Arabian Nights: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night电子书

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY RICHARD F. BURTON

The Translator's Foreword.

Volume 1

Contents of the First Volume

The Book Of The THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT (ALF LAYLAH WA LAYLAH.)

Tale of the Bull[FN#23] and the Ass.

TALE OF THE TRADER AND THE JINNI.

The First Shaykh's Story.

The Second Shaykh's Story.

The Third Shaykh's Story.

THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI.

The Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban.

King Sindibad and his Falcon.

The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot.[FN#90]

The Tale of the Prince and the Ogress.

The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince.

The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad.

The First Kalandar's Tale.

The Second Kalandar's Tale.

The Tale of the Envier and the Envied.

The Third Kalandar's Tale.

The Eldest Lady's Tale.

Tale of the Portress.

THE TALE OF THE THREE APPLES

TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.

THE HUNCHBACK'S TALE.

The Nazarene Broker's Story.

The Reeve's Tale.

Tale of the Jewish Doctor.

Tale of the Tailor.

The Barber's Tale of Himself.

The Barber's Tale of his First Brother.

The Barber's Tale of his Second Brother.

The Barber's Tale of his Third Brother.

The Barber's Tale of his Fourth Brother.

The Barber's Tale of his Fifth Brother.

The Barber's Tale of his Sixth Brother.

The End of the Tailor's Tale.

Volume 1 Footnotes

Volume 2

Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis

Tale of Ghanim bin Ayyub[FN#79], the Distraught, the Thrall o' Love.

Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt.

Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur.

Tale Of King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman And His Sons Sharrkan And Zau Al-Makan, And What Befel Them of Things Seld-Seen and Peregrine.[FN#138]

Tale of Taj al-Muluk and the Princess Dunya (The Lover and the Loved).

Tale of Aziz and Azizah.[FN#482]

Volume 2 Footnotes

Volume 3

The Tale of King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman and His Sons Sharrkan and Zau Al-Makan (continued)

The Tale of the Hashish Eater.

The Tale of Hammad the Badawi.

THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE CARPENTER[FN#130]

The Hermits.

TALE OF THE WATER FOWL AND THE TORTOISE.

TALE OF THE WOLF AND THE FOX.[FN#150]

The Tale of the Falcon[FN#155] and the Partridge.[FN#156]

TALE OF THE MOUSE AND THE ICHNEUMON[FN#165]

THE CAT[FN#166] AND THE CROW

THE FOX AND THE CROW

The Flea and the Mouse

The Saker[FN#169] and the Birds.

The Sparrow and the Eagle

THE HEDGEHOG AND THE WOOD-PIGEONS

The Merchant and the Two Shapers

THE THIEF AND HIS MONKEY[FN#171]

The Foolish Weaver

THE SPARROW AND THE PEACOCK

TALE OF ALI BIN BAKKAR AND OF SHAMSAL-NAHAR.

TALE OF KAMAR AL ZAMAN,

Volume 3 Footnotes

Volume 4

Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman (continued)

Ni'amah bin al-Rabi'a and Naomi his Slave-girl.

ALA AL-DIN ABU AL-SHAMAT.[FN#24]

HATIM OF THE TRIBE OF TAYY.

TALE OF MA'AN THE SON OF ZAIDAH.[FN#133]

MA'AN SON OF ZAIDAH AND THE BADAWI.

THE CITY OF LABTAYT.[FN#139]

THE CALIPH HISHAM AND THE ARAB YOUTH.

IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE BARBER- SURGEON.

THE CITY OF MANY COLUMNED IRAM ANDABDULLAH SON OF ABI KILABAH.[FN#165]

ISAAC OF MOSUL.

THE SWEEP AND THE NOBLE LADY.

THE MOCK CALIPH.

ALI THE PERSIAN.

TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE SLAVE-GIRL AND THE IMAM ABU YUSUF.

TALE OF THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF ATHIEF.

JA'AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE BEAN SELLER.

ABU MOHAMMED HIGHT LAZYBONES.

GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE WITH MANSUR.

GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA SON OF KHALID WITH A MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME.

CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE STRANGE SCHOLAR.

ALI SHAR[FN#254] AND ZUMURRUD.

THE LOVES OF JUBAYR BIN UMAYR AND THE LADY BUDUR.

THE MAN OF AI-YAMAN AND HIS SIX SlAVE-GIRLS.

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAMSEL AND ABUNOWAS.

THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DISH OF GOLD WHEREIN THE DOG ATE.

THE SHARPER OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

AL-MALIK AL-NASIR AND THE THREE CHIEFS OF POLICE.

The Story of the Chief of Police of Cairo.

The Story of the Chief of the Bulak Police.

The Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police.

THE THIEF AND THE SHROFF.

THE CHIEF OF THE KUS POLICE AND THE SHARPER.

IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE MERCHANT'S SISTER.

THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WERE CUT OFF FOR GIVING ALMS TO THE POOR.

THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE.

ABU HASSAN AL-ZIYADI AND THE KHORASAN.

THE POOR MAN AND HIS FRIEND IN NEED.

THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM.[FN#424]

CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL AND HIS CONCUBINEMAHBUBAH.

WARDAN[FN#430] THE BUTCHER; HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR.

THE KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE APE.

Volume 4 Footnotes

Volume 5

THE EBONY HORSE.[FN#1]

UNS AL-WUJUD AND THE WAZIR'S DAUGHTER AL-WARD FI'L-AKMAM OR ROSE-IN-HOOD.[FN#30]

ABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID[FN#82]

ABDALLAH BIN MA'AMAR WITH THE MAN OF BASSORAH AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL.

THE LOVERS OF THE BANU[FN#99] OZRAH

WAZIR OF AL-YAMAN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER

THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL

AL-MUTALAMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMAYMAH

THE CALIPH HARUM AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH IN THE BATH

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE POETS

MUS'AB BIN AL-ZUBAYR AND AYISHAH HIS WIFE

ABU AL-ASWAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS

THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE SLAVE-GIRLS

THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE

THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER

THE KAZI ABU YUSUF WITH HARUN AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH

THE CALIPH AL-HAKIM[FN#123] AND THE MERCHANT

KING KISRA ANUSHIRWAN[FN#124] AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL

WATER-CARRIER[FN#126] AND THE GOLDSMITH'S WIFE

KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN AND THE FISHERMAN

YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE AND THE POOR MAN

MOHAMMED AL-AMIN AND THE SLAVE-GIRL

THE SONS OF YAHYA BIN KHALID AND SA'ID BIN SALIM AL-BAHILI

THE WOMAN'S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND

THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS[FN#138]

JA'AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWL

THE CALIPH OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI

THE CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE PYRAMIDS[FN#153] OF EGYPT

THE THIEF AND THE MERCHANT

MASRUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN AL-KARIBI

THE DEVOTEE PRINCE

THE UNWISE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVEBY REPORT

THE FOOLISH DOMINIE[FN#170]

ILLITERATE WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER

THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE.

ABD AL-RAHMAN THE MAGHRIBI'S STORY OF THE RUKH.[FN#176]

ADI BIN ZAYD AND THE PRINCESS HIND.

DI'IBIL AL-KHUZA'I WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BIN AL-WALID.

ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT.

THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS.

HOW ABU HASAN BRAKE WIND.

THE LOVERS OF THE BANU TAYY.

THE MAD LOVER.

THE PRIOR WHO BECAME A MOSLEM.

THE LOVES OF ABU ISA AND KURRAT AL-AYN.

AL-AMIN SON OF AL-RASHID AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI.

AL-FATH BIN KHAKAN AND THE CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL.

THE MAN'S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN CONCERNING THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF MALE AND FEMALE.

ABU SUWAYD AND THE PRETTY OLD WOMAN.

THE EMIR ALI BIN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MUUNIS.

THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER.

ALI THE CAIRENE AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD.

THE PILGRIM MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN.

ABU AL-HUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWADDUD.[FN#281]

THE ANGEL OF DEATH WITH THE PROUD KING AND THE DEVOUT MAN.

THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE RICH KING.

THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

ISKANDAR ZU AL-KARNAYN[FN#460] AND A CERTAIN TRIBE OF POOR FOLK.

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF KING ANUSHIRWAN.[FN#463]

THE JEWISH KAZI AND HIS PIOUS WIFE.

THE SHIPWRECKED WOMAN AND HER CHILD.

THE PIOUS BLACK SLAVE.

THE DEVOUT TRAY-MAKER AND HIS WIFE.

AL-HAJJAJ AND THE PIOUS MAN.

THE BLACKSMITH WHO COULD HANDLE FIRE WITHOUT HURT.

