The Thousand Nights - IV

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Versions The Thousand Nights - I [London, 2004] The Thousand Nights - II [London, 2005] The Thousand Nights - III [London, 2005] The Thousand Nights - IV [London, 2005] The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night - IV Powys Mathers Routledge It is related in the writings of the wise past that the Commander of the Faithful, al-Mutasid Billah, sixth Khalifah in the line of Abbas, grandson of al-Mutawakkil, grandson of Harun al-Rashid, was a prince of lofty soul and fearless heart. He was noble and beautiful, royal and intelligent, he had the courage and strength of lions, and a genius which made him the greatest poet of his time. He kept sixty zealous wazirs about him in Baghdad to watch day and night over the welfare of his people; so that no trifle escaped him in all his mighty empire, from the desert of Sham to the Moorish confines, from the mountains of Khurasan and the western sea to the ...


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Powys Mathers The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night - IV Routledge Routledge, Taylor & Francis e-Library The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Volume IV Powys Mathers Rendered into English from the literal and complete French translation of Dr. J. C. Mardrus By Powys Mathers Routledge London and New York First published as a paperback in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul plc This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-203-35914-3 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-37170-4 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-04542-8 (vol. IV) ISBN 0-415-04543-6 (set)