
j. The Unjust King and the Tither. . . . . . . dcccxcix
ja. Story of David and Solomon. . . . . . dcccxcix
h. The Thief and the Woman . . . . . . . . . . dcccxcix
l. The Three Men and our Lord Jesus. . . . . . . dcccci
la. The Disciple's Story. . . . . . . . . . dcccci
m. The Dethroned King whose Kingdom and Good were Restored to Himdcccci
n. The Man whose Caution was the Cause of his Deathdcccciii
o. The Man who was lavish of his House and his Victual to one whom
he knew not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dcccciv
p. The Idiot and the Sharper . . . . . . . . . . dccccv
q. Khelbes and his Wife and the Learned Man. . .dccccvi
r. The Pious Woman accused of Lewdness . . . . dccccvii
s. The Journeyman and the Girl . . . . . . . . .dccccix
t. The Weaver who became a Physician by his Wife's Commandmentdccccix
u. The Two Sharpers who cheated each his Fellow.dccccxi
v. The Sharpers with the Money-Changer and the Assdccccxiv
w. The Sharper and the Merchants . . . . . . . .dccccxv
wa. The Hawk and the Locust . . . . . . . dccccxvi
x. The King and his Chamberlain's Wife . . . .dccccxvii
xa. The Old Woman and the Draper's Wife .dccccxvii
y. The foul-favoured Man and his Fair Wife . dccccxviii
z. The King who lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and God
restored them to him. . . . . . . . . . . dccccxix
aa. Selim and Selma. . . . . . . . . . . . . .dccccxxii
bb. The King of Hind and his Visier. . . . .dccccxxviii
111 El Melik es Zahir Rukneddin Bibers el Bunducdari and the Sixteen
Officers of Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dccccxxx
a. The First Officer's Story . . . . . . . . . dccccxxx
b. The Second Officer's Story. . . . . . . . dccccxxxii
c. The Third Officer's Story . . . . . . . . dccccxxxii
d. The Fourth Officer's Story. . . . . . . . dccccxxxiv
e. The Fifth Officer's Story . . . . . . . . dccccxxxiv
f. The Sixth Officer's Story . . . . . . . . dccccxxxiv
g. The Seventh Officer's Story . . . . . . . dccccxxxiv
h. The Eighth Officer's Story. . . . . . . . .dccccxxxv
ha. The Thief's Story . . . . . . . . dccccxxxviii
i The Ninth Officer's Story. . . . . . . . dccccxxxviii
j. The Tenth Officer's Story . . . . . . . dccccxxxviii
k. The Eleventh Officer's Story. . . . . . dccccxxxviii
l. The Twelfth Officer's Story . . . . . . . dccccxxxix
m. The Thirteenth Officer's Story. . . . . . dccccxxxix
n. The Fourteenth Officer's Story. . . . . . dccccxxxix
na. A Merry Jest of a Thief . . . . . . . .dccccxl
nb. Story of the Old Sharper. . . . . . . .dccccxl
o. The Fifteenth Officer's Story . . . . . . . .dccccxl
p. The Sixteenth Officer's Story . . . . . . . .dccccxl
112. Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of Cashghardccccxli
a. Story of Tuhfet el Culoub and Haroun er Reshiddccccxlii
113. Noureddin Ali and Sitt el Milah. . . . . . . dcccclviii
114. El Abbas and the King's Daughter of Baghdad. .dcccclxvi
115. The Malice of Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . dcccclxxix
a. The King and his Vizier's Wife. . . . . . .dcccclxxx
b, The Merchant's Wife and the Parrot. . . . .dcccclxxx
c. The Fuller and his Son. . . . . . . . . . .dcccclxxx
d. The Lover's Trick against the Chaste Wife .dcccclxxx
e. The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread . . .dcccclxxxiv
f. The Lady and her Two Lovers . . . . . . .dcccclxxxiv
g. The King's Son and the Ogress . . . . . . dcccclxxxv
h. The Drop of Honey . . . . . . . . . . . .dcccclxxxvi
i. The Woman who made her Husband Sift Dust.dcccclxxxvi
j. The Enchanted Springs . . . . . . . . . .dcccclxxxvi
k. The Vizier's Son and the Bathkeeper's Wifedcccclxxxviii
l. The Wife's Device to Cheat her Husband. .dcccclxxxix
m. The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl .dccccxc
n. The Man who never Laughed again . . . . . . dccccxci
o. The King's Son and the Merchant's Wife. . dccccxciii
p. The Man who saw the Night of Power. . . . dccccxciii
q. The Stolen Necklace . . . . . . . . . . . .dccccxciv
r. Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detmadccccxciv
s. The House with the Belvedere. . . . . . . . dccccxcv
t. The Sandalwood Merchant and the Sharpers.dccccxcviii
u. The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Childdccccxcviii
v. The Stolen Purse. . . . . . . . . . . . . .dccccxcix
w. The Fox and the Folk[FN#235]. . . . . . . . . . . .M
116. The Two Kings and the Vizier's Daughters . . . . . . .M
117. The Favourite and her Lover. . . . . . . . . . . . . .M
118. The Merchant of Cairo and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun
El Hikim bi Amrillak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M
Conclusion
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE UNFINISHED
CALCUTTA (1814-18) EDITION (FIRST TWO HUNDRED
NIGHTS ONLY) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK
OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT.
Introduction.
a. The Ox and the Ass
1. The Merchant and the Genie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
a. The First Old Man's Story . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
b. The Second Old Man's Story[FN#236]. . . . . . . . iv
2. The Fisherman and the Genie. . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
a. The Physician Douban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
aa. The Merchant and the Parrot . . . . . . . .xiv
ab. The King's Son and the Ogress . . . . . . . xv
b. The Enchanted Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi
3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad . . . . xxviii
a. The First Calender's Story. . . . . . . . . . .xxxix
b. The Second Calender's Story . . . . . . . . . . xlii
ba. The Envier and the Envied . . . . . . . . xlvi
c. The Third Calender's Story. . . . . . . . . . . liii
d. The Eldest Lady's Story[FN#237] . . . . . . . . lxiv
4. The Three Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxviii
5. Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan.lxxii
6. Isaac of Mosul's Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif El Mamounxciv
7. Story of the Hunchback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ci
a. The Christian Broker's Story. . . . . . . . . . .cix
b. The Cook's Story[FN#238]. . . . . . . . . . . . cxxi
c. The Jewish Physician's Story. . . . . . . . . .cxxix
d. The Tailor's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxxxvi
e. The Barber's Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxliii
ea. Story of the Barber's First Brother . . . cxlv
eb. Story of the Barber's Second Brother. .cxlviii
ec. Story of the Barber's Third Brother . . . .cli
ed. Story of the Barber's Fourth Brother. . . clii
ee. Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother . . . cliv
ef. Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother . . clviii
8. Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar. . . . . . . . . . clxiii
9. Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Ennis el Jelis. . . . clxxxi
10. Women's Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cxcv-cc
11. Sindbad the Sailor and Hindbad the Porter[FN#239]
a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES OF THE
VERSE IN THE "TALES FROM THE ARABIC."