Contents of volume I
Note / ix Dedication / xi Invocation / xii
The tale of king Shahryar and of his brother, King Shahzaman / 1 Containing The Fable of the Ass, the Bull and the Husbandman / 6
The tale of the merchant and the Ifrīt / 10 Containing The Tale of the First Sheikh / 12 The Tale of the Second Sheikh / 15 The Tale of the Third Sheikh / 18
The fisherman and the jinni / 19 Containing The Tale of the Wazīr of King Ynān and Rayyān the Doctor / 24 Which itself includes The Tale of King Sindbād and the Falcon / 29 The Tale of the Prince and the Ogress / 30 The Tale of the Young Man and the Fishes / 42
The tale of the porter and the young girls / 50 Containing Tale of the First Kalandar / 66 Tale of the Second Kalandar / 72 Tale of the Third Kalandar / 89 The Tale of Zubaidah, the First of the Girls / 103 The Tale of the Portress Amīnah / 111
The tale of the woman cut in pieces, the three Apples and the Negro Raīhan / 120 The tale of the Wazīr Nūr Al-Dīn / 127
The tale of the hunchback with the tailor, the christian broker, the steward and the Jewish doctor; what followed after; and the tales Which each of them told / 174 containing The Tale of the Christian Broker / 180 The Tale of the Steward / 195 The Tale of the Jewish Doctor / 204 The Tale of the Tailor which itself includes / 213 The Tale Of The Lame Man With The Barber Of Baghdad / 214
The tale of the barber of Baghdad and the tales of his six brothers / 232 That is to say The Tale of the Barber / 232 The Tale of Bakbūk, the Barber’s First Brother / 235 The Tale of al-Haddār, the Barber’s Second Brother / 239 The Tale of Bakbāk, the Barber’s Third Brother / 242 The Tale of al-Kūz, the Barber’s Fourth Brother / 246 The Tale of al-Ashār, the Barber’s Fifth Brother / 250 The Tale of Shakkāshik, the Barber’s Sixth Brother / 259 The Tale of the Hunchback (continued) / 268
The tale of sweet-friend and Ali-Nūr / 271
The tale of Ghanim ibn Ayyūb and his sister Fitnah / 316 Containing The Tale of the Negro Sawwāb, the First Sudanese Eunuch / 319 The Tale of the Negro Kāfūr, the Second Sudanese Eunuch / 321 The Tale of the Negro Bukhait, the Third Sudanese Eunuch / 325 The Tale of Ghānim ibn Ayyūb (continued) / 325
The tale of king Umar al-Numān and his two remarkable sons, Sharkān and dū al-makān / 345 Containing The Sayings on the Three Doors / 399 The Tale of the Death of King Umar al-Numān and the Admirable Discourses which Went Before it / 426 That is to say The Discourse of the First Girl / 427 The Discourse of the Second Girl / 429 The Discourse of the Third Girl / 430 The Discourse of the Fourth Girl / 430 The Discourse of the Fifth Girl / 432 The Discourse of the Old Woman / 433 The Tale of the Monastery / 454 The Tale of Azīz and Azīzah, and of Prince Tāj al-Mulūk, Crown of Kings / 475 Which itself includes The Tale of Azīz and Azīzah / 488 The Tale of Princess Dunya and Prince Tāj al-Mulūk / 521 The Adventures of Young Kāna ma Kāna, Son of Dū al-Mak&n / 553 The Tale of the Hash(sh Eater / 565 The Tale of Hammād the Badawī / 575
The delightful tale of the beasts and birds / 583 Containing The Tale of the Goose, the Peacock and the Peahen / 583 The Tale of the Shepherd and the Girl / 593 The Tale of the Tortoise and the Heron / 595 The Tale of the Wolf and the Fox / 597 The Tale of the Mouse and the Weasel / 603 The Tale of the Crow and the Civet / 604 The Tale of the Crow and the Fox / 605
The tale of ali ibn bakr and the fair shams Al-Nahā / 611 |