» The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night by Richard F. Burton Table of Contents for the Dunyazad Library Edition Plain text, PDF, ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions www.dunyazad-library.net » Contents of the First Volume The Translator’s Foreword The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night - Tale of the Bull and the Ass Tale of the Trader and the Jinni - The First Shaykh’s Story - The Second Shaykh’s Story - The Third Shaykh’s Story The Fisherman and the Jinni - Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban - - Story of King Sindibad and his Falcon - - Tale of the Husband and the Parrot - - Tale of the Prince and the Ogress - Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad - The First Kalandar’s Tale - The Second Kalandar’s Tale - - Tale of the Envier and the Envied - The Third Kalandar’s Tale - The Eldest Lady’s Tale - Tale of the Portress Tale of the Three Apples Tale of Nur al-Din Ali and his Son Badr al-Din Hasan The Hunchback’s Tale - The Nazarene Broker’s Story - The Reeve’s Tale - Tale of the Jewish Doctor - Tale of the Tailor - The Barber’s Tale of Himself - - The Barber’s Tale of his First Brother - - The Barber’s Tale of his Second Brother - - The Barber’s Tale of his Third Brother - - The Barber’s Tale of his Fourth Brother - - The Barber’s Tale of his Fifth Brother - - The Barber’s Tale of his Sixth Brother - The End of the Tailor’s Tale » Contents of the Second Volume Tale of Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis Tale of Ghanim bin Ayyub, the Distraught, the Thrall o’ Love - Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt - Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur Tale of King Omar bin al-Nu’uman and his Sons Sharrkan and Zau al-Makan - Tale of Taj al-Muluk and the Princess Dunya - - Tale of Aziz and Azizah » Contents of the Third Volume Tale of King Omar bin al-Nu’uman and his Sons Sharrkan and Zau al-Makan (continued) - Tale of Taj al-Muluk and the Princess Dunya (continued) - - Continuation of the Tale of Aziz and Azizah - Tale of the Hashish Eater - Tale of Hammad the Badawi Tale of the Birds and Beasts and the Carpenter The Hermits Tale of the Water-Fowl and the Tortoise Tale of the Wolf and the Fox - Tale of the Falcon and the Partridge The Mouse and the Ichneumon The Cat and the Crow The Fox and the Crow - The Flea and the Mouse - The Saker and the Birds - The Sparrow and the Eagle The Hedgehog and the Wood-Pigeons - The Merchant and the Two Sharpers The Thief and his Monkey - The Foolish Weaver The Sparrow and the Peacock Tale of Ali bin Bakkar and Shams al-Nahar Tale of Kamar al-Zaman » Contents of the Fourth Volume Tale of Kamar al-Zaman (continued) - Ni’amah bin al-Rabi’a and Naomi his Slave-Girl Ala al-Din Abu al-Shamat Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy Tale of Ma’an the Son of Zaidah Ma’an Son of Zaidah and the Badawi The City of Labtayt The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth Ibrahim bin al-Mahdi and the Barber-Surgeon The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kilabah Isaac of Mosul The Sweep and the Noble Lady The Mock Caliph Ali the Persian Tale of Harun al-Rashid and the Slave-Girl and the Iman Abu Yusuf Tale of the Lover who Feigned Himself a Thief Ja’afar the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller Abu Mohammed Hight Lazybones Generous Dealing of Yahya bin Khalid the Barmecide with Mansur Generous Dealing of Yahya Son of Khalid with a Man who Forged a Letter in his Name Caliph Al-Maamum and the Strange Scholar Ali Shar and Zumurrud The Loves of Jubayr bin Umayr and the Lady Budur The Man of Al-Yaman and his Six Slave-Girls Harun al-Rashid and the Damsel and Abu Nowas The Man who Stole the Dish of Gold wherein the Dog Ate The Sharper of Alexandria and the Chief of Police Al-Malik al-Nasir and the Three Chiefs of Police - The Story of the Chief of Police of Cairo - The Story of the Chief of the Bulak Police - The Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police