The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 (of 10)

There dwelt once upon a time in the God-guarded city of Cairo a cobbler who lived by patching old shoes.[FN#1] His name was Ma’aruf[FN#2] and he had a wife called Fatimah, whom...

to Him dcccci [901] n. The Man whose Caution was the Cause of his Death dcccciii [903] o. The Man who was lavish of his House and his Victual to one whom he knew not dcccciv [90...

Narasimha,[FN#181] the great power of the Deccan; but this may be due to editors or scribes as the despotism was founded only in the fourteenth century(A.D. 1320). The Ebony Hor...

Ausonius recounts of Caligula he so lost patience that he forcibly entered the priest M. Lepidus, before the sacrifice was completed. The beautiful Nero was formally married to...

As an instance of the Munsarih, I give the second occurring in The Nights, because it affords me an opportunity to show the student how useful a knowledge of the laws of Prosody...

Knight— “unxerunt regem Salomonem” (vol. ii. 222); and Ja’afar and the Old Badawi (vol. v. 98), with its reminiscence of “chaffy” King Amasis. This reaches its acme in the descr...

[FN#232] See Jotham’s fable of the Trees and King Bramble (Judges lxi. 8) and Nathan’s parable of the Poor Man and his little ewe Lamb (2 Sam. ix. 1).

Barber’s Son . . . . . . . . |…|…|…| 5 | 6 |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|… e. Story of the Bedouin’s Wife . . . . . |…|…|…| 5 | - |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|… f. Story of the W...

iii., pp. 701–704. Unfortunately, this MS. was afterwards so damaged by water during a shipwreck that it was rendered totally illegible. The list of tales (as will be seen by th...

Night INTRODUCTION.—Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother a. Story of the Ox and the Ass 1. The Merchant and the Genie i [1] a. The First Old Man’s Story iv [4] b. The Second...

Sabab and Fásilah, rules the arrangement of the Arabic metres, which are divided into five circles (Dawáir, pl. of Dáirah), so called for reasons presently to be explained. The...

2. Ruzvanchad and Cheheristani.—Cheheristani is a jinniyah, who is pursued by the King, under the form of a white doe; marries him, and becomes the mother of Balkis, the Queen o...

further into feet Arkáan, pl. of Rukn, or Ajzáa, pl. of Juz, two words explained supra p. 236. The technical terms by which the feet are named are derivatives of the root fa’l,...

The ’Arúz of the first couplet is Mutafá’ilun, assigning the piece to the first or perfect (sahíhah) class of the Kámil. In the Hashw of the opening line and in that of the whol...

and the Ass . . . . . . . . |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| + |14 |…|…|…|II |…|…|… w. Story of the Sharper and the Merchants . . |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| + |14 |…|…|…|II |…|…|… wa. Story...

10, A.H. 653 ( = March 25th, 1255) and 7,320 years of the era of Alexander.[FN#176] This is supported in his Tale of Himself (vol. i. pp. 317–348), where he dates his banishment...

1. The Sabab,[FN#450] which consists of two letters and is either khafíf (light) or sakíl (heavy). A moved letter followed by a quiescent, i.e. a closed syllable, like the afore...

Bird . . . . . . . . . . |…|…| 6 | 3 | 6 |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|11 |…|…|…|…|…|…|… d. Story of a Sultan of Yemen and his three Sons |…|…| 6 | 4 | 6 |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|11 |…|…|…|…|…|…|… e. St...

In my Foreword I have compared the humorous vein of the comic tales with our northern “wut,” chiefly for the dryness and slyness which pervade it. But it differs in degree as mu...

My Dear Pasha, During the last dozen years, since we first met at Cairo, you have done much for Egyptian folk-lore and you can do much more. This volume is inscribed to you with...

Forehead . . . . . . . . . |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|… ii. Story of King Ibrahim and his Son . . |…| 8 | 7 |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| + | 13| 2 |…|…| I |…|…|… k. Of the appo...

and good were restored to him . . . |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| + |14 |…|…|…| I |…|…|… n. Story of the Man whose caution was the cause of his Death . . . . . . . . |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|...

Daughter in Marriage to the Poor Old Man . |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| + |14 |…|…|…| I |…|…|… e. Story of the Rich Man and his Wasteful Son . |…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…|…| + |14 |…|…|…| I...

the Poor Old Man dcccxcii [892] e. The Rich Man and his Wasteful Son dcccxciii [893] f. The King’s Son who fell in Love with the Picture dcccxciv [894] g. The Fuller and his Wif...