A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 (of 17)

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			Night
Introduction.—Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother.
	a.	Story of the Ox and the Ass
1.	The Merchant and the Genie		i
	a.	The First Old Man’s Story	iv
	b.	The Second Old Man’s Story	vi
	c.	The Third Old Man’s Story	viii
2.	The Fisherman and the Genie		viii
	a.	Story of the Physician Duban	xi
		aa. Story of the Jealous Man and the Parrot[[458]]	xiv
		ab. Story of the King’s Son and the Ogress	xv
	b.	Story of the Enchanted Youth	xxi
3.	The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad		xxviii
	a.	The First Calender’s Story	xxxvii
	b.	The Second Calender’s Story	xl
		ba. The Envier and the Envied	xlvi
	c.	The Third Calender’s Story	liii
	d.	The Eldest Lady’s Story	lxiii
	e.	Story of the Portress	lxvii
4.	The Three Apples		lxix
5.	Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his son Bedreddin Hassan		lxxii
6.	Story of the Hunchback		cii
	a.	The Christian Broker’s Story	cvii
	b.	The Controller’s Story	cxix
	c.	The Jewish Physician’s Story	cxxix
	d.	The Tailor’s Story	cxxxvii
	e.	The Barber’s Story	cxlix
		ea. Story of the Barber’s First Brother	cl
		eb. Story of the Barber’s Second Brother	cliv
		ec. Story of the Barber’s Third Brother	clvii
		ed. Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother	clvii
		ee. Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother	clx
		ef. Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother	clxiv
7.	Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar		clxix
8.	Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelis		cxcix
9.	Kemerezzeman and Budour		ccxviii
10.	The Enchanted Horse		ccxliv
11.	The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor		ccl
	a.	The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	cclii
	b.	The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	ccliii
	c.	The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	cclv
	d.	The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	cclix
	e.	The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	cclxiii
	f.	The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	cclxvi
	g.	The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	cclxix
12.	Asleep and Awake		cclxxi
	a.	The Lackpenny and the Cook	cclxxiii
13.	Seif el Mulouk and Bediya el-Jemal		ccxci
14.	Khelif the Fisherman[[459]]		cccxxi
15.	Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love		cccxxxii
	a.	Story of the Eunuch Sewab[[460]]	cccxxxiv
	b.	Story of the Eunuch Kafour	cccxxxiv
16.	Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-bud		cccxli
17.	The Merchant of Oman		cccliv
18.	Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous		ccclxiv
19.	Hassan of Bassora and the King’s Daughter of the Jinn		ccclxxxvi
20.	Haroun er Rashid and the Three Poets		ccccxxxii
21.	Omar ben Abdulaziz and the Poets		ccccxxxii
22.	El Hejjaj and the Three Young Men		ccccxxxiv
23.	Er Reshid and the Woman of the Barmecides		ccccxxxiv
24.	The Ten Viziers; or the History of King Azadbekht and his Son		ccccxxxv
	a.	The Unlucky Merchant	ccccxl
	b.	The Merchant and his Sons	ccccxliv
	c.	Abu Sabir	ccccxlviii
	d.	Prince Bihzad	ccccliii
	e.	King Dadbin and his Viziers	cccclv
	f.	King Bekhtzeman	cccclxi
	g.	King Bihkerd	cccclxiv
	h.	Ilan Shah and Abou Temam	cccclxvi
	i.	King Ibrahim and his Son	cccclxxi
	j.	King Suleiman Shah and his Sons	cccclxxv
	k.	The Prisoner and how God gave him Relief	cccclxxxv
25.	The City of Brass		cccclxxxvii
26.	Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slave-girl		di
27.	Alaeddin Abou es Shamat		dxx
28.	Hatim Tai; his Generosity after Death		dxxxi
29.	Maan ben Zaïdeh and the three Girls		dxxxii
30.	Maan ben Zaïdeh and the Bedouin		dxxxii
31.	The City of Lebtait		dxxxii
32.	The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth		dxxxiv
33.	Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-Surgeon		dxxxiv