The Thief and the Shroff The Chief of the Kus Police and the Sharper Ibrahim bin al-Mahdi and the Merchant’s Sister The Woman whose Hands were Cut Off for Giving Alms to the Poor The Devout Israelite Abu Hassan al-Ziyadi and the Khorasan The Poor Man and his Friend in Need The Ruined Man who Became Rich Again through a Dream Caliph Al-Mutawakkil and his Concubine Mahbubah Wardan the Butcher; His Adventure with the Lady and the Bear The King’s Daughter and the Ape » Contents of the Fifth Volume The Ebony Horse Uns al-Wujud and the Wazir’s Daughter Al-Ward Fi’l-Akmam or Rose-in-Hood Abu Nowas with the Three Boys and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid Abdallah bin Ma’amar with the Man of Bassorah and his Slave-Girl The Lovers of the Banu Ozrah The Wazir of Al-Yaman and his Young Brother The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School Al-Mutalammis and his Wife Umaymah The Caliph Harun al-Rashid and Queen Zubaydah in the Bath Harun al-Rashid and the Three Poets Mus’ab bin al-Zubayr and Ayishah his Wife Abu al-Aswad and his Slave-Girl Harun al-Rashid and the Two Slave-Girls The Caliph Harun al-Rashid and the Three Slave-Girls The Miller and his Wife The Simpleton and the Sharper The Kazi Abu Yusuf with Harun al-Rashid and Queen Zubaydah The Caliph Al-Hakim and the Merchant King Kisra Anushirwan and the Village Damsel The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman Yahya bin Khalid the Barmecide and the Poor Man Mohammed al-Amin and the Slave-Girl The Sons of Yahya bin Khalid and Sa’id bin Salim al-Bahili The Woman’s Trick Against her Husband The Devout Woman and the Two Wicked Elders Ja’afar the Barmecide and the Old Badawi The Caliph Omar bin al-Khattab and the Young Badawi The Caliph Al-Maamun and the Pyramids of Egypt The Thief and the Merchant Masrur the Eunuch and Ibn al-Karibi The Devotee Prince The Unwise Schoolmaster Who Fell in Love by Report The Foolish Dominie The Illiterate Who Set Up for a Schoolmaster The King and the Virtuous Wife Abd al-Rahman the Maghribi’s Story of the Rukh Adi bin Zayd and the Princess Hind Di’ibil al-Khuza’i with the Lady and Muslim bin al-Walid Ishac of Mosul and the Merchant The Three Unfortunate Lovers How Abu Hasan Brake Wind The Lovers of the Banu Tayy The Mad Lover The Prior Who Became a Moslem The Loves of Abu Isa and Kurrat al-Ayn Al-Amin Son of Al-Rashid and his Uncle Ibrahim bin al-Mahdi Al-Fath bin Khakan and the Caliph Al-Mutawakkil The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman Concerning the Relative Excellence of Male and Female Abu Suwayd and the Pretty Old Woman The Emir ali Bin Tahir and the Girl Muunis The Woman Who had a Boy and the Other Who had a Man to Lover Ali the Cairene and the Haunted House in Baghdad The Pilgrim Man and the Old Woman Abu al-Husn and his Slave-Girl Tawaddud The Angel of Death with the Proud King and the Devout Man The Angel of Death and the Rich King The Angel of Death and the King of the Children of Israel Iskandar Zu al-Karnayn and a Certain Tribe of Poor Folk The Righteousness of King Anushirwan The Jewish Kazi and his Pious Wife The Shipwrecked Woman and her Child The Pious Black Slave The Devout Tray-Maker and his Wife Al-Jajjaj and the Pious Man The Blacksmith Who Could Handle Fire Without Hurt The Devotee to Whom Allah Gave a Cloud for Service and the Devout King The Moslem Champion and the Christian Damsel The Christian King’s Daughter and the Moslem The Prophet and the Justice of Providence The Ferryman of the Nile and the Hermit The Island King and the Pious Israelite Abu al-Hasan and Abu Ja’afar the Leper The Queen of Serpents - The Adventures of Bulukiya - The Story of Jansha » Contents of the Sixth Volume Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman - The First Voyage of Sindbad hight the Seaman - The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman - The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman - The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman - The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman - The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman - The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman - The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (according to the Calcutta Edition) The City of Brass The Craft and Malice of Women, or the Tale of The King, his Son, his Concubine and the Seven Wazirs - The King and his Wazir’s Wife - The Confectioner, his Wife and the Parrot - The Fuller and his Son - The Rake’s Trick Against the Chaste Wife - The Miser and the Loaves of Bread - The Lady and her Two Lovers - The King’s Son and the Ogress - The Drop of Honey - The Woman who Made her Husband Sift Dust - The Enchanted Spring - The Wazir’s Son and the Hamman-Keeper’s Wife - The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband - The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl - The Man who Never Laughed Duing the Rest of his Days - The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife - The Page who Feigned to Know the Speech of Birds - The Lady and her Five Suitors - The Three Wishes, or the Man who Longed to See the Night of Power - The Stolen Necklace - The Two Pigeons - Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma - The House with the Belvedere - The King’s Son and the Ifrit’s Mistress - The Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers - The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child - The Stolen Purse - - The Fox and the Folk Judar and his Brethren The History of Gharib and his Brother Ajib » Contents of the Seventh Volume The History of Gharib and his Brother Ajib (continued) Otbah and Rayya Hind Daughter of Al-Nu’man and Al-Hajjaj Khuzaymah bin Bishr and Ikrimah al-Fayyaz Yunus the Scribe and the Caliph Walid bin Sahl Harun al-Rashid and the Arab Girl Al-Asma’i and the Three Girls of Bassorah Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil The Lovers of the Banu Uzrah The Badawi and his Wife The Lovers of Bassorah Ishak of Mosul and his Mistress and the Devil The Lovers of Al-Medinah Al-Malik al-Nasir and his Wizir The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher - The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo Ardashir and Hayat al-Nufus Julnar the Sea-born and her Son King Badr Basim of Persia King Mohammed bin Sabaik and the Merchant Hasan - Prince Sayf al-Muluk and the Princess Badi’a al-Jamal » Contents of the Eighth Volume Prince Sayf al-Muluk and the Princess Badi’a al-Jamal (continued) Hassan of Bassorah Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad Masrur and Zayn al-Mawasif Ali Nur al-Din and Miriam the Girdle-Girl » Contents of the Ninth Volume Ali Nur al-Din and Miriam the Girdle-Girl (continued) The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frankish Wife The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave-Girl King Jali’ad of Hind and his Wazir Shimas: Followed by the History of King Wird Khan, Son of King Jali’ad, with his Women and Wazirs - The Mouse and the Cat - The Fakir and his Jar of Butter - The Fishes and the Crab - The Crow and the Serpent - The Wild Ass and the Jackal - The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince - The Crows and the Hawk - The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife - The Spider and the Wind - The Two Kings - The Blind Man and the Cripple - The Foolish Fisherman - The Boy and the Thieves - The Man and his Wife - The Merchant and the Robbers - The Jackals and the Wolf - The Shepherd and the Rogue - The Francolin and the Tortoises Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman Harun al-Rashid and Abu Hasan, the Merchant of Oman Ibrahim and Jamilah Abu al-Hasan of Khorasan Kamar al-Zaman and the Jeweller’s Wife Abdullah bin Fazil and his Brothers » Contents of the Tenth Volume Ma’aruf the Cobbler and his Wife Fatimah Conclusion Terminal Essay - Preliminary - § I -- The Origin of the Nights - - A. -- The Birth place - - B. -- The Date - - C. - § II -- The Nights in Europe - § III -- The Matter and the Manner