THE DEVOTEE TO WHOM ALLAH GAVE A CLOUD FOR SERVICE AND THE DEVOUT KING.

THE MOSLEM CHAMPION AND THE CHRISTIAN DAMSEL.

THE CHRISTIAN KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE MOSLEM.

THE PROPHET AND THE JUSTICE OF PROVIDENCE.

THE FERRYMAN OF THE NILE AND THE HERMIT.

THE ISLAND KING AND THE PIOUS ISRAELITE.

ABU AL-HASAN AND ABU JA'AFAR THE LEPER.[FN#501]

THE QUEEN OF THE SERPENTS.[FN#507]

The Adventures of Bulukiya.

The Story of Janshah.[FN#536]

Volume 5 Footnotes

Volume 6

Contents of the Sixth Volume

Sindbad The Seaman[FN#1] and Sindbad The Landsman.

First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman."[FN#5]

The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

A Translation ofThe Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman according to the version of the Calcutta Edition which differs in essential form from the preceding tale

THE CITY OF BRASS.[FN#104]

CRAFT AND MALICE OF WOMEN,[FN#153] OR THE TALE OF THE KING, HIS SON, HIS CONCUBINE AND THE SEVEN WAZIRS.

The King and his Wazir's Wife.[FN#160]

Story of the Confectioner, his Wife, and the Parrot.

The Fuller and his Son.

The Rake's Trick against the Chaste Wife.

The Miser and the Loaves of Bread.

The Lady and her Two Lovers.

The Kings Son and the Ogress.[FN#171]

The Drop of Honey.[FN#174]

The Woman who made her Husband Sift Dust.[FN#175]

The Enchanted String.[FN#179]

Wazir's Son and the Hammam-Keepeer's Wife."[FN#186]

The Wife's Device to Cheat her Husband."

Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl.

The Man who never Laughed during the Rest of his Days.

The King's Son and the Merchant's Wife.

The Page who Feigned to Know the Speech of Birds.[FN#207]

The Lady and her Five Suitors.[FN#211]

The Three Wishes,[FN#215] or the Man who Longed to see the Night of Power.

The Stolen Necklace.

The Two Pigeons.[FN#219]

Story of Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma.

The House with the Belvedere.[FN#221]

The King's Son and the Ifrit's Mistress[FN#239]

Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers.[FN#244]

The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child.

The Stolen Purse.

Story of the Fox and the Folk.[FN#256]

JUDAR[FN#257] AND HIS BRETHREN.

HISTORY OF GHARIB AND HIS BROTHER AJIB.[FN#312]

Volume 6 Footnotes

Volume 7

Contents of the Seventh Volume

The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib (continued)

OTBAH[FN#79] AND RAYYA.

HIND, DAUGHTER OF AL-NU'MAN AND AL-HAJJAJ.[FN#94]

KHUZAYMAH BIN BISHR AND IKRIMAH AL-FAYYAZ.[FN#99]

YUNUS THE SCRIBE AND THE CALIPH WALID BINSAHL.

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE ARAB GIRL.

AL-ASMA'I AND THE THREE GIRLS OF BASSORAH.

IBRAHIM OF MOSUL AND THE DEVIL.[FN#118]

THE LOVERS OF THE BANU UZRAH.[FN#125]

THE BADAWI AND HIS WIFE.[FN#141]

THE LOVERS OF BASSORAH.

ISHAK OF MOSUL AND HIS MISTRESS AND THE DEVIL.[FN#168]

THE LOVERS OF AL-MEDINAH.

AL-MALIK AL-NASIR AND HIS WAZIR.

THE ROGUERIES OF DALILAH THE CRAFTY AND HER DAUGHTER ZAYNAB THE CONEY- CATCHER.[FN#179]

The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo.[FN#214]

ARDASHIR AND HAYAT AL-NUFUS.[FN#261]

JULNAR THE SEA-BORN AND HER SON KING BADR BASIM OF PERSIA.

KING MOHAMMED BIN SABAIK AND THE MERCHANT HASAN.

Story of Prince Sayf al-Muluk and the Princess Badi'a al-Jamal.

