THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT

VOLUME V.

By Richard F. Burton



CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME

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THE EBONY HORSE 1
(Lane, Vol. II., Chapt. XVII. Story of the Magic Horse: pp. 517-545.)
UNS AL-WUJUD AND THE WAZIR'S DAUGHTER ROSE-IN-HOOD 32
(Chapt. XVIII. Story of Uns el-Wujood and El-Ward fi'l-Akmam: p. 549.)
ABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID 64
ABDALLAH BIN MA'AMAR WITH THE MAN OF BASSORAH AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL 69
(Anecdote of a Man and his Slave-Girl: p. 578.)
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU OZRAH 70
(Anecdote of Two Victims of Love: p. 579.)
THE WAZIR OF AL-YAMAN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER 71
THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL 73
(Love in a School: p. 580.)
AL-MUTALAMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMAYMAH 74
HARUN AL-RASHID AND ZUBAYDAH IN THE BATH 75
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE POETS 77
MUS'AB BIN AL-ZUBAYR AND AYISHAH HIS WIFE 79
ABU AL-ASWAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL 80
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS 81
viiiHARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE SLAVE-GIRLS 81
THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE 82
(Lane, Vol. II. Anecdote of a Faithless Wife: p. 582.)
THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER 83
(Anecdote of a Simpleton and a Sharper: p. 582.)
THE KAZI ABU YUSUF WITH HARUN AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH 85
THE CALIPH AL HAKIM AND THE MERCHANT 86
(Anecdote of El-Hakim bi-amri-llah and a Merchant of Cairo: p. 583.)
KING KISRA ANUSHIRWAN AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL 87
(Anecdote of Anooshirwán: p. 884.)
THE WATER-CARRIER AND THE GOLDSMITH'S WIFE 89
KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN AND THE FISHERMAN 91
(Anecdote of Khusrow and Sheereen and a Fisherman: p. 585.)
YAHYA BIN KHALID AND THE POOR MAN 92
(Anecdote of Yahya el-Barmekee: p. 586.)
MOHAMMED AL-AMIN AND THE SLAVE-GIRL 93
(Mohammad el-Emeen and the Slave-Girl El-Bedr el-Kebeer: p. 587.)
THE SONS OF YAHYA BIN KHALID AND SAID BIN SALIM 94
(Anecdote of El-Fadl and Ja'afar the Barmekee: p. 588.)
THE WOMAN'S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND 96
(Anecdote of a Deceitful Wife: p. 589.)
THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS 97
JA'AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWI 98
OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI 99
(Anecdote of a Homicide: p. 589.)
AL-MAAMUN AND THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT 105
THE THIEF AND THE MERCHANT 107
(Anecdote of an Impudent Thief: p. 592.)
MASRUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN AL-KARIBI 109
(Compact of Mesroor with Ibn el-Karibee: p. 594.)
ixTHE DEVOTEE PRINCE 111
(Lane, Vol. II. Anecdote of a Devotee Son of Harun er-Rasheed: p. 595.)
THE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT 117
THE FOOLISH DOMINIE 118
THE ILLITERATE WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER 119
(Anecdote of an Illiterate Schoolmaster: p. 599.)
THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE 121
ABD AL-RAHMAN THE MAGHRIBI'S STORY OF THE RUKH 122
(The Rukh: p. 600.)
ADI BIN ZAYD AND THE PRINCESS HIND 124
DI'IBIL AL-KHUZA'I WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BIN AL-WALID 127
ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT 129
THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS 133
HOW ABU HASAN BRAKE WIND 135
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU TAYY 137
(Result of Restraint upon Two Lovers: p. 601.)
THE MAD LOVER 138
(Anecdote of a Distracted Lover: p. 602.)
THE PRIOR WHO BECAME A MOSLEM 141
(The Converted Prior: p. 603.)
THE LOVES OF ABU ISA AND KURRAT AL-AYN 145
(Aboo'Esa and Kurrat el-'Eyn: p. 606.)
AL-AMIN AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI 152
AL-FATH BIN KHAKAN AND AL-MUTAWAKKIL 153
THE MAN'S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN CONCERNING THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF MALE AND FEMALE 154
ABU SUWAYD AND THE PRETTY OLD WOMAN 163
xALI BIN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MUUNIS 164
THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER 165
ALI THE CAIRENE AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD 166
(Lane, Vol. II., Chapt. XIX. Story of 'Alee of Cairo: p. 609.)
THE PILGRIM MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN 186
(Anecdote of a Townsman and a Bedaweeyeh: p. 635.)
ABU AL-HUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWADDUD 189
THE ANGEL OF DEATH WITH THE PROUD KING AND THE DEVOUT MAN 246
THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE RICH KING 248
THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 250
(A Tyrannical King and the Angel of Death: p. 636.)
ISKANDAR ZU AL-KARNAYN AND A CERTAIN TRIBE OF POOR FOLK 252
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF KING ANUSHIRWAN 254
THE JEWISH KAZI AND HIS PIOUS WIFE 256
THE SHIPWRECKED WOMAN AND HER CHILD 259
THE PIOUS BLACK SLAVE 261
THE DEVOUT TRAY-MAKER AND HIS WIFE 264
(Advantages of Piety and Industry: p. 637.)
AL-HAJJAJ BIN YUSUF AND THE PIOUS MAN 269
THE BLACKSMITH WHO COULD HANDLE FIRE WITHOUT HURT 271
THE DEVOTEE TO WHOM ALLAH GAVE A CLOUD FOR SERVICE AND THE DEVOUT KING 274
xiTHE MOSLEM CHAMPION AND THE CHRISTIAN DAMSEL 277
(Lane, Vol. II. Anecdote of a Moslem Warrior and a Christian Maiden: p. 639.)
THE CHRISTIAN KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE MOSLEM 283
THE PROPHET AND THE JUSTICE OF PROVIDENCE 286
(The Justice of Providence: p. 612.)
THE FERRYMAN OF THE NILE AND THE HERMIT 288
THE ISLAND KING AND THE PIOUS ISRAELITE 290
ABU AL-HASAN AND ABU JA'AFAR THE LEPER 294
THE QUEEN OF THE SERPENTS 298
  a. The Adventures of Bulukiya 304
  b. The Story of Janshah 329





