The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15

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VOL. IV.

PAGE
Contains 456 pages, and ranges between Nights cdxxvi. and dxcvi.
Continuation of the Story of the King of Al-Yaman[634] and his
Three Sons and the
Enchanting Bird, Night cdxxvi.-cdxxxix . . . . . . . . 1-34
SCOTT prefers "The Sultan of the East," etc.
History of the First Larrikin, Night cdxxxix-cdxliv. . . . . . 34
SCOTT: "The first Sharper in the Cave," p. 185.
History of the Second Larrikin, Night cdxliii.-cdxlv . . . . . 46
History of the Third Larrikin, Night cdxlv.-cdxlvi . . . . . . 53
Story of a Sultan of Hind and his Son Mohammed, Night
cdxlvi.-cdlviii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SCOTT: "The Sultan of Hind."
Tale of a Fisherman and his Son, Night cdlix.-cdlxix . . . . . 83
Tale of the Third Larrikin concerning himself, Night
cdlxix.-cdlxxii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
SCOTT: "The Unfortunate Lovers."
History of Abú Niyyah and Abú Niyyatayn, Night cdlxxii.-cdlxxxiii
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
SCOTT: "Abou Neeut, the well-intentioned Sultan of Moussul,
and Ab ou Neeutteen, the double-minded."
The Courtier's Story, or Tale of the Nadim to the Emir of Cairo,
Night cdlxxxiii.-cdxci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
SCOTT: "Story related to an Ameer of Egypt by a Courtier,"
p. 229.
Another relation of the Courtier, Night cdxci. . . . . . . . .157
(Here Iblis took the place of a musician.)
The Shaykh with Beard shorn by the Shaytan, Night cdxcii . . .162
History of the King's Son of Sind and the Lady Fatimah, Night
cdxci.-di. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
SCOTT: "The Sultan of Sind and Fatimah, daughter of
Ummir[635] ('Ámir) Ibn Naománn (Nu'uman)."
History of the Lovers of Syria, Night di.-dx . . . . . . . . .189
SCOTT: "The Lovers of Syria."
History of Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf and the Young Sayyid, Night dx-dxx
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
SCOTT: "The Young Sayd and Hijauje."
Uns al-Wujúd and the Wazir's Daughter Rose-in-hood, Night
dxxi.-dxli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
SCOTT: "Ins al-Wujood and Wird al-Ikmaum, daughter of
Ibrahim, Vizier of Sultan Shamikh."
Story of the Sultan's Son and Daughter of the Wazir, Night
dxli.-dxlv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Tale of Sultan Káyyish, Night dxlv.-dlvii. . . . . . . . . . .312
(A romance of chivalry and impossible contests of ten
knights against 15,000 men.)
The Young Lady transformed into a Gazelle by her Step-mother,
Night dlviii.-dlxiii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
The History of Mázin, Night dlxviii-dxcv. (omitted, because it is
the same as "Hasan of Bassorah
and the King's Daughter of the Jinn," vol. viii. 7); to the
end of vol. iv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

VOL. V.

PAGE
Contains 465 pages from the beginning of Night dxcvi. to dccxlvi.

Continuation and end of the History of Mazin, Night dxcvi-dcxxiv1-94 Night adventure of Harun al-Rashid, Night dcxxxxv.-dcl . . . . 95

SCOTT: "Adventure of Haroon al-Rusheed, vol. vi. 343
(including Story related to Haroon al-Rusheed) by Ibn
Munsoor of Damascus, of his adventures at Bussorah; the
Story related to Haroon al-Rusheed by Munjaub (Manjab) and
Haroon's conduct on hearing the story of Munjaub."

Tale of the Barber and his Son (told by Manjab), Night dlxi.-dcli
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
SCOTT: "Story of the Sultan, the Dervishe and the Barber's
Son."

The Badawi Woman and her Lover, Night dclv.-dclvi. . . . . . .196 Story of the Wife and her two Gallants, Night dclvi.-dclx. . .199 Tale of Princess Al-Hayfá and Prince Yusuf, Night dclx.-dccx .210

SCOTT: "Story of Aleefah, daughter of Mherejaun, Sultan of
Hind, and Eusuff, Prince of Sind, related to Haroun
al-Rusheed by the celebrated reciter of Tales, Ibn Malook
Aleed Iowaudee," p. 352.

Adventures of the Three Princes of China, Night dccx.-dccxvii.362

SCOTT: "Adventures of the Three Princes, sons of the Sultan
of China."

History of the first Brave, Night dccxvii.-dccxxii . . . . . .385

SCOTT: "The Military Braggadocio;" OUSELEY, "the Gallant
Officer" and the Lat. list "Miles Gloriosus."

History of another Brave, Night dccxxii.-dccxxiii. . . . . . .395 The Merry Adventures of a Simpleton,[636] Night dccxxiii.-dccxxvi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400

SCOTT: "The Idiot and his Asses."

The Goodwife of Cairo and the three Rakehells, Night dccxxvi.-dccxxviii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409 Story of the righteous Wazir wrongfully gaoled, Night dccxxviii.-dccxxxviii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416 Tale of the Barber, the Captain and the Cairene Youth, Night dccxxxiii.-dcxxxvii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430

(In the Lat. list we find "Tonsor et Juvenis Cahirensis.")

Story of the Goodwife of Cairo and her Gallants, Night dccxxxviii.-dccxliii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

SCOTT: "The virtuous Woman of Cairo and her Suitors," p.
380.

The Kazi's Tale of the Tailor, the Lady and the Captain,[637] Night dccxlii.-dccxlvi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455

SCOTT: "The Cauzee's Story," p. 386.

Story of the Syrian and the Three Women of Cairo, Night dccxlvi-and to end of vol. v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

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