The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV, by

About this eBook

Translator

Payne, John, 1842-1916

Title

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV

Credits

Produced by JC Byers, Graeme Houston, Renate Preuss, Coralee Sheehan, Marryann Short, and Anne Soulard

Language

English

LoC Class

PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures

Subject

Tales -- Arab countries

Category

Text

eBook-No.

8658

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8658

Release Date

August 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT: — VOLUME THE FOURTH.
3. 3.HOW THE IMAM ABOU YOUSUF EXTRICATED THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID AND HIS VIZIER JAAFER FROM A DILEMMA.
4. 4.THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF A THIEF TO SAVE HIS MISTRESS'S HONOUR.
5. 5.JAAFER THE BARMECIDE AND THE BEANSELLER. — ABOU MOHAMMED THE LAZY. — THE GENEROUS DEALING OF YEHYA BEN KHALID THE BARMECIDE WITH MENSOUR. — THE GENEROUS DEALING OF YEHYA BEN KHALID WITH A MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME. — THE KHALIF EL MAMOUN AND THE STRANGE DOCTOR — ALI SHAR AND ZUMURRUD. — THE LOVES OF JUBEIR BEN UMEIR AND THE LADY BUDOUR — THE MAN OF YEMEN AND HIS SIX SLAVE-GIRLS — HAROUN ER RASHID AND THE DAMSEL AND ABOU NUWAS. — THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DISH OF GOLD IN WHICH THE DOG ATE. — THE SHARPER OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE MASTER OF POLICE. — EL MELIK EN NASIR AND THE THREE MASTERS OF POLICE. — THE THIEF AND THE MONEY-CHANGER — THE CHIEF OF THE COUS POLICE AND THE SHARPER — IBRAHIM BEN EL MEHDI AND THE MERCHANT'S SISTER. — THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WERE CUT OFF FOR THAT SHE GAVE ALMS TO THE POOR. — THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE. — ABOU HASSAN EZ ZIYADI AND THE MAN FROM KHORASSAN. — THE POOR MAN AND HIS GENEROUS FRIEND. — THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM. — THE KHALIF EL MUTAWEKKIL AND HIS FAVOURITE MEHBOUBEH. — WERDAN THE BUTCHER HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR. — THE KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE APE. — THE ENCHANTED HORSE. — UNS EL WUJOUD AND THE VIZIER'S DAUGHTER ROSE-IN-BUD. — ABOU NUWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID. — ABDALLAH BEN MAAMER WITH THE MAN OF BASSORA AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL. — THE LOVERS OF THE BENOU UDHREH. — THE VIZIER OF YEMEN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER — THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL. — EL MUTELEMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMEIMEH. — THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE PRINCESS ZUBEIDEH IN THE BATH. — HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE THREE POETS. — MUSAB BEN EZ ZUBEIR AND AAISHEH DAUGHTER OF TELHEH. — ABOUL ASWED AND HIS SQUINTING SLAVE-GIRL. — HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS. — THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE THREE SLAVE-GIRLS. — THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE. — THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER. — THE IMAM ABOU YOUSUF WITH HAROUN ER RESHID AND ZUBEIDEH. — THE KHALIF EL HAKIM AND THE MERCHANT. — KING KISRA ANOUSHIRWAN AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL. — THE WATER-CARRIER AND THE GOLDSMITH'S WIFE. — KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN WITH THE FISHERMAN. — YEHYA BEN KHALID THE BARMECIDE AND THE POOR MAN. — MOHAMMED EL AMIN AND JAAFER BEN EL HADI. — THE SONS OF YEHYA BEN KHALID AND SAID BEN SALIM EL BAHILI. — THE WOMAN'S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND. — THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS.[FN#124] — JAAFER THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BEDOUIN. — THE KHALIF OMAR BEN KHETTAB AND THE YOUNG BEDOUIN. — THE KHALIF EL MAMOUN AND THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT. — THE THIEF TURNED MERCHANT AND THE OTHER THIEF. — MESROUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN EL CARIBI — THE DEVOUT PRINCE. — THE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT. — THE FOOLISH SCHOOLMASTER — THE IGNORANT MAN WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER. — THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE — ABDURREHMAN THE MOOR'S STORY OF THE ROC. — ADI BEN ZEID AND THE PRINCESS HIND. — DIBIL EL KHUZAÏ WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BEN EL WELID. — ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT. — THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS. — THE LOVERS OF THE BENOU TAI. — THE MAD LOVER. — THE APPLES OF PARADISE. — THE LOVES OF ABOU ISA AND CURRET EL AIN. — EL AMIN BEN ER RESHID AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BEN EL MEHDI. — EL FETH BEN KHACAN AND THE KHALIF EL MUTAWEKKIL. — THE MAN'S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN OF THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF THE MALE AND THE FEMALE. — ABOU SUWEID AND THE HANDSOME OLD WOMAN. — THE AMIR ALI BEN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MOUNIS. — THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER. — THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD. — THE PILGRIM AND THE OLD WOMAN WHO DWELT IN THE DESERT. — ABOULHUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWEDDUD.

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