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Shahrayar. King of India and Indochina. He is a towering knight, a daring, invincible champion, and a respected ruler. When Shahrayar is betrayed by one of his wives, he judges that all women are untrustworthy. His marriage to Shahrazad is the central relationship in the collection. Read an in-depth analysis of Shahrayar.
a renowned, hedonistic poet at the court of Harun al-Rashid, the Caliph. several tales. Abu Yusuf. (Arabic: أبو يوسف) a famous legal scholar and judge, during the reign of Harun al-Rashid. Abu Yusuf was also one of the founders of the Hanafi school of Islamic law. Abu Yusuf with Harun al-Rashid and Queen Zubayda.
t. e. One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ , Alf Laylah wa-Laylah) [1] is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. 1706–1721), which ...
- Muhsin S. Mahdi
- 1995
It is a well-known tale: King Shahryar, after finding his first wife in the arms of another, murders her and her lover. Left alone, the King decides to marry a new woman eight night -- only to kill her in the morning. That is, until Scheherezade courageously marries the King and begins telling a wondrous tale each evening and continuing through ...
Sep 13, 2024 · Also called: The Arabian Nights. Arabic: Alf laylah wa laylah. The Thousand and One Nights, collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship. Its tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore, though these were added to the collection only in the 18th ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Ifrit. The Ifrit, also spelled afreet in English, is a formidable demon featured in many tales of the Arabian Nights. In the narrative of the Second Kalandar, the Ifrit named Jirjis bin Rajmus ...
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Description. Shahrazad. Shahrazad is the daughter of King Shahrayar's vizier, the main character in the collection's frame story, and the narrator of most of the following stories. In the prologue's story, "King Shahrayar and Shahrazad, His Vizier's Daughter" she vows to marry the king and tell him a story each night to delay her execution.