of the Nights - - A. -- The Matter - - B. -- The Manner of the Nights - § IV -- Social Condition - - A. -- Al-Islam - - B. -- Woman - - C. -- Pornography - - D. -- Pederasty - § V -- On the Prose-Rhyme and the Poetry of the Nights - - A. -- The Saj’a - - B. -- The Verse - L’Envoi » Contents of the Eleventh Volume The Translator’s Foreword The Sleeper and the Waker - Story of the Larrikin and the Cook The Caliph Omar bin Abd al-Aziz and the Poets Al-Hajjáj and the Three Young Men Harun Al-Rashid and the Woman of the Barmecides The Ten Wazirs: Or the History of King Azadbakht and his Son - The First Day -- Of the Uselessness of Endeavour Against Persistent Ill Fortune - - The Story of the Merchant who Lost his Luck - The Second Day -- Of Looking to the Ends of Affairs - - The Tale of the Merchant and his Sons - The Third Day -- Of the Advantages of Patience - - The Story of Abu Sabir - The Fourth Day -- Of the Ill Effects of Impatience - - The Story of Prince Bihzad - The Fifth Day -- Of the Issues of Good and Evil Actions - - The Story of King Dadbin and his Wazirs - The Sixth Day -- Of Trust in Allah - - The Story of King Bakhtzaman - The Seventh Day -- Of Clemency - - The Story of King Bihkard - The Eighth Day -- Of Envy and Malice - - The Story of Aylan Shah and Abu Tammam - The Ninth Day -- Of Destiny or That Which is Written on the Forehead - - The Story of King Ibrahim and his Son - The Tenth Day -- Of the Appointed Term, Which, if it be Advanced, May Not be Deferred, and if it be Deferred, May Not be Advanced - - The Story of King Sulayman Shah and his Niece - The Eleventh Day -- Of the Speedy Relief of Allah - - The Story of the Prisoner and How Allah Gave him Relief Ja’afar bin Yahya and Abd al-Malik bin Salih the Abbaside Al-Rashid and the Barmecides Ibn al-Sammak and Al-Rashid Al-Maamum and Zubaydah Al-Nu’uman and the Arab of the Banu Tay Firuz and his Wife King Shah Bakht and his Wazir Al-Rahwan - Tale of the Man of Khorasan, his Son and his Tutor - Tale of the Singer and the Druggist - Tale of the King who Kenned the Quintessence of Things - Tale of the Richard who Married his Beautiful Daughter to the Poor Old Man - Tale of the Sage and his Three Sons - Tale of the Prince who Fell in Love with the Picture - Tale of the Fuller and his Wife and the Trooper - Tale of the Merchant, the Crone, and the King - Tale of the Simpleton Husband - Tale of the Unjust King and the Tither - - The Story of David and Solomon - Tale of the Robber and the Woman - Tale of the Three Men and Our Lord Isa - - The Disciple’s Story - Tale of the Dethroned Ruler whose Reign and Wealth were Restored to Him - Tale of the Man whose Caution Slew Him - Tale of the Man who was Lavish of his House and his Provision to One whom he Knew Not - Tale of the Melancholist and the Sharper - Tale of Khalbas and his Wife and the Learned Man - Tale of the Devotee Accused of Lewdness - Tale of the Hireling and the Girl - Tale of the Weaver who Became a Leach by Order of his Wife - Tale of the Two Sharpers who Each Cozened his Compeer - Tale of the Sharpers with the Shroff and the Ass - Tale of the Cheat and the Merchants - - The Story of the Falcon and the Locust - Tale of the King and his Chamberlain’s Wife - - The Story of the Crone and the Draper’s Wife - Tale of the Ugly Man and his Beautiful Wife - Tale of the King who Lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and Allah Restored them to Him - Tale of Salim, the Youth of Khorasan and Salma, his Sister - Tale of the King of Hind and his Wazir Shahrazad and Shahryar » Contents of the Twelfth Volume Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Bibars al-Bundukdari and the Sixteen Captains of Police - The First Constable’s History - 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 - - Tale of the Old Sharper - The Fifteenth Constable’s History - The Sixteenth Constable’s History Tale of Harun Al-Rashid and Abdullah Bin Nafi’ - Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun Al-Rashid Women’s Wiles Nur al-Din Ali of Damascus