SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS

WITH NOTES ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND EXPLANATORY

By Richard F. Burton

VOLUME ONE

Privately Printed By The Burton Club

CONTENTS

THE TRANSLATOR'S FOREWORD.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS
The Sleeper and the Waker.[1]
Story of the Larrikin[11] and the Cook
THE CALIPH OMAR BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AND THE POETS[85]
AL-HAJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN[117]
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES[124]
THE TEN WAZIRS: OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBAKHT AND HIS SON.[130]
THE FIRST DAY
Of the Uselessness of Endeavour Against Persistent Ill Fortune.
The Story of the Merchant Who Lost his Luck.[149]
THE SECOND DAY.
Of Looking to the Ends of Affairs.
The Tale of the Merchant and his Sons.[157]
THE THIRD DAY.
Of the Advantages of Patience.[164]
The Story of Abu Sabir.
THE FOURTH DAY.
Of the Ill Effects of Impatience.
The Story of Prince Bihzad.[176]
THE FIFTH DAY.
Of the Issues of Good and Evil Actions.
The Story of King Dadbin[185] and his Wazirs.
THE SIXTH DAY.
Of Trust in Allah.
The Story of King Bakhtzaman.[201]
THE SEVENTH DAY.
Of Clemency.
The Story of King Bihkard.[206]
THE EIGHTH DAY.
Of Envy and Malice.
The Story of Aylan Shah and Abu Tammam.[210]
THE NINTH DAY.
Of Destiny or That Which is Written on the Forehead.
The Story of King Ibrahim and his Son.[222]
THE TENTH DAY.
The Story of King Sulayman Shah and his Niece.[231]
THE ELEVENTH DAY.
Of the Speedy Relief of Allah.
The Story of the Prisoner and How Allah Gave Him Relief.[251]
JA'AFAR BIN YAHYA AND ABD AL-MALIK BIN SALITH THE ABBASIDE[258]
AL-RASHID AND THE BARMECIDES[269]
IBN AL-SAMMAK AND AL-RASHID[280]
AL-MAAMUN AND ZUBAYDAH[282]
AL-NU'UMAN AND THE ARAB OF THE BANU TAY[287]
FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE[293]
KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[295]
THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Man of Khorasan, his Son and his Tutor.
THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE MOUTH.
Tale of the Singer and the Druggist.
THE THIRD NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the King who Kenned the Quintessence[334] of Things.
THE FOURTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Richard who Married his Beautiful Daughter to the Poor Old Man.
THE FIFTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Sage and his Three Sons.[355]
THE SIXTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Prince who Fell in Love with the Picture.
THE SEVENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Fuller and his Wife and the Trooper.[362]
THE EIGHTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Merchant, the Crone and the King.
THE NINTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Simpleton Husband.[371]
THE TENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Unjust King and the Tither.
The Story of David and Solomon.
THE ELEVENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Robber and the Woman.
THE TWELFTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Three Men and our Lord Isa.
The Disciple's Story.
THE THIRTEENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Dethroned Ruler Whose Reign and Wealth Were Restored to Him.
THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Man whose Caution Slew Him.
THE FIFTEENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Man who was Lavish of his House and his Provision to One Whom He Knew Not.
The Sixteenth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Melancholist and the Sharper.[409]
THE SEVENTEENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of Khalbas and his Wife and the Learned Man.
THE EIGHTEENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Devotee Accused of Lewdness.[415]
THE NINETEENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Hireling and the Girl.
THE TWENTIETH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Weaver who Became a Leach by Order of his Wife.
THE TWENTY-FIRST NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Two Sharpers who each Cozened his Compeer.
THE TWENTY-SECOND NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Sharpers with the Shroff[474] and the Ass.
THE TWENTY-THIRD NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Cheat and the Merchants.
The Story of the Falcon and the Locust.[485]
THE TWENTY-FOURTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the King and his Chamberlain's Wife.[488]
The Story of the Crone and the Draper's Wife.[490]
THE TWENTY-FIFTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the Ugly Man and his Beautiful Wife.
THE TWENTY-SIXTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the King who lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and Allah restored them to Him.[508]
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of Salim, the Youth of Khorasan, and Salma, his Sister.
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH AND LAST NIGHT OF THE MONTH.
The Tale of the King of Hind and his Wazir.
SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR.
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SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS WITH NOTES ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND EXPLANATORY