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VOLUME VI.

By Richard F. Burton



CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME

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SINDBAD THE SEAMAN AND SINDBAD THE LANDSMAN 1
(Lane, Vol. III., Chapt. XXII., Story of Es Sindbad of the Sea and Es Sindbad of the Land. pp. 1-78.)
  a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman 4
  b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman 14
  c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman 22
  d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman 34
  e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman 48
  f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman 58
  g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman 68
    The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (according to the version of the Calcutta Edition) 78
THE CITY OF BRASS 83
(Lane, Vol. III., Chapt. XXIII. Story of the City of Brass. pp. 118-152.)
THE CRAFT AND MALICE OF WOMAN 122
(Lane, Vol. III., Chapt. XXI., Abstract of the Story of the King and his Son and the Damsel and the Seven Wezeers. pp. 158-183.)
  a. The King and His Wazir's Wife 129
  b. The Confectioner, his Wife, and the Parrot 132
  c. The Fuller and His Son 134
  d. The Rake's Trick against the Chaste Wife 135
viii  e. The Miser and the Loaves of Bread 137
  f. The Lady and her Two Lovers 138
  g. The King's Son and the Ogress 139
  h. The Drop of Honey 142
  i. The Woman who made Her Husband Sift Dust 143
  j. The Enchanted Spring 145
  k. The Wazir's Son and the Hammam-keeper's Wife 150
  l. The Wife's Device to Cheat her Husband 152
  m. The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl 156
  n. The Man who Never Laughed during the rest of his Days 160
  o. The King's Son and the Merchant's Wife 167
  p. The Page who feigned to know the Speech of Birds 169
  q. The Lady and her Five Suitors 172
  r. The Three Wishes, or the Man who longed to see the Night of Power 180
  s. The Stolen Necklace 182
  t. The Two Pigeons 183
  u. Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma 184
  v. The House with the Belvedere 188
  w. The King's Son and the Ifrit's Mistress 199
  x. The Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers 202
  y. The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child 208
  z. The Stolen Purse 209
  aa. The Fox and the Folk 211
JUDAR AND HIS BRETHREN 213
(Lane, Vol. III, Chapt. XXII., Story of Joodar. pp. 183-233.)
THE HISTORY OF GHARIB AND HIS BROTHER AJIB 257





THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT

By Richard F. Burton



CONTENTS OF THE SEVENTH VOLUME

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Continuation of the History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib 1
OTBAH AND RAYYA 91
HIND DAUGHTER OF AL-NU'MAN AND AL-HAJJAJ 96
KHUZAYMAH BIN BISHR AND IKRIMAH AL-FAYYAZ 99
YUNUS THE SCRIBE AND THE CALIPH WALID BIN SAHL 104
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE ARAB GIRL 108
AL-ASMA'I AND THE THREE GIRLS OF BASSORAH 110
IBRAHIM OF MOSUL AND THE DEVIL 113
(Lane, Vol. I. page 223.)
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU UZRAH 117
THE BADAWI AND HIS WIFE 124
(Lane, Vol. I. 521.)
THE LOVERS OF BASSORAH 130
ISHAK OF MOSUL AND HIS MISTRESS AND THE DEVIL 136
THE LOVERS OF AL-MEDINAH 139
(Lane, Another Anecdote of Two Lovers, III. 252.)
AL-MALIK AL-NASIR AND HIS WAZIR 142
viiiTHE ROGUERIES OF DALILAH THE CRAFTY AND HER DAUGHTER ZAYNAB THE CONEY-CATCHER 144
(Lane omits.)
THE ADVENTURES OF MERCURY ALI OF CAIRO 172
(Lane omits.)
ARDASHIR AND HAYAT AL-NUFUS 209
(Lane omits.)
JULNAR THE SEA-BORN AND HER SON KING BADR BASIM OF PERSIA 264
(Lane, III. 255, The Story of Jullanar of the Sea.)
KING MOHAMMED BIN SABAIK AND THE MERCHANT HASAN 308
(Lane, III. 373, Notes to Chapt. xxiv.)
  a. Story of Prince Sayf al-Muluk and the Princess Badi'a al-Jamal 314
(Lane, III. 308, The Story of Seif El-Mulook and Badeea El-Jamal, with the Introduction transferred to a note, p. 372.)





THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT

VOLUME VIII.

By Richard F. Burton



CONTENTS OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME

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  a. Story of Prince Sayf Al-Muluk and the Princess Badi'a Al-Jamal (Continued) 1
(Lane, III. 308. The Story of Seif El-Mulook and Badeea El-Jamal, with the Introduction transferred to a note p. 372.)
HASAN OF BASSORAH 7
(Lane, III. 335. The Story of Hasan of El-Basrah).
KHALIFAH THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD 145
(Lane, IV. 527. The Story of Khaleefeh the Fisherman.)
Note. The Same from the Breslau Edition (IV. 318) 184
MASRUR AND ZAYN AL-MAWASIF 205
(Lane, III. 573. Note.)
ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL 264
(Lane omits, III. 572.)





THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT

VOLUME IX.

By Richard F. Burton



CONTENTS OF THE NINTH VOLUME

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ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL (Continued) 1
(Lane omits, III. 572.)
THE MAN OF UPPER EGYPT AND HIS FRANKISH WIFE 19
(Lane omits.)
THE RUINED MAN OF BAGHDAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL 24
(Lane, Anecdote of a Man of Baghdad and His Slave-Girl, III. 572)
KING JALI'AD OF HIND AND HIS WAZIR SHIMAS: FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY OF KING WIRD KHAN, SON OF KING JALI'AD, WITH HIS WOMEN AND WAZIRS 32
  a. The Mouse and the Cat 35
  b. The Fakir and His Jar of Butter 40
  c. The Fishes and the Crab 43
  d. The Crow and the Serpent 46
  e. The Wild Ass and the Jackal 48
  f. The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince 50
  g. The Crows and the Hawk 53
  h. The Serpent-Charmer and His Wife 56
  i. The Spider and the Wind 59
  j. The Two Kings 65
viii  k. The Blind Man and the Cripple 67
  l. The Foolish Fisherman 93
  m. The Boy and the Thieves 95
  n. The Man and His Wife 98
  o. The Merchant and the Robbers 100
  p. The Jackals and the Wolf 103
  q. The Shepherd and the Rogue 106
  r. The Francolin and the Tortoises 113
Conclusion of the History of King Wird Khan 115
ABU KIR THE DYER AND ABU SIR THE BARBER 134
(Lane, III. 580, The Story of Aboo Seer and Aboo Keer.)
ABDULLAH THE FISHERMAN AND ABDULLAH THE MERMAN 165
(Lane, III. 627. The Story of 'Abd Allah of the Land and 'Abd Allah of the Sea.)
HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABU HASAN, THE MERCHANT OF OMAN 188
IBRAHIM AND JAMILAH 207
ABU AL-HASAN OF KHORASAN 229
KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER'S WIFE 246
ABDULLAH BIN FAZIL AND HIS BROTHERS 304