The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights

Bookكِتَاب أَلْف لَيْلَة وَلَيْلَة‎‎
EditorMuhsin Mahdi
Introduction byHusain Haddawy
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Printed and Bound byGGP Media GmbH, Pößneck
Translated byHusain Haddawy
Published in/by Arrangement withW. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
ImprintEveryman's Library
Distributed by/Director of DistributionRandom House, Inc.
Book Design byBarbara de Wilde, Carol Devine Carson
Copyright HolderW. W. Norton & Company
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York, NY
Copyright1990
This Edition Published1992
Pages / Font428 pages
ISBN0679413383
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number91-58701
ChaptersINTRODUCTION The World of The Arabian Nights Dissemination and Manuscripts The Printed Editions The Mahdi Edition Past Translations The Present Translation Conclusion Acknowledgments A Note on the Transliteration Map: The Territory of The Nights THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Foreword Prologue: [The Story of King Shahryar 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-Masri 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 and Nur al-Din Ali ibn-Khaqan] [The Story of Jullanar of the Sea] Translator's Postscript
NotesBased on the text of the fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript edited by Muhsin Mahdi.
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