34.	The City of Iram		dxxxviii
35.	Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun		dxl
36.	The Mock Khalif		dxliii
37.	The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Jaafar		dlv
38.	The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress’s Honour		dlvii
39.	Abou Mohammed the Lazy		dlviii
40.	Jaafar ben Yehya and Abdulmelik ben Salih		dlxv
41.	Jaafar ben Yehya[[461]] and the Man who forged a Letter in his Name		dlxvi
42.	Er Reshid and the Barmecides		dlxvii
43.	Ibn es Semmak and Er Reshid		dlxviii
44.	El Mamoun and Zubeideh		dlxviii
45.	Ali Shir[[462]] and Zummurrud		dlxix
46.	The Loves of Budour and Jubeir ben Umeir		dlxxxvii
47.	The Man of Yemen and his Six Slave-girls		dxcv
48.	Haroun Er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas		dc
49.	The Man who stole the Dog’s Dish of Gold		dcii
50.	El Melik en Nasir and the Three Masters of Police		dciii
	a.	Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police	dciv
	b.	Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police	dcv
	c.	Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police	dcv
51.	The Thief and the Money-changer		dcv
52.	Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant’s Sister		dcvi
53.	King Kelyaad[[463]] of Hind and his Vizier Shimas		dcix
	a.	The Cat and the Mouse	dcix
	b.	The Fakir and his Pot of Butter	dcx
	c.	The Fishes and the Crab	dcxi
	d.	The Crow and the Serpent	dcxi
	e.	The Fox and the Wild Ass	dcxi
	f.	The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince	dcxii
	g.	The Crows and the Hawk	dcxiii
	h.	The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife	dcxiv
	i.	The Spider and the Wind	dcxv
	j.	The Two Kings	dcxvi
	k.	The Blind Man and the Cripple	dcxvi
	l.	The Foolish Fisherman	dcxxvi
	m.	The Boy and the Thieves	dcxxvii
	n.	The Man and his Wilful Wife	dcxxvii
	o.	The Merchant and the Thieves	dcxxix
	p.	The Foxes and the Wolf	dcxxx
	q.	The Shepherd and the Thief	dcxxxii
	r.	The Heathcock and the Tortoises	dcxxxiv
54.	The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving		dcxli
55.	The Poor Man and His Generous Friend		dcxliii
56.	The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dream		dcxliv
57.	Abou Nuwas with the Three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid		dcxlv
58.	The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh[[464]]		dcxlvi
59.	El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh		dcxlviii
60.	Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath		dcxlviii
61.	Musab ben ez Zubeir and Aaïsheh his Wife		dcxlix
62.	Aboulaswed and his Squinting Slave-girl		dcli
63.	Haroun er Reshid and the Two Girls		dcli
64.	Haroun er Reshid and the Three Girls		dcli
65.	The Simpleton and the Sharper		dclii
66.	The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Zubeideh		dclii
67.	The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant		dcliii
68.	Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel		dcliii
69.	The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife		dcliv
70.	Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman		dclvi
71.	Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man		dclvi
72.	Mohammed el Amin and Jaafar ben el Hadi		dclvii
73.	The Woman’s Trick against her Husband		dclviii
74.	The Devout Woman and the Two Wicked Elders		dclix
75.	El Fezl ben Rebiya[[465]] and the Old Bedouin		dclx
76.	En Numan and the Arab of the Benou Tai		dclx
77.	The Draper and the Thief[[466]]		dclxi
78.	Mesrour and Ibn el-Caribi		dclxii
79.	The Devout Prince		dclxiv
80.	The Schoolmaster who fell in Love by Report		dclxv
81.	The Foolish Schoolmaster		dclxvi
82.	The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster		dclxvii
83.	Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind		dclxviii
84.	Dibil el Khuzaï with the Lady and Muslim ben el Welid		dclxx
85.	Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant		dclxx
