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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5

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 05 (of 10)
Original Publication
[S.l.] : The Burton Club, 1885
Credits
This etext was scanned by J.C. Byers and proofread by Doris Ringbloom.
Language
English
LoC Class
PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
Subject
Tales -- Arab countries
Category
Text
eBook-No.
3439
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3439
Release Date
September 1, 2002
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT — A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments — Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton — VOLUME FIVE — Contents of the Fifth Volume
  2. 2.The Book Of The THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
  3. 3.THE EBONY HORSE.[FN#1]
  4. 4.UNS AL-WUJUD AND THE WAZIR'S DAUGHTER AL-WARD FI'L-AKMAM OR ROSE-IN-HOOD.[FN#30]
  5. 5.ABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID[FN#82]
  6. 6.ABDALLAH BIN MA'AMAR WITH THE MAN OF BASSORAH AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL.
  7. 7.THE LOVERS OF THE BANU[FN#99] OZRAH
  8. 8.WAZIR OF AL-YAMAN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER
  9. 9.THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL
  10. 10.AL-MUTALAMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMAYMAH
  11. 11.THE CALIPH HARUM AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH IN THE BATH
  12. 12.HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE POETS
  13. 13.MUS'AB BIN AL-ZUBAYR AND AYISHAH HIS WIFE
  14. 14.ABU AL-ASWAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL
  15. 15.HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS
  16. 16.THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE SLAVE-GIRLS
  17. 17.THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE
  18. 18.THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER
  19. 19.THE KAZI ABU YUSUF WITH HARUN AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH
  20. 20.THE CALIPH AL-HAKIM[FN#123] AND THE MERCHANT
  21. 21.KING KISRA ANUSHIRWAN[FN#124] AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL
  22. 22.WATER-CARRIER[FN#126] AND THE GOLDSMITH'S WIFE
  23. 23.KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN AND THE FISHERMAN
  24. 24.YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE AND THE POOR MAN
  25. 25.MOHAMMED AL-AMIN AND THE SLAVE-GIRL
  26. 26.THE SONS OF YAHYA BIN KHALID AND SA'ID BIN SALIM AL-BAHILI
  27. 27.THE WOMAN'S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND
  28. 28.THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS[FN#138]
  29. 29.JA'AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWL
  30. 30.THE CALIPH OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI
  31. 31.THE CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE PYRAMIDS[FN#153] OF EGYPT
  32. 32.THE THIEF AND THE MERCHANT
  33. 33.MASRUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN AL-KARIBI
  34. 34.THE DEVOTEE PRINCE
  35. 35.THE UNWISE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT
  36. 36.THE FOOLISH DOMINIE[FN#170]
  37. 37.ILLITERATE WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER
  38. 38.THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE.
  39. 39.ABD AL-RAHMAN THE MAGHRIBI'S STORY OF THE RUKH.[FN#176]
  40. 40.ADI BIN ZAYD AND THE PRINCESS HIND.
  41. 41.DI'IBIL AL-KHUZA'I WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BIN AL-WALID.
  42. 42.ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT.
  43. 43.THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS.
  44. 44.HOW ABU HASAN BRAKE WIND.
  45. 45.THE LOVERS OF THE BANU TAYY.
  46. 46.THE MAD LOVER.
  47. 47.THE PRIOR WHO BECAME A MOSLEM.
  48. 48.THE LOVES OF ABU ISA AND KURRAT AL-AYN.
  49. 49.AL-AMIN SON OF AL-RASHID AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI.
  50. 50.AL-FATH BIN KHAKAN AND THE CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL.
  51. 51.THE MAN'S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN CONCERNING THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF MALE AND FEMALE.
  52. 52.ABU SUWAYD AND THE PRETTY OLD WOMAN.
  53. 53.THE EMIR ALI BIN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MUUNIS.
  54. 54.THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER.
  55. 55.ALI THE CAIRENE AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD.
  56. 56.THE PILGRIM MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN.
  57. 57.ABU AL-HUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWADDUD.[FN#281]
  58. 58.THE ANGEL OF DEATH WITH THE PROUD KING AND THE DEVOUT MAN.
  59. 59.THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE RICH KING.
  60. 60.THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
  61. 61.ISKANDAR ZU AL-KARNAYN[FN#460] AND A CERTAIN TRIBE OF POOR FOLK.
  62. 62.THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF KING ANUSHIRWAN.[FN#463]
  63. 63.THE JEWISH KAZI AND HIS PIOUS WIFE.
  64. 64.THE SHIPWRECKED WOMAN AND HER CHILD.
  65. 65.THE PIOUS BLACK SLAVE.
  66. 66.THE DEVOUT TRAY-MAKER AND HIS WIFE.
  67. 67.AL-HAJJAJ AND THE PIOUS MAN.
  68. 68.THE BLACKSMITH WHO COULD HANDLE FIRE WITHOUT HURT.
  69. 69.THE DEVOTEE TO WHOM ALLAH GAVE A CLOUD FOR SERVICE AND THE DEVOUT KING.
  70. 70.THE MOSLEM CHAMPION AND THE CHRISTIAN DAMSEL.
  71. 71.THE CHRISTIAN KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE MOSLEM.
  72. 72.THE PROPHET AND THE JUSTICE OF PROVIDENCE.
  73. 73.THE FERRYMAN OF THE NILE AND THE HERMIT.
  74. 74.THE ISLAND KING AND THE PIOUS ISRAELITE.
  75. 75.ABU AL-HASAN AND ABU JA'AFAR THE LEPER.[FN#501]
  76. 76.THE QUEEN OF THE SERPENTS.[FN#507]
  77. 77.The Adventures of Bulukiya.
  78. 78.The Story of Janshah.[FN#536]

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