By Richard F. Burton VOLUME TWO Privately Printed By The Burton Club
To Henry Irving, Esq. My Dear Irving,
Original Contents of the Twelfth Volume.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS TO THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR RUKN AL-DIN BIBARS AL-BUNDUKDARI AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE. 1
The First Constable's History. 8
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.
The Tale of the Old Sharper.
The Fifteenth Constable's History. 125
The Sixteenth Constable's History.
TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABDULLAH BIN NAFI'. 131
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
WOMEN'S WILES 258
The Hundred and Ninety-seventh Night.
The Hundred and Ninety-eight Night.
The Hundred and Ninety-ninth Night.
The Two Hundredth Night.
NUR AL-DIN ALI OF DAMASCUS AND THE DAMSEL SITT AL-MILAH. 280
TALE OF KING INS BIN KAYS AND HIS DAUGHTER WITH THE SON OF KING AL-'ABBAS. 342
SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR. 443
TALE OF THE TWO KINGS AND THE WAZIR'S DAUGHTERS. 447
THE CONCUBINE AND THE CALIPH." 463
THE CONCUBINE OF AL-MAAMUN 470
VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES OF SOME OF THE TALES IN VOLUMES XI. AND XII.
THE SLEEPER AND THE WAKER Vol. XI. p. 1.
THE TEN WAZIRS; OR, THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBAKHT AND HIS SON, Vol. XI. p. 55.
STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS WAZIRS. Vol. XI. p. 94.
STORY OF AYLAN SHAH AND ABÚ TAMMAM Vol. XI p. 112.
STORY OF KING SULAYMAN SHAH AND HIS NIECE. Vol. XI. p. 131.
FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE. Vol. XI. p. 185.
KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN. Vol. XI. p. 127.
THE ART OF ENLARGING PEARLS. Vol. XI. p.197.
THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST. Vol. XI. p. 203.
PERSIAN VERSION
SER GIOVANNI'S VERSION
STRAPAROLA'S VERSION 490
THE KING WHO KENNED THE QUINTESSENCE OF THINGS. Vol. XI. p. 212.
INDIAN VERSION
SIBERIAN VERSION
HUNGARIAN VERSION
TURKISH ANALOGUE.
THE PRINCE WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PICTURE. Vol. XI. p. 226.
THE FULLER, HIS WIFE, AND THE TROOPER. Vol. XI. p. 231.
TALE OF THE SIMPLETON HUSBAND. Vol. XI. p. 239.
TALE OF THE THREE MEN AND OUR LORD ISA. Vol XI. p. 250.
THE MELANCHOLIST AND THE SHARPER. Vol. XI. p. 264.
ITALIAN VERSION.
TALE OF THE DEVOUT WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEWDNESS. Vol. XI. p. 270.
THE WEAVER WHO BECAME A LEACH BY ORDER OF HIS WIFE. Vol. XI. p. 282.
STORY OF THE KING WHO LOST KINGDOM, WIFE AND WEALTH. Vol. XI. p. 319.
KASHMIRI VERSION. 512
PANJABI VERSION.
TIBETAN VERSION.
LEGEND OF ST. EUSTACHE.
OLD ENGLISH "GESTA" VERSION.
ROMANCE OF SIR ISUMBRAS.
AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE. Vol. XII. p. 3.
THE THIEF'S TALE. Vol. XII. p. 42.
THE NINTH CONSTABLE'S STORY. Vol. XII. p. 46.
THE FIFTEENTH CONSTABLE'S STORY. Vol. XII. p. 59.
TALE OF THE DAMSEL TUHFAT AL-KULUB. Vol. XII. p. 70.
WOMEN'S WILES. Vol. XII. p. 99.
NUR AL-DIN AND THE DAMSEL SITT AL-MILAH. Vol. XII. p. 151.
TALE OF KING INS BIN KAYS AND HIS DAUGHTER. Vol. XII. p. 191.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE, p. 301.
THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST, p. 305.
THE FULLER, HIS WIFE AND THE TROOPER, p. 329.
ARABIAN NIGHTS, VOLUME 12 FOOTNOTES
