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The Book Of TheTHOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
MA'ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE
There dwelt once upon a time in the God-guarded city of Cairo acobbler who lived by patching old shoes.[FN#1] His name wasMa'aruf[FN#2] and he had a wife called Fatimah, whom the folk hadnicknamed "The Dung;"[FN#3] for that she was a whorish, worthlesswretch, scanty of shame and mickle of mischief. She ruled herspouse and abused him; and he feared her malice and dreaded hermisdoings; for that he was a sensible man but poor-conditioned.When he earned much, he spent it on her, and when he gainedlittle, she revenged herself on his body that night, leaving himno peace
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3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad 9
a. The First Calender’s Story 11
b. The Second Calender’s Story 12
ba. Story of the Envier and the Envied[FN#469] 13
c. The Third Calender’s Story 14
d. The Eldest Lady’s Story 17
e. The Story of the Portress 18
4. The Three Apples 195. Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan 20
6. Story of the Hunchback 25a. The Christian Broker’s Story 25
b. The Controller’s Story 27
c. The Jewish Physician’s Story 28
d. The Tailor’s Story 29
e. The Barber’s Story 31
ea. Story of the Barber’s First Brother 31
eb. Story of the Barber’s Second Brother 31
ec. Story of the Barber’s Third Brother 32
ed. Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother 32
ee. Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother 32
ef. Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother 33
7 Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelis 34
8 Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love 39
a Story of the Eunuch Bekhit 39
b Story of the Eunuch Kafour 39
9. The History of King Omar ben Ennuman and his Sons Sherkan and Zoulmekan 45
a. Story of Taj el Mulouk and the Princess Dunya 107
aa. Story of Aziz and Azizeh 107
b. Bakoun’s Story of the Hashish-Eater 143
c. Hemmad the Bedouin’s Story 144
10. The Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam 146
11. The Hermits 14812. The Waterfowl and the Tortoise 148
13. The Wolf and the Fox 148
a. The Hawk and the Partridge 149
14. The Mouse and the Weasel 150
15. The Cat and the Crow 150
16. The Fox and the Crow 150
a. The Mouse and the Flea 151
b. The Falcon and the Birds 152
c. The Sparrow and the Eagle 152
17. The Hedgehog and the Pigeons 152
a. The Merchant and the Two Sharpers 152
18. The Thief and his Monkey 152
a. The Foolish Weaver 152
19. The Sparrow and the Peacock 152
20. Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar 153
21. Kemerezzeman and Budour 170a. Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slavegirl 237
22. Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat 25023. Hatim et Taďż˝; his Generosity after Death 270
24. Maan ben Za�deh and the three Girls 271
25. Maan ben Za�deh and the Bedouin 271
26. The City of Lebtait 27227. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth 272
28. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-surgeon 273
29. The City of Irem 27430. Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun 279
31. The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad 282
32. The Mock Khalif 28633. Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper 294
34. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and his Vizier Jaafer 296
35. The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress’s Honour 297
36. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller 299
37. Abou Mohammed the Lazy 30038. Yehya ben Khalid and Mensour 305
39. Yehya ben Khalid and the Man who forged a Letter in his Name . 306
40. The Khalif El Mamoun and the Strange Doctor 307
41. Ali Shar and Zumurrud 30842. The Loves of Jubeir ben Umeir and the Lady Budour 327
43. The Man of Yemen and his six Slavegirls 334
44. Haroun er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas 338
45. The Man who stole the Dog’s Dish of Gold 340
46. The Sharper of Alexandria and the Master of Police 341
47. El Melik en Nasir and the three Masters of Police 343
a. Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police 343
b. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police 344
c. Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police 344
48. The Thief and the Money-Changer 344
49. The Chief of the Cous Police and the Sharper 345
50. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant’s Sister 346
51. The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving 348
52. The Devout Israelite 34853. Abou Hassan ez Ziyadi and the Man from Khorassan 349
54. The Poor Man and his Generous Friend 351
55. The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dream 351
56. El Mutawekkil and his Favourite Mebboubeh 351
57. Werdan the Butcher’s Adventure with the Lady and the Bear 353
58. The King’s Daughter and the Ape 354
59. The Enchanted Horse 35760. Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-bud 371
61. Abou Nuwas with the three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid 381
62. Abdallah ben Maamer with the Man of Bassora and his Slavegirl 383
63. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh 383
64. The Vizier of Yemen and his young Brother 384
65. The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School 385
66. El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh 385
67. Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath 385
68. Haroun er Reshid and the three Poets 386
69. Musab ben er Zubeir and Aaisheh his Wife 386
70. Aboulaswed and his squinting Slavegirl 387
71. Haroun er Reshid and the two Girls 387
72. Haroun er Reshid and the three Girls 387
73. The Miller and his Wife 387
74. The Simpleton and the Sharper 388
75. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh 388
76. The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant 389
77. King Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel. 389
78. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife 390
79. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman 391
80. Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man 391
81. Mohammed el Amin and Jaafer ben el Hadi 392
82. Said ben Salim and the Barmecides 392
83. The Woman’s Trick against her Husband 393
84. The Devout Woman and the two Wicked Elders 394
85. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Old Bedouin 395
86. Omar ben el Khettab and the Young Bedouin 395
87. El Mamoun and the Pyramids of Egypt 398
88. The Thief turned Merchant and the other Thief 398
89. Mesrour and Ibn el Caribi 399
90. The Devout Prince 40191. The Schoolmaster who Fell in Love by Report 402
92. The Foolish Schoolmaster 40393. The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster 403
94. The King and the Virtuous Wife 404
95. Abdurrehman she Moor’s Story of the Roc 404
96. Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind 405
97. Dibil el Khuzai with the Lady and Muslim ben el Welid 407
98. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant 407
99. The Three Unfortunate Lovers[FN#470] 409
100. The Lovers of the Benou Tai 410
101. The Mad Lover 411
102. The Apples of Paradise 412103. The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain 414
104. El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi 418
105. El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil 419
106. The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative Excellence of the Sexes 419
107. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman 423
108. Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis 424
109. The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Lover 424
110. The Haunted House in Baghdad 424
111. The Pilgrim and the Old Woman who dwelt in the Desert434
112. Aboulhusn and his Slavegirl Taweddud 436
113. The Angel of Death with the Proud King and the Devout Man 442
114. The angel of Death and the Rich King 442
115. The Angel of Death and the King of the Children of Israel 443
116. Iskender Dhoulkernein and a certain Tribe of Poor Folk444
117. The Righteousness of King Anoushirwan 444
118. The Jewish Cadi and his Pious Wife 445
119. The Shipwrecked Woman and her Child 446
120. The Pious Black Slave 447121. The Devout Platter-maker and his Wife 448
122. El Hejjaj ben Yousuf and the Pious Man 470
123. The Blacksmith who could Handle Fire without Hurt 471
124. The Saint to whom God gave a Cloud to serve Him and the Devout King 473
125. The Muslim Champion and the Christian Lady 474
126. Ibrahim ben el Khawwas and the Christian King’s Daughter 477
127. The Justice of Providence 478128. The Ferryman of the Nile and the Hermit 479
129. The King of the Island 479
130. Abulhusn ed Durraj and Abou Jaafer the Leper 481
131. The Queen of the Serpents 182
a. The Adventures of Beloukiya 486
b. The Story of Janshak 499
132. Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter 536
a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 538
b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 543
c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 546
d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 550
e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 556
f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 559
g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor 563
133. The City of Brass 566
134. The Malice of Women 578a. The King and his Vizier’s Wife 578
b. The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot 579
c. The Fuller and his Son . 579
d. The Lover’s Trick against the Chaste Wife 580
e. The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread 580
f. The Lady and her Two Lovers 581
g. The King’s Son and the Ogress 581
h. The Drop of Honey. 582
i. The Woman who made her Husband sift Dust 582
j. The Enchanted Springs 582
k. The Vizier’s Son and the Bathkeeper’s Wife 584
1. The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband 584
m. The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-girl 586
n. The Man who never Laughed again 587
o. The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife 591
p. The Page who feigned to know the Speech of Birds 592
q. The Lady and her five Suitors 593
r. The Man who saw the Night of Power 596
s. The Stolen Necklace 596
t. The two Pigeons 597
u. Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detma 597
v. The House with the Belvedere 598
w. The King’s Son and the Afrit’s Mistress 602
x. The Sandalwood Merchant and the Sharpers 603
y. The Debauchee and the Three year-old Child 605
z. The Stolen Purse 605
135. Jouder and his Brothers 606136. The History of Gherib and his Brother Agib 624
137. Otbeh and Reyya 630138. Hind Daughter of En Numan and El Hejjaj 631
139. Khuzeimeh ben Bishr and Ikrimeh el Feyyaz 632
140. Younus the Scribe and the Khalif Welid ben Sehl 634
141. Haroun er Reshid and the Arab Girl 635
142. El Asmai and the three Girls of Bassora 636
143. Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil 637
144. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh 638
145. The Bedouin and his Wife 691
146. The Lovers of Bassora 693147. Isaac of Mosul and his Mistress and the Devil 695
148. The Lovers of Medina 696149. El Melik en Nasir and his Vizier 697
150. The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her Daughter Zeyneb the Trickstress 698
151. The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo: a Sequel to the Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty 708
152. Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous. 719
153. Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persia 738
154. King Mohammed ben Sebaik and the Merchant Hassan 756
a. Story of Prince Seif el Mulouk and the Princess Bediya el Jemal 758
155. Hassan of Bassora and the King’s Daughter of the Jinn778
156. Khelifeh the Fisherman of Baghdad 832
157. Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif 845
158. Ali Noureddin and the Frank King’s Daughter 863
159. The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife 894
160. The Ruined Man
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