bookssland.com » Fantasy » The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 10 - Sir Richard Francis Burton (ebook reader with built in dictionary txt) 📗

Book online «The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 10 - Sir Richard Francis Burton (ebook reader with built in dictionary txt) 📗». Author Sir Richard Francis Burton



1 ... 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 ... 93
Go to page:
Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 266

g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 269

12. Asleep and Awake 271

a. The Lackpenny and the Cook 273

13. Seif el Mulouk and Bediya el-Jemal 291

14. Khelif the Fisherman[FN#459] 321

15. Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love 332

a. Story of the Eunuch Sewab[FN#460] 334

b. Story of the Eunuch Kafour 334

16. Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-bud 341

17. The Merchant of Oman 354

18. Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous 364

19. Hassan of Bassora and the King’s Daughter of the Jinn 396

20. Haroun er Rashid and the Three Poets 432

21. Omar ben Abdulaziz and the Poets 432

22. El Hejjaj and the Three Young Men 434

23. Er Reshid and the Woman of the Barmecides 434

24. The Ten Viziers, or the History of King Azadbekht and his Son 435

a. The Unlucky Merchant 440

b. The Merchant and his Sons 444

c. Abu Sabir 448

d. Prince Bihzad 453

e. King Dadbin and his Viziers 455

f. King Bekhtzeman 461

g. King Bihkerd 464

h. Ilan Shah and Abou Temam 466

i. King Ibrahim and his Son 471

j. King Suleiman Shah and his Sons 475

k. The Prisoner and how God gave him Relief 485

25. The City of Brass 487

26. Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slavegirl 501

27. Alaeddin Abou es Shamat 520

28. Hatim Tai; his Generosity after Death 531

29. Maan ben Zaideh and the three Girls 532

30. Maan ben Zaideh and the Bedouin 532

31. The City of Lebtait 532

32. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth 534

33. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-Surgeon 534

34. The City of Iram 538

35. Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun 540

36. The Mock Khalif 543

37. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Jaafar 555

38. The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress’s Honour 557

39. Abou Mohammed the Lazy 563

40. Jaafar ben Yehya and Abdulmelik ben Salih 565

41. Jaafar ben Yehya[FN#461] and the Man who forged a Letter in his Name 566

42. Er Reshid and the Barmecides 567

43. Ibn es Semmak and Er Reshid 568

44. El Mamoun and Zubeideh 568

45. Ali Shir[FN#462] and Zummurrud 569

46. The Loves of Budour and Jubeir ben Umeir 587

47. The Man of Yemen and his Six Slavegirls 595

48. Haroun Er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas 600

49. The Man who stole the Dog’s Dish of Gold 602

50. El Melik en Nasir and the Three Masters of Police 603

a. Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police 604

b. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police 605

c. Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police 605

51. The Thief and the Moneychanger 605

52. Ibrahim ben el Mekdi and the Merchant’s Sister 606

53. King Kelyaad[FN#463] of Hind and his Vizier Shimas 609

a. The Cat and the Mouse 609

b. The Fakir and his Pot of Butter 610

c. The Fishes and the Crab 611

d. The Crow and the Serpent 611

e. The Fox and the Wild Ass 611

f. The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince 612

g. The Crows and the Hawk 613

h. The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife 614

i. The Spider and the Wind 615

j. The Two Kings 616

k. The Blind Man and the Cripple 616

1. The Foolish Fisherman 626

m. The Boy and the Thieves 627

n. The Man and his Wilful Wife 627

o. The Merchant and the Thieves 629

p. The Foxes and the Wolf 630

q. The Shepherd and the Thief 632

r. The Heathcock and the Tortoises 634

54. The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving 641

55. The Poor Man and His Generous Friend 643

56. The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dream 644

57. Abou Nuwas with the Three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid 645

58. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh[FN#464] 646

59. El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh 648

60. Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath 648

61. Musab ben ez Zubeir and Aaisheh his Wife 649

62. Aboulaswed and his Squinting Slavegirl 651

63. Haroun er Reshid and the Two Girls 651

64. Haroun er Reshid and the Three Girls 651

65. The Simpleton and the Sharper 652

66. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Zubeideh 652

67. The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant 653

68. Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel 653

69. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife 654

70. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman . 656

71. Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man 656

72. Mohammed el Amin and Jaafar ben el Hadi 657

73. The Woman’s Trick against her Husband 658

74. The Devout Woman and the Two Wicked Elders 659

75. El Fezl ben Rebiya[FN#465] and the Old Bedouin 660

76. En Numan and the Arab of the Benou Tai 660

77. The Draper and the Thief[FN#466] 661

78. Mesrour and Ibn el-Caribi 662

79. The Devout Prince 664

80. The Schoolmaster who fell in Love by Report 665

81. The Foolish Schoolmaster 666

82. The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster 667

83. Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind 668

84. Dibil el Khuzai; with the Lady and Muslim ben el Welid 670

85. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant 670

86. The Three Unfortunate Lovers 672

87. The Lovers of the Benou Tai 673

88. The Mad Lover 674

89. Firouz and his Wife 675

90. The Apples of Paradise 676

91. The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain 678

92. El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi 682