Volume 7 Footnotes

Volume 8

Contents of the Eighth Volume

King Mohammed Bin Sabaik and the Merchant Hasan (continued)

Story of Prince Sayf Al-Muluk and the Princess Badi'a Al-Jamal (continued)

HASAN OF BASSORAH.[FN#5]

Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad

Khalifah The Fisherman of Baghdad. (Breslau)

MASRUR AND ZAYN AL-MAWASIF.[FN#308]

ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL[FN#377]

Volume 8 Footnotes

Volume 9

Contents of the Ninth Volume

Ali Nur Al-Din and Miriam the Girdle-Girl (continued)

THE MAN OF UPPER EGYPT AND HIS FRANKISHWIFE.

RUINED MAN OF BAGHDAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL

KING JALI'AD OF AND HIS WAZIR SHIMAS; FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY OF KING WIRD KHAN,SON OF KING JALI'AD, WITH HIS WOMEN AND WAZIRS.[FN#55]

The Mouse and the Cat.

The Fakir and his Jar of Butter.[FN#66]

The Fishes and the Crab.

The Crow and the Serpent.

The Wild Ass and the Jackal.

The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince.

The Crows and the Hawk.

The Serpent charmer and his Wife.

The Spider and the Wind.

The Two Kings.

The Blind Man and the Cripple.

The Foolish Fisherman.

The Boy and the Thieves.

The Man and his Wife.

The Merchant and the Robbers.

The Jackals and the Wolf.

The Shepherd and the Rogue.[FN#159]

The Francolin and the Tortoises.

ABU KIR THE DYER AND ABU SIR THE BARBER.

ABDULLAH[FN#232] THE FISHERMAN AND ABDULLAH THE MERMAN.

HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABU HASAN, THE MERCHANT OF OMAN.

IBRAHIM AND JAMILAH.[FN#298]

ABU AL-HASAN OF KHORASAN.[FN#346]

KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER'S WIFE.[FN#375]

ABDULLAH BIN FAZIL AND HIS BROTHERS.[FN#476]

Volume 9 Footnotes

Volume 10

Contents of the Tenth Volume

MA'ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE

Conclusion.

Terminal Essay

Preliminary

§ I THE ORIGIN OF THE NIGHTS.

B.--The Date.

C.

§ II. THE NIGHTS IN EUROPE.

§ III.THE MATTER AND THE MANNER OF THE NIGHTS.

A.--The Matter.

B.--The Manner of the Nights.

§ IV. SOCIAL CONDITION.

A.--Al-Islam.

B.--Woman.

C.--Pornography.

D.--Pederasty.

§ V ON THE PROSE-RHYME AND THE POETRY OF THE NIGHTS

A.--The Saj'a.

B.--The Verse.

Appendix

Memorandum

Appendix I

Appendix II

Volume 10 Footnotes

Volume 11

Contents of the Eleventh Volume.

The Translator's Foreword.

The Sleeper and the Waker.[FN#1]

Story of the Larrikin[FN#11] and the Cook

THE CALIPH OMAR BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AND THE POETS[FN#85]

AL-HAJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN[FN#117]

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES[FN#124]

THE TEN WAZIRS: OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBAKHT AND HIS SON.[FN#130]

Of the Uselessness of Endeavour Against Persistent Ill Fortune.

The Story of the Merchant Who Lost his Luck.[FN#149]

Of Looking to the Ends of Affairs.

The Tale of the Merchant and his Sons.[FN#157]

Of the Advantages of Patience.[FN#164]

The Story of Abu Sabir.

Of the Ill Effects of Impatience.

The Story of Prince Bihzad.[FN#176]

Of the Issues of Good and Evil Actions.

The Story of King Dadbin[FN#185] and his Wazirs.

Of Trust in Allah.

The Story of King Bakhtzaman.[FN#201]

Of Clemency.

The Story of King Bihkard.[FN#206]

Of Envy and Malice.

The Story of Aylan Shah and Abu Tammam.[FN#210]

Of Destiny or That Which is Written on the Forehead.

The Story of King Ibrahim and his Son.[FN#222]

Of the Appointed Term,[FN#229] Which, if it be Advanced, may not be Deferred, and if it be Deferred, may not be Advanced.

The Story of King Sulayman Shah and his Niece.[FN#231]

Of the Speedy Relief of Allah.

The Story of the Prisoner and How Allah Gave Him Relief.[FN#251]

JA'AFAR BIN YAHYA AND ABD AL-MALIK BIN SALITH THE ABBASIDE[FN#258]

AL-RASHID AND THE BARMECIDES[FN#269]

IBN AL-SAMMAK AND AL-RASHID[FN#280]

AL-MAAMUN AND ZUBAYDAH[FN#282]

AL-NU'UMAN AND THE ARAB OF THE BANU TAY[FN#287]

FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE[FN#293]

KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[FN#295]

The Tale of the Man of Khorasan, his Son and his Tutor.