86.	The Three Unfortunate Lovers		dclxxii
87.	The Lovers of the Benou Tai		dclxxiii
88.	The Mad Lover		dclxxiv
89.	Firouz and his Wife		dclxxv
90.	The Apples of Paradise		dclxxvi
91.	The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain		dclxxviii
92.	El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi		dclxxxii
93.	El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil		dclxxxiii
94.	The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative Excellence of the Sexes		dclxxxiii
95.	Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman		dclxxxvii
96.	Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis		dclxxxviii
97.	The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Lover		dclxxxviii
98.	The Haunted House in Baghdad		dclxxxviii
99.	The History of Gherib and his brother Agib		dcxcviii
100.	The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her daughter Zeyneb the Trickstress		dcclvi
101.	The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo		dcclxvi
102.	Joudar and his Brothers		dcclxxvi
103.	Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persia		dccxciv
104.	Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif		dcccxxi
105.	Ali Noureddin and the Frank King’s Daughter		dcccxxxi
106.	The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife		dccclxii
107.	The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave-girl		dccclxiv
108.	Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber		dccclxvii
109.	Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman		dccclxxvii
110.	King Shah Bekht and his Vizier Er Rehwan		dccclxxxv
	a.	The Man of Khorassan, his Son and his Governor	dccclxxxvi
	b.	The Singer and the Druggist	dccclxxxviii
	c.	The King who knew the Quintessence of Things	dcccxci
	d.	The Rich Man who gave his Fair Daughter in Marriage to the Poor Old Man	dcccxcii
	e.	The Rich Man and his Wasteful Son	dcccxciii
	f.	The King’s Son who fell in Love with the Picture.	dcccxciv
	g.	The Fuller and his Wife	dcccxcvi
	h.	The Old Woman, the Merchant and the King	dcccxcvi
	i.	The Credulous Husband	dcccxcviii
	j.	The Unjust King and the Tither	dcccxcix
		ja. Story of David and Solomon	dcccxcix
	k.	The Thief and the Woman	dcccxcix
	l.	The Three Men and our Lord Jesus	dcccci
		la. The Disciple’s Story	dcccci
	m.	The Dethroned King whose Kingdom and Good were Restored to Him	dcccci
	n.	The Man whose Caution was the Cause of his Death.	dcccciii
	o.	The Man who was lavish of his House and his Victual to one whom he knew not	dcccciv
	p.	The Idiot and the Sharper	dccccv
	q.	Khelbes and his Wife and the Learned Man	dccccvi
	r.	The Pious Woman accused of Lewdness	dccccvii
	s.	The Journeyman and the Girl	dccccix
	t.	The Weaver who became a Physician by his Wife’s Commandment	dccccix
	u.	The Two Sharpers who cheated each his Fellow	dccccxi
	v.	The Sharpers with the Money-Changer and the Ass	dccccxiv
	w.	The Sharper and the Merchants	dccccxv
		wa. The Hawk and the Locust	dccccxvi
	x.	The King and his Chamberlain’s Wife	dccccxvii
		xa. The Old Woman and the Draper’s Wife	dccccxvii
	y.	The foul-favoured Man and his Fair Wife	dccccxviii
	z.	The King who lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and God restored them to him	dccccxix
		za. Selim and Selma	dccccxxii
		zb. The King of Hind and his Vizier	dccccxxviii
111.	El Melik er Zahir Rukneddin Bibers el Bunducdari and the Sixteen Officers of Police		dccccxxx
	a.	The First Officer’s Story	dccccxxx
	b.	The Second Officer’s Story	dccccxxxii
	c.	The Third Officer’s Story	dccccxxxii
	d.	The Fourth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxiv
	e.	The Fifth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxiv
	f.	The Sixth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxiv
	g.	The Seventh Officer’s Story	dccccxxxiv
	h.	The Eighth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxv
		ha. The Thief’s Story	dccccxxxviii
	i.	The Ninth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxviii
	j.	The Tenth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxviii
	k.	The Eleventh Officer’s Story	dccccxxxviii
	l.	The Twelfth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxix
	m.	The Thirteenth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxix
	n.	The Fourteenth Officer’s Story	dccccxxxix
		na. A Merry Jest of a Thief	dccccxl
		nb. Story of the Old Sharper	dccccxl
	o.	The Fifteenth Officer’s Story	dccccxl
	p.	The Sixteenth Officer’s Story	dccccxl
112.	Abdallah ben Nafi and the King’s Son of Cashghar		dccccxli
	a.	Story of Tuhfet el Culoub and Haroun er Reshid	dccccxlii
113.	Noureddin Ali and Sitt el Milah		dcccclviii
114.	El Abbas and the King’s Daughter of Baghdad		dcccclxvi
115.	The Malice of Women		dcccclxxix
	a.	The King and his Vizier’s Wife	dcccclxxx
	b.	The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot	dcccclxxx
	c.	The Fuller and his Son	dcccclxxx
	d.	The Lover’s Trick against the Chaste Wife	dcccclxxx
	e.	The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread	dcccclxxx
	f.	The Lady and her Two Lovers	dcccclxxx
	g.	The King’s Son and the Ogress	dcccclxxxv
	h.	The Drop of Honey	dcccclxxxvi
	i.	The Woman who made her Husband Sift Dust	dcccclxxxvi
	j.	The Enchanted Springs	dcccclxxxvi
	k.	The Vizier’s Son and the Bathkeeper’s Wife	dcccclxxxviii
	l.	The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband	dcccclxxxix
	m.	The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl	dccccxc
	n.	The Man who never Laughed again	dccccxci
	o.	The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife	dccccxciii
	p.	The Man who saw the Night of Power	dccccxciii
	q.	The Stolen Necklace	dccccxciv
	r.	Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detma.	dccccxciv
	s.	The House with the Belvedere	dccccxcv
	t.	The Sandal-wood Merchant and the Sharpers	dccccxcviii
	u.	The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Child	dccccxcviii
	v.	The Stolen Purse	dccccxcix
	w.	The Fox and the Folk[[467]]	m
116.	The Two Kings and the Vizier’s Daughters		mi
117.	The Favourite and her Lover		mi
118.	The Merchant of Cairo and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah		mi
	Conclusion.

INDEX IV.—C.
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE MACNAGHTEN OR TURNER-MACAN TEXT (1839–42) AND BULAK EDITION (A.H. 1251 = A.D. 1835–36) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT; AS TRANSLATED BY MR. JOHN PAYNE.

			Night
Introduction.—Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother
	a.	Story of the Ox and the Ass
1.	The Merchant and the Genie		i
	a.	The First Old Man’s Story	i
	b.	The Second Old Man’s Story	ii
	c.	The Third Old Man’s Story	ii
2.	The Fisherman and the Genie		iii
	a.	Story of the Physician Douban	iv
		aa. Story of King Sindbad and his Falcon[[468]]	v
		ab. Story of the King’s Son and the Ogress	v
	b.	Story of the Enchanted Youth	vii
3.	The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad		ix
	a.	The First Calender’s Story	xi
	b.	The Second Calender’s Story	xii
		ba. Story of the Envier and the Envied[[469]]	xiii
	c.	The Third Calender’s Story	xiv
	d.	The Eldest Lady’s Story	xvii
	e.	The Story of the Portress.	xviii
4.	The Three Apples		xix
5.	Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan		xx
6.	Story of the Hunchback		xxv
	a.	The Christian Broker’s Story	xxv
	b.	The Controller’s Story	xxvii
	c.	The Jewish Physician’s Story	xxviii
	d.	The Tailor’s Story	xxix
	e.	The Barber’s Story	xxxi
		ea. Story of the Barber’s First Brother	xxxi
		eb. Story of the Barber’s Second Brother	xxxi
		ec. Story of the Barber’s Third Brother	xxxii
		ed. Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother	xxxii
		ee. Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother	xxxii
		ef. Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother	xxxiii
7.	Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelis		xxxiv
8.	Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love		xxxix
	a.	Story of the Eunuch Bekhit	xxxix
	b.	Story of the Eunuch Kafour	xxxix
9.	The History of King Omar ben Ennuman and his Sons Sherkan and Zoulmekan		xlv
	a.	Story of Taj el Mulouk and the Princess Dunya	cvii
		aa. Story of Aziz and Azizeh	cxii
	b.	Bakoun’s Story of the Hashish-Eater	cxliii
	c.	Hemmad the Bedouin’s Story	cxliv
10.	The Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam		cxlvi
11.	The Hermits		cxlviii
12.	The Water-fowl and the Tortoise		cxlviii
13.	The Wolf and the Fox		cxlviii
	a.	The Hawk and the Partridge	cxlix
14.	The Mouse and the Weasel		cl
15.	The Cat and the Crow		cl
16.	The Fox and the Crow		cl
	a.	The Mouse and the Flea	cli
	b.	The Falcon and the Birds	clii
	c.	The Sparrow and the Eagle	clii
17.	The Hedgehog and the Pigeons		clii
	a.	The Merchant and the Two Sharpers	clii
18.	The Thief and his Monkey		clii
	a.	The Foolish Weaver	clii
19.	The Sparrow and the Peacock		clii
20.	Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar		cliii
21.	Kemerezzeman and Budour		clxx
	a.	Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slave-girl	ccxxxvii
22.	Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat		ccl
23.	Hatim et Taï; his Generosity after Death		cclxx
24.	Maan ben Zaïdeh and the three Girls		cclxxi
25.	Maan ben Zaïdeh and the Bedouin		cclxxi
26.	The City of Lebtait		cclxxii
27.	The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth		cclxxii
28.	Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-surgeon		cclxxiii
29.	The City of Irem		cclxxvi
30.	Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun		cclxxix
31.	The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad		cclxxxii
32.	The Mock Khalif		cclxxxvi
33.	Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper		ccxciv
34.	The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and his Vizier Jaafer		ccxcvi
35.	The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress’s Honour		ccxcvii
36.	Jaafer the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller		ccxcix
37.	Abou Mohammed the Lazy		ccc
38.	Yehya ben Khalid and Mensour		cccv
39.	Yehya ben Khalid and the Man who forged a Letter in his Name		cccvi
40.	The Khalif El Mamoun and the Strange Doctor		cccvii
41.	Ali Shar and Zumurrud		cccviii
42.	The Loves of Jubeir ben Umeir and the Lady Budour		cccxxvii
43.	The Man of Yemen and his six Slave-girls		cccxxxiv
44.	Haroun er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas		cccxxxviii
45.	The Man who stole the Dog’s Dish of Gold		cccxl
46.	The Sharper of Alexandria and the Master of Police		cccxli
47.	El Melik en Nasir and the three Masters of Police		cccxliii
	a.	Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police	cccxliii
	b.	Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police	cccxliv
	c.	Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police	cccxliv
48.	The Thief and the Money-Changer		cccxliv
49.	The Chief of the Cous Police and the Sharper		cccxlv
50.	Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant’s Sister		cccxlvi
51.	The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving		cccxlviii
52.	The Devout Israelite		cccxlviii
53.	Abou Hassan ez Ziyadi and the Man from Khorassan		cccxlix
54.	The Poor Man and his Generous Friend		cccli
55.	The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dream		cccli
56.	El Mutawekkil and his Favourite Mehboubeh		cccli
57.	Werdan the Butcher’s Adventure with the Lady and the Bear		cccliii
58.	The King’s Daughter and the Ape		ccclv
59.	The Enchanted Horse		ccclvii
60.	Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-bud		ccclxxi
61.	Abou Nuwas with the three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid		ccclxxxi
62.	Abdallah ben Maamer with the Man of Bassora and his Slave-girl		ccclxxxiii
63.	The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh		ccclxxxiii
64.	The Vizier of Yemen and his young Brother		ccclxxxiv
65.	The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School		ccclxxxv
66.	El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh		ccclxxxv
67.	Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath		ccclxxxv
68.	Haroun er Reshid and the three Poets		ccclxxxvi
69.	Musab ben er Zubeir and Aaïsheh his Wife		ccclxxxvi
70.	Aboulaswed and his squinting Slave-girl		ccclxxxvii
71.	Haroun er Reshid and the two Girls		ccclxxxvii
72.	Haroun er Reshid and the three Girls		ccclxxxvii
73.	The Miller and his Wife		ccclxxxvii
74.	The Simpleton and the Sharper		ccclxxxviii
75.	The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh		ccclxxxviii
76.	The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant		ccclxxxix
77.	King Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel		ccclxxxix
78.	The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife		cccxc
79.	Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman		cccxci
80.	Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man		cccxci
81.	Mohammed el Amin and Jaafer ben el Hadi		cccxcii
82.	Said ben Salim and the Barmecides		cccxcii
83.	The Woman’s Trick against her Husband		cccxciii
84.	The Devout Woman and the two Wicked Elders		cccxciv
85.	Jaafer the Barmecide and the Old Bedouin		cccxcv
86.	Omar ben el Khettab and the Young Bedouin		cccxcv
87.	El Mamoun and the Pyramids of Egypt		cccxviii
88.	The Thief turned Merchant and the other Thief		cccxviii
89.	Mesrour and Ibn el Caribi		cccxcix
90.	The Devout Prince		cccci
91.	The Schoolmaster who Fell in Love by Report		ccccii
92.	The Foolish Schoolmaster		cccciii
93.	The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster		cccciii
94.	The King and the Virtuous Wife		cccciv
95.	Abdurrehman the Moor’s Story of the Roc		cccciv
96.	Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind		ccccv
97.	Dibil el Khuzaï with the Lady and Muslim ben el Welid		ccccvii
98.	Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant		ccccvii
99.	The Three Unfortunate Lovers[[470]]		ccccix
100.	The Lovers of the Benou Tai		ccccx
101.	The Mad Lover		ccccxi
102.	The Apples of Paradise		ccccxii
103.	The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain		ccccxiv
104.	El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi		ccccxviii
105.	El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil		ccccxix
106.	The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative Excellence of the Sexes		ccccxix
107.	Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman		ccccxxiii
108.	Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis		ccccxxiv
109.	The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Lover		ccccxxiv
110.	The Haunted House in Baghdad		ccccxxiv
111.	The Pilgrim and the Old Woman who dwelt in the Desert		ccccxxxiv
112.	Aboulhusn and his Slave-girl Taweddud		ccccxxxvi
113.	The Angel of Death with the Proud King and the Devout Man		cccclxii
114.	The Angel of Death and the Rich King		cccclxii
115.	The Angel of Death and the King of the Children of Israel		cccclxiii
116.	Iskender Dhoulkernein and a certain Tribe of Poor Folk		cccclxiv
117.	The Righteousness of King Anoushirwan		cccclxiv
118.	The Jewish Cadi and his Pious Wife		cccclxv
119.	The Shipwrecked Woman and her Child		cccclxvi
120.	The Pious Black Slave		cccclxvii
121.	The Devout Platter-maker and his Wife		cccclxviii
122.	El Hejjaj ben Yousuf and the Pious Man		cccclxx
123.	The Blacksmith who could Handle Fire without Hurt		cccclxxi
124.	The Saint to whom God gave a Cloud to serve Him and the Devout King		cccclxxiii
125.	The Muslim Champion and the Christian Lady		cccclxxiv
126.	Ibrahim ben el Khawwas and the Christian King’s Daughter		cccclxxvii
127.	The Justice of Providence		cccclxxviii
128.	The Ferryman of the Nile and the Hermit		cccclxxix
129.	The King of the Island		cccclxxix
130.	Abulhusn ed Durraj and Abou Jaafer the Leper		cccclxxxi
131.	The Queen of the Serpents		cccclxxxii
	a.	The Adventures of Beloukiya	cccclxxxvi
