Tales from the Arabic — Complete, by

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Translator

Payne, John, 1842-1916

Title

Tales from the Arabic — Complete

Credits

Text scanned by JC Byers and proof read by the volunteers of the Distributed Proofreaders site

Language

English

LoC Class

PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures

Subject

Fairy tales -- Arab countries

Category

Text

eBook-No.

5245

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5245

Release Date

March 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VOLUME THE FIRST. — ASLEEP AND AWAKE[FN#1] — STORY OF THE LACKPENNY AND THE COOK. — THE KHALIF OMAR BEN ABDULAZIZ AND THE POETS.[FN#41] — EL HEJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN.[FN#69] — HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES.[FN#84] — THE TEN VIZIERS; OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBEKHT AND HIS SON.[FN#94] — OF THE USELESSNESS OF ENDEAVOUR AGAINST PERSISTENT ILL FORTUNE. — OF LOOKING TO THE ISSUES OF AFFAIRS. — OF THE ADVANTAGES OF PATIENCE. — STORY OF ABOU SABIR. — OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF PRECIPITATION. — STORY OF PRINCE BIHZAD. — OF THE ISSUES OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTIONS. — STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS VIZIERS. — OF TRUST IN GOD. — STORY OF KING BEKHTZEMAN. — OF CLEMENCY. — STORY OF KING BIHKERD. — OF ENVY AND MALICE. — STORY OF ILAN SHAH AND ABOU TEMAM. — OF DESTINY OR THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEAD. — STORY OF KING IBRAHIM AND HIS SON. — OF THE APPOINTED TERM,[FN#128] WHICH, IF IT BE ADVANCED, MAY NOT BE DEFERRED AND IF IT BE DEFERRED, MAY NOT BE ADVANCED. — STORY OF KING SULEIMAN SHAH AND HIS SONS. — OF THE SPEEDY RELIEF OF GOD. — STORY OF THE PRISONER AND HOW GOD GAVE HIM RELIEF. — JAAFER BEN YEHYA AND ABDULMEILIK BEN SALIH THE ABBASIDE.[FN#144] — ER RESHID AND THE BARMECIDES.[FN#152] — IBN ES SEMMAK AND ER RESHID.[FN#161] — EL MAMOUN AND ZUBEIDEH[FN#163] — EN NUMAN AND THE ARAB OF THE BENOU TAI.[FN#168] — FIROUZ AND HIS WIFE[FN#175] — KING SHAH BEKHT AND HIS VIZIER ER REHWAN.[FN#177] — STORY OF THE MAN OF KHORASSAN, HIS SON AND HIS GOVERNOR. — STORY OF THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST. — STORY OF THE RICH MAN WHO GAVE HIS FAIR DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE TO THE POOR OLD MAN. — STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND HIS WASTEFUL SON. — THE KING'S SON WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PICTURE. — STORY OF THE FULLER AND HIS WIFE. — STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN, THE MERCHANT AND THE KING. — STORY OF THE CREDULOUS HUSBAND — STORY OF THE UNJUST KING AND THE TITHER. — STORY OF DAVID AND SOLOMON. — STORY OF THE THIEF AND THE WOMAN. — STORY OF THE THREE MEN AND OUR LORD JESUS.
2. 2.THE DISCIPLE'S STORY. — STORY OF THE DETHRONED KING WHOSE KINGDOM AND GOOD WERE RESTORED TO HIM. — STORY OF THE MAN WHOSE CAUTION WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH. — STORY OF THE MAN WHO WAS LAVISH OF HIS HOUSE AND HIS VICTUAL TO ONE WHOM HE KNEW NOT. — STORY OF THE IDIOT AND THE SHARPER. — STORY OF KHELBES AND HIS WIFE AND THE LEARNED MAN. — TALES FROM THE ARABIC — VOLUME THE SECOND. — STORY OF THE PIOUS WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEWDNESS. — STORY OF THE JOURNEYMAN AND THE GIRL. — STORY OF THE WEAVER WHO BECAME A PHYSICIAN BY HIS WIFE'S COMMANDMENT. — STORY OF THE TWO SHARPERS WHO CHEATED EACH HIS FELLOW. — STORY OF THE SHARPERS WITH THE MONEY-CHANGER AND THE ASS. — STORY OF THE SHARPER AND THE MERCHANTS. — STORY OF THE HAWK AND THE LOCUST. — STORY OF THE KING AND HIS CHAMBERLAIN'S WIFE. — STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DRAPER'S WIFE. — STORY OF THE FOUL-FAVOURED MAN AND HIS FAIR WIFE. — STORY OF THE KING WHO LOST KINGDOM AND WIFE AND WEALTH AND GOD RESTORED THEM TO HIM. — STORY OF SELIM AND SELMA. — STORY OF THE KING OF HIND AND HIS VIZIER. — SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR. — EL MELIK EZ ZAHIR RUKNEDDIN BIBERS EL BUNDUCDARI AND THE SIXTEEN OFFICERS OF POLICE.[FN#83] — THE FIRST OFFICER'S STORY. — THE SECOND OFFICER'S STORY. — THE THIRD OFFICER'S STORY — THE FOURTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE FIFTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE SIXTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE SEVENTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE EIGHTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE THIEF'S STORY. — THE NINTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE TENTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE ELEVENTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE TWELFTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE THIRTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE FOURTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. — A MERRY JEST OF A THIEF. — STORY OF THE OLD SHARPER. — THE FIFTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. — THE SIXTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. — ABDALLAH BEN NAFI AND THE KING'S SON OF CASHGHAR.[FN#157] — STORY OF THE DAMSEL TUHFET EL CULOUB AND THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID. — NOTE. — WOMEN'S CRAFT. — TALES FROM THE ARABIC — VOLUME THE THIRD. — NOUREDDIN ALI OF DAMASCUS AND THE DAMSEL SITT EL MILAH.[FN#1] — EL ABBAS AND THE KING'S DAUGHTER OF BAGHDAD.[FN#46] — SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR.[FN#145] — THE TWO KINGS AND THE VIZIER'S DAUGHTERS.[FN#154] — THE FAVOURITE AND HER LOVER.[FN#174] — THE MERCHANT OF CAIRO AND THE FAVOURITE OF THE KHALIF EL MAMOUN EL HAKIM BI AMRILLAH.[FN#180] — SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR. — NOTE. — SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND HINDBAD THE PORTER. — THE SIXTH VOYAGE OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR. — SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND HINDBAD THE PORTER. — THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR. — NOTE. — TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE CALCUTTA (1839-42) AND BOULAC EDITIONS OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT. — TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE BRESLAU (TUNIS) EDITION OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT. — TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE UNFINISHED CALCUTTA (1814-18) EDITION (FIRST TWO HUNDRED NIGHTS ONLY) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT. — ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES OF THE VERSE IN THE "TALES FROM THE ARABIC." — INDEX TO THE NAMES OF THE "TALES FROM THE ARABIC"

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