93. El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil 683

94. The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative Excellence of the Sexes 683

95. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old woman 687

96. Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis 688

97. The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Lover 688

98. The Haunted House in Baghdad 688

99. The History of Gherib and his brother Agib 698

100. The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her daughter Zeyned the Trickstress 755

101. The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo 766

102. Joudar and his Brothers 776

103. Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persia 794

104. Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif 821

105. Ali Noureddin and the Frank King’s Daughter 831

106. The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife 862

107. The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slavegirl 864

108. Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber 867

109. Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman 877

110. King Shah Bekht and his Vizier Er Rehwan 885

a. The Man of Khorassan, his Son and his Governor 886

b. The Singer and the Druggist 888

c. The King who knew the Quintessence of Things 891

d. The Rich Man who gave his Fair Daughter in Marriage to the Poor Old Man 892

e. The Rich Man and his Wasteful Son 893

f. The King’s Son who fell in Love with the Picture 894

g. The Fuller and his Wife 896

h. The Old Woman, the Merchant and the King 896

i. The Credulous Husband. 898

j. The Unjust King and the Tither 899

ja. Story of David and Solomon 899

k. The Thief and the Woman 899

l. The Three Men and our Lord Jesus 901

la. The Disciple’s Story 901

m. The Dethroned King whose Kingdom and Good were Restored to Him 901

n. The Man whose Caution was the Cause of his Death 903

o. The Man who was lavish of his House and his Victual to one whom he

knew not 904

p. The Idiot and the Sharper 905

q. Khelbes and his Wife and the Learned Man 906

r. The Pious Woman accused of Lewdness 907

s. The Journeyman and the Girl 909

t. The Weaver who became a Physician by his Wife’s Commandment 909

u. The Two Sharpers who cheated each his Fellow 911

v. The Sharpers with the Money Changer and the Ass 914

w. The Sharper and the Merchants 915

wa. The Hawk and the Locust 916

x. The King and his Chamberlain’s Wife. 917

xa. The Old Woman and the Draper’s Wife 917

y. The foul-favoured Man and his Fair Wife 918

z. The King who lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and God restored

them to him 919

za. Selim and Selma 922

zb. The King of Hind and his Vizier 928

111. El Melik er Zahir Rukneddin Bibers el Bunducdari and the Sixteen Officers of Police 930

a. The First Officer’s Story 930

b. The Second Officer’s Story 932

c. The Third Officer’s Story 932

d. The Fourth Officer’s Story 934

e. The Fifth Officer’s Story 934

f. The Sixth Officer’s Story 934

g. The Seventh Officer’s Story 934

h. The Eighth Officer’s Story 935

ha. The Thief’s Story 938

i. The Ninth Officer’s Story 938

j. The Tenth Officer’s Story 938

k. The Eleventh Officer’s Story 938

l. The Twelfth Officer’s Story 939

m. The Thirteenth Officer’s Story 939

n. The Fourteenth Officer’s Story 939

na. A Merry Jest of a Thief 940

nb. Story of the Old Sharper 940

o. The Fifteenth Officer’s Story 940

p. The Sixteenth Officer’s Story 940

112. Abdallah ben Nafi and the King’s Son of Cashghar 941

a. Story of Tuhfet el Culoub and Haroun er Reshid 942

113. Noureddin Ali and Sitt el Milah 958

114. El Abbas and the King’s Daughter of Baghdad 966

115. The Malice of Women 979

a. The King and his Vizier’s Wife 980

b. The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot 980

c. The Fuller and his Son 980

d. The Lover’s Trick against the Chaste Wife 980

e. The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread 980

f. The Lady and her Two Lovers 980

g. The King’s Son and the Ogress 985

h. The Drop of Honey 986

i. The Woman who make her Husband Sift Dust 986

j. The Enchanted Springs 986

k. The Vizier’s Son and the Bathkeeper’s Wife 988

1. The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband 989

m. The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl 990

n. The Man who. never Laughed again 991

o. The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife 993

p. The Man who saw the Night of Power 993

q. The Stolen Necklace 994

r. Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detma 994

s. The House with the Belvedere 995

t. The Sandalwood Merchant and the Sharpers 998

u. The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Child 998

v. The Stolen Purse 999

w. The Fox and the Folk[FN#467] 1000

116. The Two Kings and the Vizier’s Daughters 1001

117. The Favourite and her Lover 1001

118. The Merchant of Cairo and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El

Hakim bi Amrillah 1001

Conclusion.

 

Index IV.—C.

 

Table of Contents of the Macnaghten or Turner-Macan Text (1839-42) and Bulak Edition (A.H. 1251=A.D. 1835-36) of the Arabic Text of the Book of the Thousand Nights and A Night; As Translated by Mr. John Payne.

 

Introduction.—Story of King Shehrlyar and his Brother a. Story of the Ox and the Ass

1. The Merchant and the Genie 1

a. The First Old Man’s Story 1

b. The Second Old Man’s Story 2

c. The Third Old Man’s Story 2

2. The Fisherman and the Genie 3

a. Story of the Physician Douban 4

aa. Story of King Sindbad and his Falcon[FN#468] 5

ab. Story of the King’s Son and the Ogress. 5

b. Story of the Enchanted Youth

1 ... 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 ... 93
Go to page:

Free e-book «The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 10 - Sir Richard Francis Burton (ebook reader with built in dictionary txt) 📗» - read online now

Comments (0)

There are no comments yet. You can be the first!
Add a comment