Richard F Burton
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Published in [1885.] Contents of Volume X: Ma'aruf the cobbler & his wife Fatimah -- Conclusion -- Terminal essay -- Index to the tales & proper names -- Alphabetical table of the notes -- Alphabetical tables of first lines in English & Arabic -- Table of contents of the various Arabic texts -- Contributions to the bibliography. From the translator’s foreword: "Briefly, the object of this version is to show what "The Thousand Nights and a Night"...
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Isaac of Mosul, Generous Dealing of Yahya Son of Khalid with a Man Who Forged a Letter in His Name, Caliph Al-Maamun & Strange Scholar, Ali Shar & Zumurrud, Loves of Jubayr Bin Umayr & Lady Budur, Man of Al-Yaman & His 6 Slave Girls, Harun Al-Rashid & Damsel & Abu Nowas, Man Who Stole the Dish of Gold Wherein the Dog Ate, Sharper of Alexandria & Chief of Police, Al-Malik Al-Nasir & 3 Chiefs of Police, Thief & Shroff, Chief of Kus Police & Sharper,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Published in [1885.] From the translator’s foreword: Briefly, the object of this version is to show what "The Thousand Nights and a Night" really is…My work claims to be a faithful copy of the great Eastern Saga-book, by preserving intact, not only the spirit, but even the mécanique, the manner and the matter. Hence, however prosy and long-drawn out be the formula, it retains the scheme of the Nights because they are a prime feature in the original....
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Published in [1885.] From the translator’s foreword: Briefly, the object of this version is to show what "The Thousand Nights and a Night" really is…My work claims to be a faithful copy of the great Eastern Saga-book, by preserving intact, not only the spirit, but even the mécanique, the manner and the matter. Hence, however prosy and long-drawn out be the formula, it retains the scheme of the Nights because they are a prime feature in the original....
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Published in [1885.] From the translator’s foreword: Briefly, the object of this version is to show what "The Thousand Nights and a Night" really is…My work claims to be a faithful copy of the great Eastern Saga-book, by preserving intact, not only the spirit, but even the mécanique, the manner and the matter. Hence, however prosy and long-drawn out be the formula, it retains the scheme of the Nights because they are a prime feature in the original....
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Published in [1885.] From the translator’s foreword: Briefly, the object of this version is to show what "The Thousand Nights and a Night" really is…My work claims to be a faithful copy of the great Eastern Saga-book, by preserving intact, not only the spirit, but even the mécanique, the manner and the matter. Hence, however prosy and long-drawn out be the formula, it retains the scheme of the Nights because they are a prime feature in the original....
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Published in [1885.] From the translator’s foreword: Briefly, the object of this version is to show what "The Thousand Nights and a Night" really is…My work claims to be a faithful copy of the great Eastern Saga-book, by preserving intact, not only the spirit, but even the mécanique, the manner and the matter. Hence, however prosy and long-drawn out be the formula, it retains the scheme of the Nights because they are a prime feature in the original....
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Loves of Boy & Girl at School, Al-Mutalammis & Wife Umaymah, Harun Al-Rashid & Zubaydah in the Bath, Harun Al-Rashid & 3 Poets, Mus'ab Bin Al-Zubayr & Ayishah His Wife, Abu Al-Aswad & His Slave-Girl, Harun Al-Rashid & 2 Slave-Girls, Harun Al-Rashid & 3 Slave-Girls, Miller & His Wife, Simpleton & Sharper, Kazi Abu Yusuf with Harun Al-Rashid & Queen Zubaydah, Caliph Al Hakim & Merchant, King Kisra Anushirwan & Village Damsel, Water-Carrier & Goldsmith's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
...Al-Asma'i & the 3 Girls of Bassorah, Ibrahim of Mosul & the Devil, Lovers of the Banu Uzrah, Badawi & His Wife, Lovers of Bassorah, Ishak of Mosul & His Mistress & the Devil, Lovers of Al-Medinah, Al-Malik Al-Nassir & His Wazir, Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty & Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher, Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo, Ardashir & Hayat Al-Nufus, Julnar the Sea-Born & Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia, King Mohammed Bin Sabaik &...
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
...Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber -- Abdullah the Fisherman and Abudllah the Merman -- Harun Al-rashid and Abu Hasan, the Merchant of Oman -- Ibrahim and Jamilah -- Abu Al-hasan of Khorasan -- Kamar Al-Zaman and the Jeweller's Wife -- Abdullah Bin Fazil and His Brothers. Published in [1885.] From the translator’s foreword: Briefly, the object of this version is to show what "The Thousand Nights and a Night" really is…My work claims to...