One Thousand and One Nights
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452 “Quand aux manuscrits de la rédaction égyptienne, l’omission de cet épisode parait devoir être attribuée à la tendance qui les caractérise géneralement, d’abréger et de condenser la narrative “ (loc. cit. : see also ).
453 Here I would by no means assert that the subject matter of The Nights is exhausted: much has been left for future labourers. It would be easy indeed to add another five volumes to my sixteen as every complete manuscript contains more or less of novelty. Dr. Pertsch, the learned librarian of Saxe-Gotha, informs me that no less than two volumes are taken up by a variant of Judar the Egyptian (in my vol. vi. 213) and by the History of Zahir and Ali. For the Turkish version in the Bibliothèque Nationale see M. Zotenberg (p-23). The Rich MS. in the British Museum abounds in novelties, of which a specimen was given in my Prospectus to the Supplemental Volumes.
In the French Scholar’s “Alâ al-Dîn” () we find the MSS. of The Nights divided into three groups. No. i. or the Asian (a total of ten specified) are mostly incomplete and usually end before the half of the text. The second is the Egyptian of modern date, characterised by an especial style and condensed narration and by the nature and ordinance of the tales, by the number of fables and historiettes, and generally by the long chivalrous Romance of Omar bin al-Nu’umán. The third group, also Egyptian, differs only in the distribution of the stories.]
454 My late friend, who brought home 3,000 copies of inscriptions from the so-called Sinai which I would term in ancient days the Peninsula of Paran. and in our times the Peninsula of Tor.
455 See M. Zotenberg, p, 26.
456 M. Zotenberg () wrote la seconde moitie du xive. Siècle, but he informed me that he has found reason to antedate the text.
457 I regret the necessity of exposing such incompetence and errors which at the time when Lane wrote were venial enough; his foolish friend, however, by unskilful and exaggerated pretensions and encomiums, compels me to lay the case before the reader.
458 This past tense, suggesting that an act is complete, has a present sense in Arabic and must be translated accordingly.
459 Quite untrue: the critic as usual never read and probably never saw the subject of his criticism. In this case I may invert one of my mottoes and write, “To the foul all things”
BURTON TRANSLATION: DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
THE TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD.
THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
Tale of the Bull23 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.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.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME I.
VOLUME II.
Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis
Tale of Ghanim bin Ayyub79, the Distraught, the Thrall o’ Love.
Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt.
Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur.
And What Befel Them of Things Seld-Seen and Peregrine.138
When it was the Fifty-third Night.
Tale of Taj al-Muluk and the Princess Dunya (The Lover and the Loved).
Tale of Aziz and Azizah.482
FOOTNOTES VOLUME II.
VOLUME III.
The Tale of King Omar Bin Al-Nu’uman and His Sons Sharrkan and Zau Al-Makan (cont)
The Tale of the Hashish Eater.
The Tale of Hammad the Badawi.
THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE CARPENTER130
The Hermits.
TALE OF THE WATER FOWL AND THE TORTOISE.
TALE OF THE WOLF AND THE FOX.150
The Tale of the Falcon155 and the Partridge.156
TALE OF THE MOUSE AND THE ICHNEUMON165
THE CAT166 AND THE CROW
THE FOX AND THE CROW
The Saker169 and the Birds.
THE HEDGEHOG AND THE WOOD-PIGEONS
THE THIEF AND HIS MONKEY171
THE SPARROW AND THE PEACOCK
TALE OF ALI BIN BAKKAR AND OF SHAMS AL-NAHAR.
TALE OF KAMAR AL ZAMAN,
FOOTNOTES VOLUME III.
VOLUME IV.
Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman (continued)
ALA AL-DIN ABU AL-SHAMAT.24
HATIM OF THE TRIBE OF TAYY.
TALE OF MA’AN THE SON OF ZAIDAH.133
MA’AN SON OF ZAIDAH AND THE BADAWI.
THE CITY OF LABTAYT.139
THE CALIPH HISHAM AND THE ARAB YOUTH.
IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE BARBER- SURGEON.
THE CITY OF MANY COLUMNED IRAM AND ABDULLAH SON OF ABI KILABAH.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 A THIEF.
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 KHБLID WITH A MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME.
CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE STRANGE SCHOLAR.
ALI SHAR254 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 ABU NOWAS.
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.424
CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL AND HIS CONCUBINE MAHBUBAH.
WARDAN430 THE BUTCHER; HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR.
THE KING’S DAUGHTER AND THE APE.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME IV.
VOLUME V.
The Ebony Horse
UNS AL-WUJUD AND THE WAZIR’S DAUGHTER AL- WARD FI’L-AKMAM OR ROSE-IN-HOOD.30
ABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID82
ABDALLAH BIN MA’AMAR WITH THE MAN OF
BASSORAH AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL.
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU99 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-HAKIM123 AND THE MERCHANT
KING KISRA ANUSHIRWAN124 AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL
WATER-CARRIER126 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 ELDERS138
JA’AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWL
THE CALIPH OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI
THE CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE PYRAMIDS153 OF EGYPT
THE THIEF AND THE MERCHANT
MASRUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN AL-KARIBI
THE DEVOTEE PRINCE
THE UNWISE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT
THE FOOLISH DOMINIE170
ILLITERATE WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER
THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE.