Tale of the Singer and the Druggist.

The Tale of the King who Kenned the Quintessence[FN#334] of Things.

The Tale of the Richard who Married his Beautiful Daughter to the Poor Old Man.

The Tale of the Sage and his Three Sons.[FN#355]

The Tale of the Prince who Fell in Love with the Picture.

The Tale of the Fuller and his Wife and the Trooper.[FN#362]

The Tale of the Merchant, the Crone and the King.

The Tale of the Simpleton Husband.[FN#371]

The Tale of the Unjust King and the Tither.

The Story of David and Solomon.

The Tale of the Robber and the Woman.

The Tale of the Three Men and our Lord Isa.

The Disciple's Story.

The Tale of the Dethroned Ruler Whose Reign and Wealth Were Restored to Him.

The Tale of the Man whose Caution Slew Him.

The Tale of the Man who was Lavish of his House and his Provision to One Whom He Knew Not.

The Tale of the Melancholist and the Sharper.[FN#409]

The Tale of Khalbas and his Wife and the Learned Man.

The Tale of the Devotee Accused of Lewdness.[FN#415]

The Tale of the Hireling and the Girl.

The Tale of the Weaver who Became a Leach by Order of his Wife.

The Tale of the Two Sharpers who each Cozened his Compeer.

The Tale of the Sharpers with the Shroff[FN#474] and the Ass.

The Tale of the Cheat and the Merchants.

The Story of the Falcon and the Locust.[FN#485]

The Tale of the King and his Chamberlain's Wife.[FN#488]

The Story of the Crone and the Draper's Wife.[FN#490]

The Tale of the Ugly Man and his Beautiful Wife.

The Tale of the King who lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and Allah restored them to Him.[FN#508]

The Tale of Salim, the Youth of Khorasan, and Salma, his Sister.

The Tale of the King of Hind and his Wazir.

SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR.

Volume 11 Footnotes

Volume 12

Contents of the Twelfth Volume.

AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR RUKN AL-DIN BIBARS AL- BUNDUKDARI AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE.[FN#1]

The First Constable's History.[FN#8]

The Second Constable's History.

The Third Constable's History.

The Fourth Constable's History.

The Fifth Constable's History.

The Sixth Constable's History.

The Seventh Constable's History.

The Eighth Constable's History.

The Thief's Tale.

The Ninth Constable's History.

The Tenth Constable's History.

The Eleventh Constable's History.

The Twelfth Constable's History.

The Thirteenth Constable's History.

The Fourteenth Constable's History.

A Merry Jest of a Clever Thief.

The Tale of the Old Sharper.

The Fifteenth Constable's History.[FN#125]

The Sixteenth Constable's History.

TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABDULLAH BIN NAFI'.[FN#131]

The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al- Rashid.

WOMEN'S WILES[FN#258]

NUR AL-DIN ALI OF DAMASCUS AND THE DAMSEL SITT AL-MILAH.[FN#280]

TALE OF KING INS BIN KAYS AND HIS DAUGHTERWITH THE SON OF KING AL-'ABBAS.[FN#342]

SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR.[FN#443]

TALE OF THE TWO KINGS AND THE WAZIR'S DAUGHTERS[FN#447]

THE CONCUBINE AND THE CALIPH.[FN#463]

THE CONCUBINE OF AL-MAAMUN[FN#470]

Appendix -- Variants and Analogues of Some of the Tales in Volumes XI and XII

THE SLEEPER AND THE WAKER--Vol. XI. p. 1.

THE TEN WAZIRS; OR, THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBAKHT AND HIS SON Vol. XI. p. 37.

STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS WAZIRS.--Vol. XI. p. 68.

STORY OF AYLAN SHAH AND ABU TAMMAM--Vol. XI p. 82.

STORY OF KING SULAYMAN SHAH AND HIS NIECE.--Vol. XI. p. 97.

FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE.--Vol. XI. p. 125.

KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.--Vol. XI. p. 127.

THE ART OF ENLARGING PEARLS.--Vol. XI. p.131.

THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST.--Vol. XI. p. 136.

THE KING WHO KENNED THE QUINTESSENCE OF THINGS.--Vol. XI. p. 142.

THE PRINCE WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PICTURE.--Vol. XI. p. 153.

