Tales from the Arabic — Complete
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Chapters (110)(click to expand)
- STORY OF THE LACKPENNY AND THE COOK.
- THE KHALIF OMAR BEN ABDULAZIZ AND THE POETS.[FN#41]
- EL HEJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN.[FN#69]
- HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES.[FN#84]
- THE TEN VIZIERS; OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBEKHT AND HIS SON.[FN#94]
- OF THE USELESSNESS OF ENDEAVOUR AGAINST PERSISTENT ILL FORTUNE.
- OF LOOKING TO THE ISSUES OF AFFAIRS.
- OF THE ADVANTAGES OF PATIENCE.
- STORY OF ABOU SABIR.
- OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF PRECIPITATION.
- STORY OF PRINCE BIHZAD.
- OF THE ISSUES OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTIONS.
- STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS VIZIERS.
- OF TRUST IN GOD.
- STORY OF KING BEKHTZEMAN.
- OF CLEMENCY.
- STORY OF KING BIHKERD.
- OF ENVY AND MALICE.
- STORY OF ILAN SHAH AND ABOU TEMAM.
- OF DESTINY OR THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEAD.
- STORY OF KING IBRAHIM AND HIS SON.
- OF THE APPOINTED TERM,[FN#128] WHICH, IF IT BE ADVANCED, MAY NOT BE DEFERRED AND IF IT BE DEFERRED, MAY NOT BE ADVANCED.
- STORY OF KING SULEIMAN SHAH AND HIS SONS.
- OF THE SPEEDY RELIEF OF GOD.
- STORY OF THE PRISONER AND HOW GOD GAVE HIM RELIEF.
- JAAFER BEN YEHYA AND ABDULMEILIK BEN SALIH THE ABBASIDE.[FN#144]
- ER RESHID AND THE BARMECIDES.[FN#152]
- IBN ES SEMMAK AND ER RESHID.[FN#161]
- EL MAMOUN AND ZUBEIDEH[FN#163]
- EN NUMAN AND THE ARAB OF THE BENOU TAI.[FN#168]
- FIROUZ AND HIS WIFE[FN#175]
- KING SHAH BEKHT AND HIS VIZIER ER REHWAN.[FN#177]
- STORY OF THE MAN OF KHORASSAN, HIS SON AND HIS GOVERNOR.
- STORY OF THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST.
- STORY OF THE RICH MAN WHO GAVE HIS FAIR DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE TO THE POOR OLD MAN.
- STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND HIS WASTEFUL SON.
- THE KING'S SON WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PICTURE.
- STORY OF THE FULLER AND HIS WIFE.
- STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN, THE MERCHANT AND THE KING.
- STORY OF THE CREDULOUS HUSBAND
- STORY OF THE UNJUST KING AND THE TITHER.
- STORY OF DAVID AND SOLOMON.
- STORY OF THE THIEF AND THE WOMAN.
- STORY OF THE THREE MEN AND OUR LORD JESUS.
- THE DISCIPLE'S STORY.
- STORY OF THE DETHRONED KING WHOSE KINGDOM AND GOOD WERE RESTORED TO HIM.
- STORY OF THE MAN WHOSE CAUTION WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
- STORY OF THE MAN WHO WAS LAVISH OF HIS HOUSE AND HIS VICTUAL TO ONE WHOM HE KNEW NOT.
- STORY OF THE IDIOT AND THE SHARPER.
- STORY OF KHELBES AND HIS WIFE AND THE LEARNED MAN.
- TALES FROM THE ARABIC
- VOLUME THE SECOND.
- STORY OF THE PIOUS WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEWDNESS.
- STORY OF THE JOURNEYMAN AND THE GIRL.
- STORY OF THE WEAVER WHO BECAME A PHYSICIAN BY HIS WIFE'S COMMANDMENT.
- STORY OF THE TWO SHARPERS WHO CHEATED EACH HIS FELLOW.
- STORY OF THE SHARPERS WITH THE MONEY-CHANGER AND THE ASS.
- STORY OF THE SHARPER AND THE MERCHANTS.
- STORY OF THE HAWK AND THE LOCUST.
- STORY OF THE KING AND HIS CHAMBERLAIN'S WIFE.
- STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DRAPER'S WIFE.
- STORY OF THE FOUL-FAVOURED MAN AND HIS FAIR WIFE.
- STORY OF THE KING WHO LOST KINGDOM AND WIFE AND WEALTH AND GOD RESTORED THEM TO HIM.
- STORY OF SELIM AND SELMA.
- STORY OF THE KING OF HIND AND HIS VIZIER.
- SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR.
- EL MELIK EZ ZAHIR RUKNEDDIN BIBERS EL BUNDUCDARI AND THE SIXTEEN OFFICERS OF POLICE.[FN#83]
- THE FIRST OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE SECOND OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE THIRD OFFICER'S STORY
- THE FOURTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE FIFTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE SIXTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE SEVENTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE EIGHTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE THIEF'S STORY.
- THE NINTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE TENTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE ELEVENTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE TWELFTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE THIRTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE FOURTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- A MERRY JEST OF A THIEF.
- STORY OF THE OLD SHARPER.
- THE FIFTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- THE SIXTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY.
- ABDALLAH BEN NAFI AND THE KING'S SON OF CASHGHAR.[FN#157]
- STORY OF THE DAMSEL TUHFET EL CULOUB AND THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID.
- NOTE.
- WOMEN'S CRAFT.
- TALES FROM THE ARABIC
- VOLUME THE THIRD.
- NOUREDDIN ALI OF DAMASCUS AND THE DAMSEL SITT EL MILAH.[FN#1]
- EL ABBAS AND THE KING'S DAUGHTER OF BAGHDAD.[FN#46]
- SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR.[FN#145]
- THE TWO KINGS AND THE VIZIER'S DAUGHTERS.[FN#154]
- THE FAVOURITE AND HER LOVER.[FN#174]
- THE MERCHANT OF CAIRO AND THE FAVOURITE OF THE KHALIF EL MAMOUN EL HAKIM BI AMRILLAH.[FN#180]
- SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR.
- NOTE.
- SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND HINDBAD THE PORTER.
- THE SIXTH VOYAGE OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR.
- SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND HINDBAD THE PORTER.
- THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR.
- NOTE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE CALCUTTA (1839-42) AND BOULAC EDITIONS OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE BRESLAU (TUNIS) EDITION OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE UNFINISHED CALCUTTA (1814-18) EDITION (FIRST TWO HUNDRED NIGHTS ONLY) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT.
- ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES OF THE VERSE IN THE "TALES FROM THE ARABIC."
- INDEX TO THE NAMES OF THE "TALES FROM THE ARABIC"
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