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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Vol 4 (of 10)

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Vol 4 (of 10)

by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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Translator
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
Title
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 (of 10)
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
Subject
Fairy tales -- Arab countries
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 53254
Release Date
October 10, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night WITH INTRODUCTION EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MOSLEM MEN AND A TERMINAL ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHTS VOLUME IV.
  2. 2.To FOSTER FITZGERALD ARBUTHNOT.
  3. 3.CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.
  4. 4.NI’AMAH BIN AL-RABI’A AND NAOMI HIS SLAVE-GIRL.
  5. 5.ALA AL-DIN ABU AL-SHAMAT.” [24]
  6. 6.HATIM OF THE TRIBE OF TAYY.
  7. 7.TALE OF MA’AN THE SON OF ZAIDAH. [133]
  8. 8.MA’AN SON OF ZAIDAH AND THE BADAWI.
  9. 9.THE CITY OF LABTAYT. [139]
  10. 10.THE CALIPH HISHAM AND THE ARAB YOUTH.
  11. 11.IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE BARBER-SURGEON.
  12. 12.THE CITY OF MANY-COLUMNED IRAM AND ABDULLAH SON OF ABI KILABAH. [165]
  13. 13.ISAAC OF MOSUL.
  14. 14.THE SWEEP AND THE NOBLE LADY.
  15. 15.THE MOCK CALIPH.
  16. 16.ALI THE PERSIAN.
  17. 17.TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE SLAVE-GIRL AND THE IMAM ABU YUSUF.
  18. 18.TALE OF THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF A THIEF.
  19. 19.JA’AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE BEAN-SELLER.
  20. 20.ABU MOHAMMED HIGHT LAZYBONES.
  21. 21.GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE WITH MANSUR.
  22. 22.GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA SON OF KHALID WITH A MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME.
  23. 23.CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE STRANGE SCHOLAR
  24. 24.ALI SHAR [254] AND ZUMURRUD.
  25. 25.THE LOVES OF JUBAYR BIN UMAYR AND THE LADY BUDUR.
  26. 26.THE MAN OF AL-YAMAN AND HIS SIX SLAVE-GIRLS.
  27. 27.HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAMSEL AND ABU NOWAS.
  28. 28.THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DISH OF GOLD WHEREIN THE DOG ATE.
  29. 29.THE SHARPER OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
  30. 30.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.
  31. 31.THE THIEF AND THE SHROFF.
  32. 32.THE CHIEF OF THE KUS POLICE AND THE SHARPER.
  33. 33.IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE MERCHANT’S SISTER.
  34. 34.THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WERE CUT OFF FOR GIVING ALMS TO THE POOR.
  35. 35.THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE.
  36. 36.ABU HASSAN AL-ZIYADI AND THE KHORASAN MAN.
  37. 37.THE POOR MAN AND HIS FRIEND IN NEED.
  38. 38.THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM. [423]
  39. 39.CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL AND HIS CONCUBINE MAHBUBAH.
  40. 40.WARDAN [429] THE BUTCHER HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR.
  41. 41.THE KING’S DAUGHTER AND THE APE.
  42. 42.INDEX.
  43. 43.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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