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TALES FROM THE ARABIC

VOLUME THE FIRST.

ASLEEP AND AWAKE[FN#1]

STORY OF THE LACKPENNY AND THE COOK. THE KHALIF OMAR BEN ABDULAZIZ AND THE POETS.[FN#41] EL HEJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN.[FN#69] HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES.[FN#84] THE TEN VIZIERS; OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBEKHT AND HIS SON.[FN#94]

OF LOOKING TO THE ISSUES OF AFFAIRS.

OF THE ADVANTAGES OF PATIENCE.

STORY OF ABOU SABIR.

OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF PRECIPITATION.

STORY OF PRINCE BIHZAD.

OF THE ISSUES OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTIONS.

STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS VIZIERS.

OF TRUST IN GOD.

STORY OF KING BEKHTZEMAN.

OF CLEMENCY.

STORY OF KING BIHKERD.

OF ENVY AND MALICE.

STORY OF ILAN SHAH AND ABOU TEMAM.

STORY OF KING IBRAHIM AND HIS SON.

STORY OF KING SULEIMAN SHAH AND HIS SONS.

OF THE SPEEDY RELIEF OF GOD.

STORY OF THE PRISONER AND HOW GOD GAVE HIM RELIEF. JAAFER BEN YEHYA AND ABDULMEILIK BEN SALIH THE ABBASIDE.[FN#144] ER RESHID AND THE BARMECIDES.[FN#152] IBN ES SEMMAK AND ER RESHID.[FN#161] EL MAMOUN AND ZUBEIDEH[FN#163] EN NUMAN AND THE ARAB OF THE BENOU TAI.[FN#168] FIROUZ AND HIS WIFE[FN#175] KING SHAH BEKHT AND HIS VIZIER ER REHWAN.[FN#177] STORY OF THE MAN OF KHORASSAN, HIS SON AND HIS GOVERNOR. STORY OF THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST. STORY OF THE RICH MAN WHO GAVE HIS FAIR DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE TO THE POOR OLD MAN. STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND HIS WASTEFUL SON. THE KING'S SON WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PICTURE. STORY OF THE FULLER AND HIS WIFE. STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN, THE MERCHANT AND THE KING. STORY OF THE CREDULOUS HUSBAND STORY OF THE UNJUST KING AND THE TITHER. STORY OF DAVID AND SOLOMON. STORY OF THE THIEF AND THE WOMAN. STORY OF THE THREE MEN AND OUR LORD JESUS.

THE DISCIPLE'S STORY.

TALES FROM THE ARABIC

VOLUME THE SECOND.

STORY OF THE PIOUS WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEWDNESS. STORY OF THE JOURNEYMAN AND THE GIRL. STORY OF THE WEAVER WHO BECAME A PHYSICIAN BY HIS WIFE'S COMMANDMENT. STORY OF THE TWO SHARPERS WHO CHEATED EACH HIS FELLOW. STORY OF THE SHARPERS WITH THE MONEY-CHANGER AND THE ASS. STORY OF THE SHARPER AND THE MERCHANTS. STORY OF THE HAWK AND THE LOCUST. STORY OF THE KING AND HIS CHAMBERLAIN'S WIFE. STORY OF THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DRAPER'S WIFE. STORY OF THE FOUL-FAVOURED MAN AND HIS FAIR WIFE. STORY OF THE KING WHO LOST KINGDOM AND WIFE AND WEALTH AND GOD RESTORED THEM TO HIM. STORY OF SELIM AND SELMA. STORY OF THE KING OF HIND AND HIS VIZIER. SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR. EL MELIK EZ ZAHIR RUKNEDDIN BIBERS EL BUNDUCDARI AND THE SIXTEEN OFFICERS OF POLICE.[FN#83] THE FIRST OFFICER'S STORY. THE SECOND OFFICER'S STORY. THE THIRD OFFICER'S STORY THE FOURTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE FIFTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE SIXTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE SEVENTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE EIGHTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE THIEF'S STORY. THE NINTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE TENTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE ELEVENTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE TWELFTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE THIRTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE FOURTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. A MERRY JEST OF A THIEF. STORY OF THE OLD SHARPER. THE FIFTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. THE SIXTEENTH OFFICER'S STORY. ABDALLAH BEN NAFI AND THE KING'S SON OF CASHGHAR.[FN#157] STORY OF THE DAMSEL TUHFET EL CULOUB AND THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID.

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WOMEN'S CRAFT.

TALES FROM THE ARABIC

VOLUME THE THIRD. NOUREDDIN ALI OF DAMASCUS AND THE DAMSEL SITT EL MILAH.[FN#1]

EL ABBAS AND THE KING'S DAUGHTER OF BAGHDAD.[FN#46] SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR.[FN#145] THE TWO KINGS AND THE VIZIER'S DAUGHTERS.[FN#154] THE FAVOURITE AND HER LOVER.[FN#174] THE MERCHANT OF CAIRO AND THE FAVOURITE OF THE KHALIF EL MAMOUN EL HAKIM BI AMRILLAH.[FN#180] SHEHRZAD AND SHEHRIYAR.

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