The Arabian Nights Entertainments

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Lang Andrew. The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Preface

The Arabian Nights

The Story of the Merchant and the Genius

The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind

The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs

The Story of the Fisherman

The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban

The Story of the Husband and the Parrot

The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished

The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles

The Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad

The Story of the First Calender, Son of a King

The Story of the Second Calender, Son of a King

The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied

The Story of the Third Calender, Son of a King

The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

First Voyage

Second Voyage

Third Voyage

Fourth Voyage

Fifth Voyage

Sixth Voyage

Seventh and Last Voyage

The Little Hunchback

The Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother

The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother

The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura

Noureddin and the Fair Persian

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad

The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla

The Story of Sidi-Nouman

The Story of Ali Colia, Merchant of Bagdad

The Enchanted Horse

The Story of Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister

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In the chronicles of the ancient dynasty of the Sassanidae, who reigned for about four hundred years, from Persia to the borders of China, beyond the great river Ganges itself, we read the praises of one of the kings of this race, who was said to be the best monarch of his time. His subjects loved him, and his neighbors feared him, and when he died he left his kingdom in a more prosperous and powerful condition than any king had done before him.

The two sons who survived him loved each other tenderly, and it was a real grief to the elder, Schahriar, that the laws of the empire forbade him to share his dominions with his brother Schahzeman. Indeed, after ten years, during which this state of things had not ceased to trouble him, Schahriar cut off the country of Great Tartary from the Persian Empire and made his brother king.

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The merchant and the three old men began to weep and groan.

Then the old man leading the hind threw himself at the monster's feet and said, "O Prince of the Genii, I beg of you to stay your fury and to listen to me. I am going to tell you my story and that of the hind I have with me, and if you find it more marvellous than that of the merchant whom you are about to kill, I hope that you will do away with a third part of his punishment?"

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