ABD AL-RAHMAN THE MAGHRIBI’S STORY OF THE RUKH.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.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-KARNAYN460 AND A CERTAIN TRIBE OF POOR FOLK.
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF KING ANUSHIRWAN.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.501
THE QUEEN OF THE SERPENTS.507
The Adventures of Bulukiya.
The Story of Janshah.536
FOOTNOTES VOLUME V.
VOLUME VI.
Sindbad The Seaman1 and Sindbad The Landsman.
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.
THE CITY OF BRASS.104
CRAFT AND MALICE OF WOMEN,153 OR THE TALE OF THE KING, HIS SON, HIS CONCUBINE AND THE SEVEN WAZIRS.
The King and his Wazir’s Wife.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.171
The Drop of Honey.174
The Woman who made her Husband Sift Dust.175
The Enchanted String.179
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.207
The Lady and her Five Suitors.211
The Stolen Necklace.
The Two Pigeons.219
Story of Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma.
The House with the Belvedere.221
Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers.244
The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child.
The Stolen Purse.
Story of the Fox and the Folk.256
JUDAR257 AND HIS BRETHREN.
HISTORY OF GHARIB AND HIS BROTHER AJIB.312
FOOTNOTES VOLUME VI.
VOLUME VII.
The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib (continued)
OTBAH79 AND RAYYA.
HIND, DAUGHTER OF AL-NU’MAN AND AL-HAJJAJ.94
KHUZAYMAH BIN BISHR AND IKRIMAH AL-FAYYAZ.99
YUNUS THE SCRIBE AND THE CALIPH WALID BIN SAHL.
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE ARAB GIRL.
AL-ASMA’I AND THE THREE GIRLS OF BASSORAH.
IBRAHIM OF MOSUL AND THE DEVIL.118
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU UZRAH.125
THE BADAWI AND HIS WIFE.141
THE LOVERS OF BASSORAH.
ISHAK OF MOSUL AND HIS MISTRESS AND THE DEVIL.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.179
The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo.214
ARDASHIR AND HAYAT AL-NUFUS.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.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME VII.
VOLUME VIII.
King Mohammed Bin Sabaik and the Merchant Hasan (continued)
HASAN OF BASSORAH.5
Khalif the Fisherman of Baghdad.
MASRUR AND ZAYN AL-MAWASIF.308
ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL377
FOOTNOTES VOLUME VIII.
VOLUME IX.
Ali Nur Al-Din and Miriam the Girdle-Girl (continued)
THE MAN OF UPPER EGYPT AND HIS FRANKISH WIFE.
RUINED MAN OF BAGHDAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL
KING JALI’AD OF HIND AND HIS WAZIR SHIMAS; FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY OF KING WIRD KHAN, SON OF KING JALI’AD, WITH HIS WOMEN AND WAZIRS.55
The Mouse and the Cat.
The Fakir and his Jar of Butter.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.159
ABU KIR THE DYER AND ABU SIR THE BARBER.
ABDULLAH232 THE FISHERMAN AND ABDULLAH THE MERMAN.
HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABU HASAN, THE MERCHANT OF OMAN.
IBRAHIM AND JAMILAH.298
ABU AL-HASAN OF KHORASAN.346
KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER’S WIFE.375
ABDULLAH BIN FAZIL AND HIS BROTHERS.476
FOOTNOTES VOLUME IX.
VOLUME X.
MA’ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE
Conclusion.
FINIS.
§ I THE ORIGIN OF THE NIGHTS.
§ II. THE NIGHTS IN EUROPE.
§ III. THE MATTER AND THE MANNER OF THE NIGHTS.
§ IV. SOCIAL CONDITION.
§ V ON THE PROSE-RHYME AND THE POETRY OF THE NIGHTS
APPENDIX
Appendix I.
Appendix II.
INDICES
CAZZOTTE’S CONTINUATION, AND THE COMPOSITE EDITIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE STORY OF SAIF ZUL YEZN (ZU’L YAZAN) ACCORDING TO HABICHT’S GERMAN VERSION.
SCOTT’S MSS. AND TRANSLATIONS.
WEIL’S TRANSLATION.
VON HAMMER’S MS., AND THE TRANSLATIONS DERIVED FROM IT.
TRANSLATIONS OF THE PRINTED TEXTS.
COLLECTIONS OF SELECTED TALES.
SEPARATE EDITIONS OF SINGLE OR COMPOSITE TALES.
TRANSLATIONS OF COGNATE ORIENTAL ROMANCES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE NIGHTS.
DR. CLARKE’S M.S.
IMITATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS HAVING MORE OR LESS CONNECTION WITH THE NIGHTS.
CONCLUSION.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME X.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS VOLUME I.
The Translator’s Foreword.
The Sleeper and the Waker.1
THE CALIPH OMAR BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AND THE POETS85
AL-HAJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN117
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES124
THE TEN WAZIRS: OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBAKHT AND HIS SON.130
Of the Uselessness of Endeavour Against Persistent Ill Fortune.
The Story of the Merchant Who Lost his Luck.149
The Second Day.
The Tale of the Merchant and his Sons.157
The Third Day.
Of the Advantages of Patience.164
The Story of Abu Sabir.
The Fourth Day.
The Story of Prince Bihzad.176
The Fifth Day.
The Story of King Dadbin185 and his Wazirs.