THE FULLER, HIS WIFE, AND THE TROOPER.--Vol. XI. p. 157.

TALE OF THE SIMPLETON HUSBAND.--Vol. XI. p. 162.

TALE OF THE THREE MEN AND OUR LORD ISA.--Vol XI. p. 170.

THE MELANCHOLIST AND THE SHARPER. -- Vol. XI. p. 180.

TALE OF THE DEVOUT WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEWDNESS.--Vol. XI. p. 184.

THE WEAVER WHO BECAME A LEACH BY ORDER OF HIS WIFE.--Vol. XI. p. 194

STORY OF THE KING WHO LOST KINGDOM, WIFE AND WEALTH.--Vol. XI. p. 221.

LEGEND OF ST. EUSTACHE.

ROMANCE OF SIR ISUMBRAS.

AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE.--Vol. XII.p. 1.

THE THIEF'S TALE.--Vol. XII. p. 28.

THE NINTH CONSTABLE'S STORY.--Vol. XII. p. 29.

THE FIFTEENTH CONSTABLE'S STORY.--Vol. XII. p. 40.

TALE OF THE DAMSEL TOHFAT AL-KULUB.--Vol. XII. p. 47.

WOMEN'S WILES.--Vol. XII. p. 99.

NUR AL-DIN AND THE DAMSEL SITT AL-MILAH.--Vol. XII. p. 107.

TALE OF KING INS BIN KAYS AND HIS DAUGHTER.--Vol. XII. p. 138.

ADDITIONAL NOTES.

FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE, p. 216.

THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST, p. 219.

THE FULLER, HIS WIFE AND THE TROOPER, p. 236.

Volume 12 Footnotes

Volume 13

Contents of the Thirteenth Volume.

The Translator's Foreword.

THE TALE OF ZAYN AL-ASNAM.[FN#8]

ALAEDDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP.

KHUDADAD[FN#232] AND HIS BROTHERS.

History of the Princess of Daryabar.[FN#238]

THE CALIPH'S NIGHT ADVENTURE.

The Story of the Blind Man, Baba Abdullah.[FN#252]

History of Sidi Nu'uman.

History of Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal.[FN#272]

ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.[FN#289]

ALI KHWAJAH AND THE MERCHANT OF BAGHDAD

PRINCE AHMAD AND THE FAIRY PERI-BANU.[FN#314]

THE TWO SISTERS WHO ENVIED THEIR CADETTE[FN#349]

Appendix. VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES OF THE TALES In VOLUME XIII. By W. A. Clouston.

The Tale of Zayn Al-Asnam--p. 1.

Aladdin; Or, the Wonderful Lamp--p. 31.

Khudadad and His Brothers--p. 145.

The Story of the Blind Man, Baba Abdullah--p. 178.

History of Sidi Nu'man--p. 187.

History of Khwajah Hasan Al-habbal--p. 198.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves--p.219

Ali Khwajah and the Merchant of Baghdad--p. 246.

Prince Ahmad and the Peri Banu--p. 256.

The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette--p. 313.

ADDITIONAL NOTES.

The Tale of Zayn Al-asnam,

Aladdin; Or, the Wonderful Lamp.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

The Tale of Prince Ahmad.

Volume 13 Footnotes

Volume 14

The Translator's Foreword.

Story of the Sultan of Al-Yaman and His three Sons.[FN#1]

THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[FN#17]

The Sultan who Fared Forth in the Habit of a Darwaysh,[FN#50]

The History of Mohammed, Sultan of Cairo.

The Story of the First Lunatic.[FN#72]

Story of the Second Lunatic.[FN#102]

Story of the Sage and the Scholar.[FN#115]

The Night-Adventure of Sultan Mohammed of Cairo.[FN#130]

The Story of the Broke-Back Schoolmaster.[FN#134]

Story of the Split-Mouthed Schoolmaster.[FN#137]

The Story of the Limping Schoolmaster.[FN#142]

Story of the Three Sisters and Their Mother.[FN#151]

THE STORY OF THE KAZI WHO BARE A BABE.[FN#204]

THE TALE OF THE KAZI AND THE BHANG-EATER.[FN#224]

History of the Bhang-Eater and his Wife.

How Drummer Abu Kasim Became a Kazi.

The Story of the Kazi and his Slipper.