and the Damsel Sitt al-Milah Tale of King Ins bin Kays and his Daughter with the Son of King Al-’Abbas Shahrazad and Shahryar Tale of the Two kings and the Wazir’s Daughters The Concubine and the Caliph The Concubine of Al-Maamun » Contents of the Thirteenth Volume Foreword The Tale of Zayn Al-Asnam Alaeddin; or, The Wonderful Lamp Khudadad and his Brothers - History of the Princess of Daryabar The Caliph’s Night Adventure - The Story of the Blind Man, Baba Abdullah - History of Sidi Nu’uman - History of Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Ali Khwajah and the Merchant of Baghdad Prince Ahmad and the Fairy Peri-Banu The Two Sisters who Envied their Cadette » Contents of the Fourteenth Volume The Translator’s Foreword Story of the Sultan of Al-Yaman and his Three Sons The Story of the Three Sharpers - The Sultan Who Fared Forth in the Habit of a Darwaysh - The History of Mohammed, Sultan of Cairo - The Story of the First Lunatic - The Story of the Second Lunatic - The Story of the Sage and the Scholar - The Night-Adventure of Sultan Mohammed of Cairo with the Three Foolish Schoolmasters - The Story of the Broke-Back Schoolmaster - The Story of the Split-Mouthed Schoolmaster - The Story of the Limping Schoolmaster - The Story of the Three Sisters and their Mother the Sultanah The Story of the Kazi who Bare a Babe The Tale of the Kazi and the Bhang-Eater - The History of the Bhang-Eater and his Wife - How Drummer Abu Kasim Became a Kazi - The Story of the Kazi and his Slipper - The Tale of Mahmud the Persian and the Kurd Sharper - The Tale of the Sultan and his Three Sons and the Enchanting Bird - The Story of the King of Al-Yaman and his Three Sons and the Enchanting Bird - The History of the First Larrikin - The History of the Second Larrikin - The History of the Third Larrikin - The Story of a Sultan of Al-Hind and his Son Mohammed - The Tale of the Fisherman and His Son - The Tale of the Third Larrikin Concerning Himself The History of Abu Niyyah and Abu Niyyatayn Appendix B: The Three Untranslated Tales in Mr. E. J. W. Gibb’s “Forty Vezirs” » Contents of the Fifteenth Volume The Translator’s Foreword The History of the King’s Son of Sind and the Lady Fatimah History of the Lovers of Syria History of Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf and the Young Sayyid Night Adventure of Harun al-Rashid and the Youth Manjab - Story of the Darwaysh and the Barber’s Boy and the Greedy Sultan - Tale of the Simpleton Husband The Loves of Al-Hayfa and Yusuf The Three Princes of China The Righteous Wazir Wrongfully Gaoled The Cairene Youth, the Barber and the Captain The Goodwife of Cairo and her Four Gallants - The Tailor and the Lady and the Captain - The Syrian and the Three Women of Cairo - The Lady with Two Coyntes - The Whorish Wife who Vaunted her Virtue Coelebs the Droll and his Wife and her Four Lovers The Gate-Keeper of Cairo and the Cunning She-Thief Tale of Mohsin and Musa Mohammed the Shalabi and his Mistress and his Wife The Fellah and his Wicked Wife The Woman who Humoured her Lover at her Husband’s Expense The Kazi Schooled by his Wife The Merchant’s Daughter and the Prince of Al-Irak Story of the Youth who would Flutter his Father’s Wives Story of the Two Lack-Tacts of Cairo and Damascus Tale of Himself Told by the King » Contents of the Sixteenth Volume The Translator’s Foreword The Say of Haykar the Sage The History of Al-Bundukani or, The Caliph Harun al-Rashid and the Daughter of King Kisra The Linguist-Dame, the Duenna and the King’s Son The Tale of the Warlock and the Young Cook of Baghdad The Pleasant History of the Cock and the Fox History of What Befel the Fowl-let with the Fowler The Tale of Attaf - Note on the Tale of Attaf - The Tale of Attaf, by Alexander J. Cotheal History of Prince Habib and what Befel Him with the Lady Durrat al-Ghawwas - The History of Durrat al-Ghawwas - Note on the History of Habib Appendix: To Richard Francis Burton, by Isabel Burton The Biography of the Book and Its Reviewers Reviewed Opinions of the Press