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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The One Thousand and One Nights, perhaps better known in the Western world as the Arabian Nights, is a remarkable collection of folk tales and legends from what is commonly known as the Middle East.
The collection of Arabian Nights Stories is the most famous literary product of a classical Islamic Civilization that was formed through a merging of Arabic culture (especially religion) and the great imperial traditions of the eastern Mediterranean and the Persian empire of the Sassanians.
May 29, 2024 · The Arabian Nights. Arabic: Alf laylah wa laylah. Aladdin Saluted Her with Joy, illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett from a 1928 edition of The Arabian Nights. (more) The Thousand and One Nights, collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 1, 2002 · The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 Alternate Title: Arabian Nights; 1001 Nights Original Publication [S.l.] : [The Burton Club], 1885 Note: Followed by vol 2 PG#3436: Credits: J.C. Byers. Proofreaders were: J.C. Byers, Norm Wolcott, Dianne Doefler and Charles Wilson Language: English: LoC Class
- Arabian Nights;1001 Nights
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
- [S.l.] : [The Burton Club], 1885
It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. 1706–1721), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and North Africa.
- Muhsin S. Mahdi
- 1995
The dozens of stories in The Arabian Nights, gathered over the centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, were originally an oral tradition with specific authors unknown. Narrated by Shahrazad, the king’s new wife, the tales are her lifeline. If the king loses interest, he will put her to death.
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The Arabian Nights is a collection of stories, all of which revolve around one main plot: a new wife, Shahrazad, must tell her husband, King Shahrayar, a new story every night lest he kill her in the morning.
