The Arabian Nights

Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
	The World of The Arabian Nights
	Dissemination and Manuscripts
	The Printed Editions
	The Mahdi Edition
	Past Translations
	The Present Translation
	The Guiding Principles
	The Prose
	The Verse
	Conclusion
A Note on the Transliteration
Map: The World of the Nights
Foreword
Prologue: The Story of King Shahrayar and Shahrazad, His Vizier’s Daughter
	The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey
	The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife
The Story of the Merchant and the Demon
	The First Old Man’s Tale
	The Second Old Man’s Tale
The Story of the Fisherman and the Demon
	The Tale of King Yunan and the Sage Duban
	The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot
	The Tale of the King’s Son and the She-Ghoul
	The Tale of the Enchanted King
The Story of the Porter and the Three Ladies
	The First Dervish’s Tale
	The Second Dervish’s Tale
	The Tale of the Envious and the Envied
	The Third Dervish’s Tale
	The Tale of the First Lady, the Mistress of the House
	The Tale of the Second Lady, the Flogged One
The Story of the Three Apples
	The Story of the Two Viziers, Nur al-Din Ali al-Misri and Badr al-Din Hasan al-Basri
The Story of the Hunchback
	The Christian Broker’s Tale: The Young Man with the Severed Hand and the Girl
	The Steward’s Tale: The Young Man from Baghdad and Lady Zubaida’s Maid
	The Jewish Physician’s Tale: The Young Man from Mosul and the Murdered Girl
	The Tailor’s Tale: The Lame Young Man from Baghdad and the Barber
	The Barber’s Tale
	The Tale of the First Brother, the Hunchbacked Tailor
	The Tale of the Second Brother, Baqbaqa the Paraplegic
	The Tale of the Third Brother, Faqfaq the Blind
	The Tale of the Fourth Brother, the One-Eyed Butcher
	The Tale of the Fifth Brother, the Cropped of Ears
	The Tale of the Sixth Brother, the Cropped of Lips
The Story of Nur al-Din Ali ibn-Bakkar and the Slave-Girl Shams al-Nahar
The Story of the Slave-Girl Anis al-Jalis and Nur al-Din Ali ibn-Khaqan
The Story of Jullanar of the Sea
Translator’s Postscript
Acknowledgments
Copyright
Also Translated by Husain Haddawy