Tale of Mahmud the Persian and the Kurd Sharper.[FN#284]

The Tale of the Sultan and His Sons and the Enchanting Bird.[FN#289]

Story of the King of Al-Yaman and his Three Sons.

History of the First Larrikin.

History of the Second Larrikin.

The Tale of the Third Larrikin.

Story of a Sultan of Al-Hind and his Son Mohammed.[FN#353]

Tale of the Fisherman and his Son

Tale of the Third Larrikin Concerning Himself.

THE HISTORY OF ABU NIYYAH AND ABU NIYYATAYN[FN#394]

Appendix A. INEPTIAE BODLEIANAE.

Appendix B. THE THREE UNTRANSLATED TALES IN MR. E. J. W. GIBB'S "FORTY VEZIRS."

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Volume 15

Contents of the Fifteenth Volume.

THE TRANSLATOR'S FOREWORD.

THE HISTORY OF THE KING'S SON OF SIND AND THE LADY FATIMAH.[FN#3]

HISTORY OF THE LOVERS OF SYRIA[FN#17]

HISTORY OF AL-HAJJAJ BIN YUSUF AND THE YOUNG SAYYID.[FN#42]

NIGHT ADVENTURE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE YOUTH MANJAB.[FN#106]

Story of the Darwaysh and the Barber's Boy and the Greedy Sultan.

Tale of the Simpleton Husband.[FN#167]

NOTE CONCERNING THE "TIRREA BEDE," NIGHT 655.

THE LOVES OF AL-HAYFA AND YUSUF.[FN#177]

THE THREE PRINCES OF CHINA.[FN#303]

THE RIGHTEOUS WAZIR WRONGFULLY GAOLED.[FN#331]

THE CAIRENE YOUTH, THE BARBER, AND THE CAPTAIN.

THE GOODWIFE OF CAIRO AND HER FOUR GALLANTS.[FN#354]

The Tailor and the Lady and the Captain.[FN#364]

The Syrian and the Three Women of Cairo.[FN#376]

The Lady with Two Coyntes.

The Whorish Wife who Vaunted her Virtue.

COELEBS THE DROLL AND HIS WIFE AND HER FOUR LOVERS.

THE GATE-KEEPER OF CAIRO AND THE CUNNING SHE-THIEF.[FN#423]

TALE OF MOHSIN AND MUSA.[FN#434]

MOHAMMED THE SHALABI AND HIS MISTRESS AND HIS WIFE.[FN#455]

THE FELLAH AND HIS WICKED WIFE.[FN#466]

THE WOMAN WHO HUMOURED HER LOVER AT HER HUSBAND'S EXPENSE.[FN#481]

THE KAZI SCHOOLED BY HIS WIFE.

THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER AND THE PRINCE OF AL-IRAK.[FN#497]

Story of the Youth Who Would Futter His Father's Wives.[FN#579]

STORY OF THE TWO LACK-TACTS OF CAIRO AND DAMASCUS.[FN#593]

Tale of Himself Told by the King[FN#607]

Appendix I. CATALOGUE OF WORTLEY MONTAGUE MANUSCRIPT CONTENTS.

Appendix II. I.--NOTES ON THE STORIES CONTAINED IN VOLUME XIV.[FN#640]

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Volume 16

Contents of the Sixteenth Volume.

The Translator's Foreword.

The Say of Haykar the Sage.[FN#6]

THE HISTORY OF AL-BUNDUKANI OR, THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAUGHTER OF KING KISRA.

THE LINGUIST-DAME, THE DUENNA AND THE KING'S SON.

THE TALE OF THE WARLOCK AND THE YOUNG COOK OF BAGHDAD.

THE PLEASANT HISTORY OF THE COCK AND THE FOX.

HISTORY OF WHAT BEFEL THE FOWL-LET WITH THEFOWLER

The Tale of Attaf.

The Tale of Attaf.

HISTORY OF PRINCE HABIB AND WHAT BEFEL HIM WITH THE LADY DURRAT AL-GHAWWAS.

The History of Durrat al-Ghawwas.

NOTES ON THE STORIES CONTAINED IN VOLUME XVI.By W. F. Kirby.

Index to the Tales, and Proper Names, Together with Alphabetical Table of Notes in Volumes XI. To XVI. Also Additional Notes on the Bibliography of the Thousand and One Nights.

Variants and Analogues of Some of the Tales in the Supplemental Nights. By W. A. Clouston.

The Biography of the Book and Its Reviewers Reviewed.

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