A Hundred and One Nights / / ed. by Bruce Fudge.

• HerausgeberIn: Fudge, Bruce,
• MitwirkendeR: Irwin, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 45
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonderKnown to us only through North African manuscripts, and translated into English for the first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like its more famous sibling, the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• A Note on the Text
• Notes to the Introduction
• A Hundred and One Nights
• The Story of a Hundred and One Nights
• The Story of the Young Merchant
• The Story of Najm al-Ḍiyāʾ ibn Mudīr al-Mulk
• The Story of Camphor Island
• The Story of Ẓāfir ibn Lāḥiq
• The Story of the Vizier and his Son
• The Story of King Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik
• The Story of Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (God Show Them Mercy)
• The Story of Gharībat al-Ḥusn and the Young Egyptian
• The Story of the Young Egyptian and his Wife
• The Story of the King and his Three Sons
• The Story of the Young Man and the Necklaces
• The Story of the Four Companions
• The Story of the Prince and the Seven Viziers
• The Story of the King and the Serpent
• The Tale of the Ebony Horse
• The Story of the King and the Gazelle
• The Story of the Vizier Ibn Abī l-Qamar and ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān
• Notes
• Appendix
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Further Reading
• Indices
• About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
• About the Typefaces
• Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
• About the Editor–Translator