A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 04 (of 17)

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To FOSTER FITZGERALD ARBUTHNOT.

CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

NI'AMAH BIN AL-RABI'A AND NAOMI HIS SLAVE-GIRL.

ALA AL-DIN ABU AL-SHAMAT." [24]

HATIM OF THE TRIBE OF TAYY.

TALE OF MA'AN THE SON OF ZAIDAH. [133]

MA'AN SON OF ZAIDAH AND THE BADAWI.

THE CITY OF LABTAYT. [139]

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. [165]

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 IMAM 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-MAAMUN AND THE STRANGE SCHOLAR

ALI SHAR [254] 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 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 MAN.

THE POOR MAN AND HIS FRIEND IN NEED.

THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM. [423]

CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL AND HIS CONCUBINE MAHBUBAH.

WARDAN [429] THE BUTCHER HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR.

THE KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE APE.

INDEX.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber's Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.


لا لابرار كلّ شي تبر
“TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE.”
(“The pleasure we derive from perusing the Thousand-and-One Stories makes us regret that we possess only a comparatively small part of these truly enchanting fictions.”

Crichton’sHistory of Arabia.”


A PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. NOW ENTITULED

THE BOOK OF THE
Thousand Nights and a Night
 
WITH INTRODUCTION EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MOSLEM MEN AND A TERMINAL ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHTS
 
VOLUME IV.

BY
RICHARD F. BURTON
PRINTED BY THE BURTON CLUB FOR PRIVATE SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Shammar Edition

Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is

Number 547
Printed in U. S. A.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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