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: Joseph Campbell, David Kudler
: The Thousand and One Nights
: Joseph Campbell Foundation
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Expe ience the overflowing bounty of the world's greatest collection of folk myths and fairy tales


'Shehrzad was a priestess of the psyche secure in her science. The wonderful ease with which she gave not the best of her tales the opening night, yet enough to pique the invalid king's interest, is one of the subtleties of the collection. Her understanding of the paradoxology of fate was transferred to King Shehriyar's morbid intellect little by little (never more at a time than a self-righteous tyrant could assimilate), until, in the end, what was there left in the world for him to resist or not to love?' - Joseph Campbell, Foreword,The Thousand and One Nights


Translated by John Payne and edited by famed mythologist Joseph Campbell,The Thousand and One Nightsappears here in its unexpurgated, bountious glory. From well-known tales like 'The Fisherman and the Jinni' and 'The Seven Voyages of Sinbad' to hundreds of less well known stories, Shehrzad's entertainments are sure to ravish, awe, and astonish even the most jaded reader.


(Arabian and Persian literature, folktales and mythology. 1.2 million words; 116 illustrations)

Table of Contents


  1. EDITOR’S FOREWORD (1952)
  2. TRANSLATOR’S PREFATORY NOTE (1882)
  3. The Book of the Thousand and One Nights
    1. Volume I
      1. Story of the Ox and the Ass
      2. THE MERCHANT AND THE GENIE.
        1. The First Old Man’s Story.
        2. The Second Old Man’s Story.
        3. The Third Old Man’s Story.
      3. THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE.
        1. Story of the Physician Douban.
          1. King Sindbad and His Falcon.
          2. The King’s Son and the Ogress.
        2. Story of the Enchanted Youth.
      4. THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD.
        1. The First Calender’s Story
        2. The Second Calender’s Story.
          1. Story of the Envier and the Envied.
        3. Story of the Third Calender.
        4. The Eldest Lady’s Story.
        5. Story of the Portress.
      5. THE THREE APPLES.
      6. NOUREDDIN ALI OF CAIRO AND HIS SON BEDREDDIN HASSAN.
      7. STORY OF THE HUNCHBACK
        1. The Christian Broker’s Story.
        2. The Controller’s Story.
        3. The Jewish Physician’s Story.
        4. The Tailor’s Story.
        5. The Barber’s Story.
          1. Story of the Barber’s First Brother.
          2. Story of the Barber’s Second Brother.
          3. Story of the Barber’s Third Brother
          4. Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother.
          5. Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother.
          6. Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother
      8. NOUREDDIN ALI AND THE DAMSEL ENIS EL JELIS.
      9. GHANIM BEN EYOUB THE SLAVE OF LOVE.
        1. Story of the Eunuch Bekhit.
        2. Story of the Eunuch Kafour.
    2. Volume II
      1. THE HISTORY OF KING OMAR BEN ENNUMAN AND HIS SONS SHERKAN AND ZOULMEKAN.
        1. Story of Taj El Mulouk and the Princess Dunya.
        2. Story of Aziz and Azizeh.
    3. Volume III
      1. STORY OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE SON OF ADAM.
      2. THE HERMITS.
      3. THE WATER-FOWL AND THE TORTOISE
      4. THE WOLF AND THE FOX.
        1. The Hawk and the Partridge.
        2. The Man and the Serpent
      5. THE MOUSE AND THE WEASEL.
      6. THE CAT AND THE CROW.
      7. THE FOX AND THE CROW.
        1. The Mouse and the Flea.
        2. The Falcon and the Birds.
        3. The Sparrow and the Eagle.
      8. THE HEDGEHOG AND THE PIGEONS.
        1. The Merchant and the Two Sharpers.
      9. THE THIEF AND HIS MONKEY.
        1. The Foolish Weaver.
      10. THE SPARROW AND THE PEACOCK.
      11. ALI BEN BEKKAR AND SHEMSENNEHAR.
      12. KEMEREZZEMAN AND BUDOUR.
        1. Story of Nimeh Ben Er Rebya and Num His Slave-girl
      13. ALAEDDIN ABOU ESH SHAMAT.
      14. HATIM ET TAÏ: HIS GENEROSITY AFTER DEATH.
      15. MAAN BEN ZAÏDEH AND THE THREE GIRLS.
      16. MAAN BEN ZAÏDEH AND THE BEDOUIN.
      17. THE CITY OF LEBTAIT.
      18. THE KHALIF HISHAM AND THE ARAB YOUTH.
      19. IBRAHIM BEN EL MEHDI AND THE BARBER-SURGEON.
      20. THE CITY OF IREM.
      21. ISAAC OF MOSUL’S STORY OF THE LADY KHEDIJEH AND THE KHALIF MAMOUN
      22. THE SCAVENGER AND THE NOBLE LADY OF BAGHDAD.
      23. THE MOCK KHALIF.
      24. ALI THE PERSIAN’S STORY OF THE KURD SHARPER
    4. Volume IV
      1. HOW THE IMAM ABOU YOUSUF EXTRICATED THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID AND HIS VIZIER JAAFER FROM A DILEMMA.
      2. THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF A THIEF TO SAVE HIS MISTRESS’S HONOUR.
      3. JAAFER THE BARMECIDE AND THE BEANSELLER
      4. ABOU MOHAMMED THE LAZY
      5. THE GENEROUS DEALING OF YEHYA BEN KHALID THE BARMECIDE WITH MENSOUR
      6. THE GENEROUS DEALING OF YEHYA BEN KHALID WITH A MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME
      7. THE KHALIF EL MAMOUN AND THE STRANGE DOCTOR
      8. ALI SHAR AND ZUMURRUD
      9. THE LOVES OF JUBEIR BEN UMEIR AND THE LADY BUDOUR
      10. THE MAN OF YEMEN AND HIS SIX SLAVE-GIRLS
      11. HAROUN ER RASHID AND THE DAMSEL AND ABOU NUWAS
      12. THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DISH OF GOLD IN WHICH THE DOG ATE
      13. THE SHARPER OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE MASTER OF POLICE
      14. EL MELIK EN NASIR AND THE THREE MASTERS OF POLICE
        1. Story of the Chief of the Police of New Cairo
        2. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police
        3. Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police
      15. THE THIEF AND THE MONEY-CHANGER
      16. THE CHIEF OF THE COUS POLICE AND THE SHARPER
      17. IBRAHIM BEN EL MEHDI AND THE MERCHANT’S SISTER
      18. THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WERE CUT OFF FOR THAT SHE GAVE ALMS TO THE POOR
      19. THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE
      20. ABOU HASSAN EZ ZIYADI AND THE MAN FROM KHORASSAN
      21. THE POOR MAN AND HIS GENEROUS FRIEND
      22. THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM
      23. THE KHALIF EL MUTAWEKKIL AND HIS FAVOURITE MEHBOUBEH
      24. WERDAN THE BUTCHER HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR
      25. THE KING’S DAUGHTER AND THE APE
      26. THE ENCHANTED...