SOURCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY
List of sources consulted by author and guide:
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Haddawy, Husain (trans.) and Muhsin Mahdi (ed.). The Arabian Nights, Part I. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. (abbr. as HH I in table)
Haddawy, Husain (trans.) and Muhsin Mahdi (ed.). Sindbad: And Other Stories From the Arabian Nights. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. (abbr. as HH II in table)
Lyons, Malcolm C. (trans.), Ursula Lyons (trans.), and Robert Irwin (intro.). The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights, Vols. I–III. New York and London: Penguin Classics, 2010. (abbr. as LYN in table)
Marzolph, Ulrich, and Richard van Leewen. The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia. Vols. 1–2. ABC-CL10, 2004.
List of sources in Arabic consulted by guide:
Bulaq, Matba′at Bulaq (ed.). Alf laylah wa-laylah, Vols. I–II. Cairo, Egypt: Egyptian Government, 1835. (Includes the material from the Syrian manuscript plus additional tales) (abbr. as BLQ in table)
Macnaghten, W. H. S. (ed.). Alf laylah wa-laylah, Vols. I–IV. Calcutta: Thacker, 1835–1842. (The most extensive manuscript, including the tales from the Syrian manuscript plus additional tales) (abbr. as CLC II in table)
Muhsin Mahdi (ed.). Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah: min us.ūlihi al-‘Arabīyah al-ūlā, Vols. I–III. Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1984. (Critical edition of the 14th-century Syrian manuscript) (abbr. as MM in table)
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ORIGINS OF THE TALES AND SOURCES USED IN THE COMPARATIVE TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
