The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
Produced by JC Byers, Graeme Houston, Renate Preuss, Coralee
Sheehan, Marryann Short, and Anne Soulard
Editorial Note: Project Gutenberg also has the translation of this work by Richard F. Burton in 16 volumes.
Now First Completely Done Into English Prose and Verse, From The Original Arabic,
By John Payne (Author of The Masque of Shadows, Intaglios: Sonnets, Songs of Life and Death, Lautrec, The Poems of Master Francis Villon of Paris, New Poems, Etc, Etc.).
In Nine Volumes:
1901
Delhi Edition
Contents of The Fourth Volume.
1. The Imam Abou Yousuf With Haroun er Reshid and his Vizier Jaafer 2. The Lover Who Feigned Himself a Thief to save His Mistress's Honour 3. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Bean-seller 4. Abou Mohammed the Lazy 5. Yehya Ben Khalid and Mensour 6. Yehya Ben Khalid and the 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 Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas 12. The Man Who Stole The Dog's Dish of Gold 13. The Sharper of Alexandria and the Master of Police 14. El Melik en Nasir and the Three Masters of Police a. Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police b. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police c. 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 Almsgiving 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. El Mutawekkil and his Favourite Mehboubeh 24. Werdan the Butcher's Adventure with the Lady and the Bear 25. The King's Daughter and the Ape 26. The Enchanted Horse 27. Uns El Eoujoud and the Vizier's Daughter Rose-in-Bud 28. Abou Nuwas with the Three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid 29. Abdallah Ben Maamer with the Man of Bassora and His Slave Girl 30. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh 31. The Vizier of Yemen and His Young Brother 32. Loves of the Boy and Girl at School 33. El Mutelemmis and His Wife Umeimeh 34. Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath 35. Haroun er Reshid and the Three Poets 36. Musab Ben ez Zubeir and Aaisheh His Wife 37. Aboulasweh and His Squinting Slave Girl 38. Haroun er Reshid ad the Two Girls 39. Hroun er Reshid and the Three Girls 40. The Miller and his Wife 41. The Simpleton and the Sharper 42. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh 43. The Khalif el Hakim and the Merchant 44. King Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel 45. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith's Wife 46. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman 47. Yehya Ben Khalid and the Poor Man 48. Mohammed El Amin and Jaafer Ben el Hadi 49. Said Ben Salim and the Barmecides 50. The Woman's Trick Against Her Husband 51. The Devout Woman and the Two Wicked Elders 52. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Old Bedouin 53. Omar Ben Khettab and the Young Bedouin 54. El Mamoun and the Pyramids of Egypt 55. The Thief Turned Merchant and the Other Thief 56. Mesrour and Ibn El Caribi 57. The Devout Prince 58. The Schoolmaster Who Fell in Love by Report 59. The Foolish Schoolmaster 60. The Ignorant Man Who Set up For a Schoolmaster 61. The King and the Virtuous Wife 62. Abdurrehman the Moor's Story of the Roc 63. Adi Ben Zeid and the Princess Hind 64. Dibil el Khuzai With the Lady and Muslim Ben el Welid 65. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant 66. The Three Unfortunate Lovers 67. The Lovers of the Benou Tai 68. The Mad Lover 69. The Apples of Paradise 70. The Loves of Abou Isa and Current El Ain 71. El Amin and His Uncle Ibrahim Ben el Mehdi 72. El Feth Ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil 73. The Man's Dispute with the Learned Woman of the Relative Excellence of the Male and the Female 74. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman 75. Ali Ben Tahir and the Birl Mounis 76. The Woman Who Has a Boy and the Other Who Had a Man to Lover 77. The Haunted House in Baghdad 78. The Pilgrim and the Old Woman Who Dwelt in the Desert 79. Aboulhusn and His Slave Girl Taweddud
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ABOU MOHAMMED THE LAZY.
ALI SHAR AND ZUMURRUD.
THE MAN OF YEMEN AND HIS SIX SLAVE-GIRLS
THE THIEF AND THE MONEY-CHANGER
THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE.
THE POOR MAN AND HIS GENEROUS FRIEND.
THE KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE APE.
THE ENCHANTED HORSE.
THE LOVERS OF THE BENOU UDHREH.
THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL.
EL MUTELEMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMEIMEH.
HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE THREE POETS.
ABOUL ASWED AND HIS SQUINTING SLAVE-GIRL.
HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS.
THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE.
THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER.
THE KHALIF EL HAKIM AND THE MERCHANT.
KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN WITH THE FISHERMAN.
MOHAMMED EL AMIN AND JAAFER BEN EL HADI.
THE WOMAN'S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND.
MESROUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN EL CARIBI
THE DEVOUT PRINCE.
THE FOOLISH SCHOOLMASTER
THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE
ABDURREHMAN THE MOOR'S STORY OF THE ROC.
ADI BEN ZEID AND THE PRINCESS HIND.
ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT.
THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS.
THE LOVERS OF THE BENOU TAI.
THE MAD LOVER.
THE APPLES OF PARADISE.
THE LOVES OF ABOU ISA AND CURRET EL AIN.
THE AMIR ALI BEN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MOUNIS.
THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD.
ABOULHUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWEDDUD.