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  1. May 29, 2024 · The Thousand and One Nights, collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship. Its tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore, though these were added to the collection only in the 18th century in European adaptations. Shahrazad.

  2. The Arabian Nights is a collection of tales from the Islamic Golden Age, compiled by various authors over many hundreds of years. Though each collection features different stories, they are all centered around the frame story of the sultan Shahrayar and his wife, Scheherazade. After finding out that his first wife is unfaithful, Shahrayar kills ...

  3. Summary. Aladdin is a truant child, living with his mother in poverty in a Chinese town. His father is dead. One day, an African magician approaches Aladdin while the boy plays in the streets. Claiming to be the boy's uncle, he recruits Aladdin to work with him, insisting he will be able to turn the boy into a wealthy merchant afterwards.

  4. Overview. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, also known as One Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of interconnected stories, an amalgamation of Arab, Persian, Indian, and other fairytales which were reshaped and retold by storytellers throughout the medieval Islamic world. The tales are akin to a Russian Matryoshka doll in that they ...

  5. Summary. Two brothers, Shahrayar and Shahzaman, rule over separate lands (India/Indo-China and Samarkand, respectively.) They love each other dearly, but could not rule together because of succession laws. So after living ten years apart, Shahrayar sends his chief advisor (his vizier) to summon Shahzaman to India for a visit.

  6. Oct 26, 2017 · The One Thousand and One Nights, or the Arabian Nights, as it is also known, is constructed as a “frame story” to which all the other tales are subsequently added. The tales themselves come in a very wide variety of genres, including fables, adventures, mysteries, love-stories, dramas, comedies, tragedies, horror stories, poems, burlesque, and erotica.

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  8. May 8, 2015 · The Thousand and One Nights. The Thousand and One Nights (Alf Laylah wa Laylah) or The Arabian Nights as it is commonly called in English, is a collection of stories of uncertain date and authorship that is very well known to readers worldwide. While the sources of many of the stories are unknown, most are considered to have Middle Eastern or ...

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