Arabian Nights II

by Haddawy, Husain; Arabian Nights. English. Selections

• ISBN13: 9780375403217
• ISBN10: 0375403213
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Everymans Library

Summary

Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance,The Arabian Nightsis a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The origins ofThe Arabian Nightsare obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights.

Table of Contents

MAP: The World of The Arabian Nights II	xii	(1)
Introduction	xiii	(9)
Acknowledgments	xxii	(1)
A Note on the Transliteration	xxii
The Story of Sindbad the Sailor	3	(50)
The First Voyage of Sindbad	5	(6)
The Second Voyage of Sindbad	11	(6)
The Third Voyage of Sindbad	17	(7)
The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad	24	(9)
The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad	33	(6)
The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad	36	(6)
The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad	45	(8)
The Story of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	53	(28)
The Story of 'Ala al-Din (Aladdin) and the Magic Lamp	81	(84)
The Story of Qumar al-Zaman and His Two Sons, Amjad and As'ad	165
The Adventures of Qumar al-Zaman's Two Sons, Amjad and As'ad	222	(40)
[The Tale of Ni'ma and Nu'am]	247	(15)
The Conclusion of the Story of Qamar al-Zaman	262