No matter what, he does not seem to be able to bring joy to his brother. On their reunion the brothers are very happy, but Shahryar can see something is bothering Shah Zaman. However, on departing, Shah Zaman discovered his wife in bed with another man and he slew them both. When he passed, his eldest son, Shahryar, inherited his kingdom while his younger son, Shah Zaman was given a smaller kingdom of his own with a capital in Samarkand.Īs the years went by, the brothers missed each other terribly until Shahryar invited Shah Zaman to visit him in his capital. Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a great king. This edition contains the most famous stories such as Alaeddin or, the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and Sinbad the Seaman. We also publish original audio stories for children, including a wild pirate adventure and some classic novels.ĭig into the stories menu for a collection of illustrated tales that first found an audience for this site.Īlso, head over to visit our Facebook page.Usually known in the West as The Arabian Nights, the One Thousand and One Nights are a collection of medieval folk stories whose origin ranges from Arabia and Persia to Central and Southern Asia within a frame story featuring the famous Shahrazad who is attempting to delay her execution at the hands of the barbarous King Shahryar with her intriguing and unending chain of stories. The Andrew Lang Version (published in 1897):įilms, photography, Tarot, and games are the primary areas covered here. If you want to listen to our 1-hour audio version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, click here. Try reading the story you are interested in first, then decide if it is appropriate material for your young listener. Please exercise care when reading them to young children. They contain violence and mature situations. The Arabian Nights are not necessarily intended for young children. You will find audio versions of some stories, illustrations, animations, additional stories by different translators, and information about the history of the stories. We will be adding interesting things to our Arabian Nights pages over the next few months. They are in the public domain and may be freely copied and shared. These are versions translated by Andrew Lang in 1898 and Edward Lane in 1909. We offer here a selection of the Arabian Nights tales. Moreso than any other piece of writing in history, these stories illustrate that the minds of the East and of the West consider carefully the same subject matter.
These stories form a powerful mental connection between the ancient civilizations of the East and those of the West. Regardless of the situation presented in any particular Arabian Nights story, the assumption contained in the story is that life is always worth living and that human endeavor, along with human weakness, is a wonderful and fascinating thing to behold. There may not be any better examples in the world of how art, trickery, magic and craft can swirl together and form a world that every reader and listener wants to enter. The jewel is the maginicently powerful art of story. The underlying suggestion of the Arabian Nights is that a fantastically precious jewel exists which, when it comes into contact with people, actually changes them. These fanciful, sometimes brutal tales, revel in the art of storytelling. The tales use a sweeping variety of settings, including Baghdad, Basrah, Cairo and Damascus, as well as China, Greece, India, North Africa and Turkey. The Arabian Nights include fairy tales, fables, romances, farces, legends, and parables. There are versions of these stories in many languages and they all convey the great sense of adventure, truth, fantastic imagination, justice, and faith embodied by the great civilizations that contributed stories and ideas to the collection. The Arabian Nights (also known as The 1001 Arabian Nights) have inspired writers the world over with the ancient power of story. They have existed for thousands of years, consisting of tales told in Persia, Arabia, India and Asia. The Arabian Nights stories are some of the world’s great treasures. In fact, she tells each of the Arabian Nights tales in order to survive a little longer at the mercy of her listener, the Sultan. “Is it possible, that by telling these tales, one might indeed save one’s self?”
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