By Richard F. Burton

VOLUME TWO

Privately Printed By The Burton Club

CONTENTS

To Henry Irving, Esq.
Original Contents of the Twelfth Volume.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR RUKN AL-DIN BIBARS AL-BUNDUKDARI AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE.[1]
The First Constable's History.[8]
The Second Constable's History.
The Third Constable's History.
The Fourth Constable's History.
The Fifth Constable's History.
The Sixth Constable's History.
The Seventh Constable's History.
The Eighth Constable's History.
The Thief's Tale.
The Ninth Constable's History.
The Tenth Constable's History.
The Eleventh Constable's History.
The Twelfth Constable's History.
The Thirteenth Constable's History.
The Fourteenth Constable's History.
A Merry Jest of a Clever Thief.
The Tale of the Old Sharper.
The Fifteenth Constable's History.[125]
The Sixteenth Constable's History.
TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABDULLAH BIN NAFI'.[131]
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
WOMEN'S WILES[258]
The Hundred and Ninety-seventh Night.
The Hundred and Ninety-eight Night.
The Hundred and Ninety-ninth Night.
The Two Hundredth Night.
NUR AL-DIN ALI OF DAMASCUS AND THE DAMSEL SITT AL-MILAH.[280]
TALE OF KING INS BIN KAYS AND HIS DAUGHTER WITH THE SON OF KING AL-'ABBAS.[342]
SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR.[443]
TALE OF THE TWO KINGS AND THE WAZIR'S DAUGHTERS.[447]
THE CONCUBINE AND THE CALIPH."[463]
THE CONCUBINE OF AL-MAAMUN[470]
VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES OF SOME OF THE TALES IN VOLUMES XI. AND XII.
THE SLEEPER AND THE WAKER—Vol. XI. p. 1.
THE TEN WAZIRS; OR, THE HISTORY OF KING ÁZÁDBAKHT AND HIS SON, Vol. XI. p. 55.
STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS WAZIRS.—Vol. XI. p. 94.
STORY OF AYLAN SHAH AND ABÚ TAMMÁM—Vol. XI p. 112.
STORY OF KING SULAYMAN SHAH AND HIS NIECE.—Vol. XI. p. 131.
FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE.—Vol. XI. p. 185.
KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.—Vol. XI. p. 127.
THE ART OF ENLARGING PEARLS.—Vol. XI. p.197.
THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST.—Vol. XI. p. 203.
PERSIAN VERSION
SER GIOVANNI'S VERSION
STRAPAROLA'S VERSION[490]
THE KING WHO KENNED THE QUINTESSENCE OF THINGS.—Vol. XI. p. 212.
INDIAN VERSION
SIBERIAN VERSION
HUNGARIAN VERSION
TURKISH ANALOGUE.
THE PRINCE WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PICTURE.—Vol. XI. p. 226.
THE FULLER, HIS WIFE, AND THE TROOPER.—Vol. XI. p. 231.
TALE OF THE SIMPLETON HUSBAND.—Vol. XI. p. 239.
TALE OF THE THREE MEN AND OUR LORD ISA.—Vol XI. p. 250.
THE MELANCHOLIST AND THE SHARPER. — Vol. XI. p. 264.
ITALIAN VERSION.
TALE OF THE DEVOUT WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEWDNESS.—Vol. XI. p. 270.
THE WEAVER WHO BECAME A LEACH BY ORDER OF HIS WIFE.—Vol. XI. p. 282.
STORY OF THE KING WHO LOST KINGDOM, WIFE AND WEALTH.—Vol. XI. p. 319.
KASHMIRI VERSION.[512]
PANJÁBÍ VERSION.
TIBETAN VERSION.
LEGEND OF ST. EUSTACHE.
OLD ENGLISH "GESTA" VERSION.
ROMANCE OF SIR ISUMBRAS.
AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE.—Vol. XII. p. 3.
THE THIEF'S TALE.—Vol. XII. p. 42.
THE NINTH CONSTABLE'S STORY.—Vol. XII. p. 46.
THE FIFTEENTH CONSTABLE'S STORY.—Vol. XII. p. 59.
TALE OF THE DAMSEL TUHFAT AL-KULUB.—Vol. XII. p. 70.
WOMEN'S WILES.—Vol. XII. p. 99.
NUR AL-DIN AND THE DAMSEL SITT AL-MILAH.—Vol. XII. p. 151.
TALE OF KING INS BIN KAYS AND HIS DAUGHTER.—Vol. XII. p. 191.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE, p. 301.
THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST, p. 305.
THE FULLER, HIS WIFE AND THE TROOPER, p. 329.
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SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS WITH NOTES ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND EXPLANATORY

