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Book

Tales from the Arabian nights : stories of adventure, magic, love, and betrayal

Call Number

  • J 398.2 NAPO (OSH)

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Publication Information

Washington, DC : National Geographic, [2016]

Physical Description

208 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm

Added Uniform Title

Arabian nights.

Summary

A collection of tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.

Contents

  • Shah Rayar & Shah Zaman
  • The donkey, the ox, & the merchants
  • The merchant & the Jinni
  • The first sheikh
  • The second sheikh
  • The third sheikh's story & the tale of the fisherman & the Jinni
  • King Yunan & Sage Duban
  • The husband & the parrot & the ogress
  • The three apples
  • The Vizier's two sons
  • Qamar Al-Zaman
  • Ali Baba & the forty theives
  • The ebony horse
  • Sindbad the sailor
  • Sindbad the sailor, voyage 1
  • Sindbad the sailor, voyage 2
  • Sindbad the sailor, voyage 3
  • Sindbad the sailor, voyage 4
  • Sindbad the sailor, voyage 5
  • Sindbad the sailor, voyage 6
  • Sindbad the sailor, the final voyage
  • Prince Hussain & the magic carpet
  • Aladdin
  • Maaruf the cobbler.

Subjects

Added Authors

Christina Balit