By Richard F. Burton

VOLUME THREE

Privately Printed By The Burton Club

CONTENTS

Original List of Contents of the Thirteenth Volume.
The Translator's Foreword.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
THE TALE OF ZAYN AL-ASNAM.[8]
When it was the Four Hundred and Ninety-eighth Night,
When it was the Four Hundred and Ninety-ninth Night,
When it was the full Five Hundredth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and First Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Second Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fourth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Tenth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eleventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twelfth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirteenth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fourteenth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifteenth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixteenth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventeenth Night,
When it was ad the Five Hundred and Eighteenth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Nineteenth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twentieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-second Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-fourth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Twenty-ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirtieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-second Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-fourth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Thirty-ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fortieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-second Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-fourth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Forty-ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fiftieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-second Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-fourth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixtieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-second Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-fourth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Sixty-ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-second Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-fourth Night,
When it was the, Five Hundred and Seventy-fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Seventy-ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eightieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-third Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-fourth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-fifth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-sixth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-seventh Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-eighth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Eighty-ninth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Ninetieth Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Ninety-first Night,
When it was the Five Hundred and Ninety-second Night,[231]
KHUDADAD[232] AND HIS BROTHERS.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-third Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-fourth Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-fifth Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-sixth Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-seventh Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-eighth Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-ninth Night.
The end of the full Six Hundredth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and First Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fourth Night,
THE CALIPH'S NIGHT ADVENTURE.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixth Night.
The Story of the Blind Man, Baba Abdullah.[252]
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Tenth Night.
History of Sidi Nu'uman.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twelfth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fourteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hudred and Fifteenth Night.
History of Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal.[272]
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventeenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Nineteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twentieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-fifth Night. "ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES"
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-seventh Night,
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-eighth Night,
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-ninth Night,
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirtieth Night,
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-first Night,
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-second Night,
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-third Night,
The end of the Six Hundred ante Thirty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-eighth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and thirty-ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fortieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-fourth Night
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-fifth Night
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-sixth Night
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-seventh Night
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-eighth Night
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-ninth Night
The end of the Six Hundred and Fiftieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-Second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-eighth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixtieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-eighth Night
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-eight Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eightieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-Second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-eighth Night.
APPENDIX.
VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES OF THE TALES In VOLUME XIII. By W. A. Clouston.
The Tale of Zayn Al-Asnam—p. 1.
Aladdin; Or, the Wonderful Lamp—p. 31.
A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF ALADDIN
Khudadad and His Brothers—p. 145.
The Story of the Blind Man, Baba Abdullah—p. 178.
History of Sidi Nu'man—p. 187.
History of Khwajah Hasan Al-habbal—p. 198.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves—p.219
Ali Khwajah and the Merchant of Baghdad—p. 246.
Prince Ahmad and the Peri Banu—p. 256.
The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette—p. 313.
MODERN ARABIC VERSION.
KABA'IL VERSION.
MODERN GREEK VERSION.
ALBANIAN VERSION.
ITALIAN VERSION,
BRETON VERSION.
GERMAN VERSION.
ICELANDIC VERSION.
BENGALI VERSION.
BUDDHIST VERSION.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
The Tale of Zayn Al-asnam,
Aladdin; Or, the Wonderful Lamp.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
The Tale of Prince Ahmad.
ARABIAN NIGHTS, VOLUME 13 FOOTNOTES