	b.	The Story of Janshah	ccccxcix
132.	Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter		dxxxvi
	a.	The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	dxxxviii
	b.	The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	dxliii
	c.	The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	dxlvi
	d.	The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	dl
	e.	The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	dlvi
	f.	The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	dlix
	g.	The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	dlxiii
133.	The City of Brass		dlxvi
134.	The Malice of Women		dlxxviii
	a.	The King and his Vizier’s Wife	dlxxviii
	b.	The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot	dlxxix
	c.	The Fuller and his Son	dlxxix
	d.	The Lover’s Trick against the Chaste Wife	dlxxx
	e.	The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread	dlxxx
	f.	The Lady and her Two Lovers	dlxxxi
	g.	The King’s Son and the Ogress	dlxxxi
	h.	The Drop of Honey	dlxxxii
	i.	The Woman who made her Husband sift Dust	dlxxxii
	j.	The Enchanted Springs	dlxxxii
	k.	The Vizier’s Son and the Bathkeeper’s Wife	dlxxxiv
	l.	The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband	dlxxxiv
	m.	The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-girl	dlxxxvi
	n.	The Man who never Laughed again	dlxxxvii
	o.	The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife	dxci
	p.	The Page who feigned to know the Speech of Birds	dxcii
	q.	The Lady and her five Suitors	dxciii
	r.	The Man who saw the Night of Power	dxcvi
	s.	The Stolen Necklace	dxcvi
	t.	The two Pigeons	dxcvii
	u.	Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detma	dxcvii
	v.	The House with the Belvedere	dxcviii
	w.	The King’s Son and the Afrit’s Mistress	dcii
	x.	The Sandal-wood Merchant and the Sharpers	dciii
	y.	The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Child	dcv
	z.	The Stolen Purse	dcv
135.	Jouder and his Brothers		dcvi
136.	The History of Gherib and his Brother Agib		dcxxiv
137.	Otbeh and Reyya		dclxxx
138.	Hind Daughter of En Numan and El Hejjaj		dclxxxi
139.	Khuzeimeh ben Bishr and Ikrimeh el Feyyaz		dclxxxii
140.	Younus the Scribe and the Khalif Welid ben Sehl		dclxxxiv
141.	Haroun er Reshid and the Arab Girl		dclxxxv
142.	El Asmaï and the three Girls of Bassora		dclxxxvi
143.	Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil		dclxxxvii
144.	The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh		dclxxxviii
145.	The Bedouin and his Wife		dcxci
146.	The Lovers of Bassora		dcxciii
147.	Isaac of Mosul and his Mistress and the Devil		dcxcv
148.	The Lovers of Medina		dcxcvi
149.	El Melik en Nasir and his Vizier		dcxcvii
150.	The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her Daughter Zeyneb the Trickstress		dcxcviii
151.	The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo: a Sequel to the Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty		dccviii
152.	Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous		dccxix
153.	Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persia		dccxxxviii
154.	King Mohammed ben Sebaïk and the Merchant Hassan		dcclvi
	a.	Story of Prince Seif el Mulouk and the Princess Bediya el Jemal	dcclviii
155.	Hassan of Bassora and the King’s Daughter of the Jinn		dcclxxviii
156.	Khelifeh the Fisherman of Baghdad		dcccxxxii
157.	Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif		dcccxlv
158.	Ali Noureddin and the Frank King’s Daughter		dccclxiii
159.	The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife		dcccxciv
160.	The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave-girl		dcccxcvi
161.	King Jelyaad of Hind and his Vizier Shimas: whereafter ensueth the History of King Wird Khan son of King Jelyaad and his Women and Viziers		dcccxcix
	a.	The Cat and the Mouse	dcccc
	b.	The Fakir and his Pot of Butter	dccccii
	c.	The Fishes and the Crab	dcccciii
	d.	The Crow and the Serpent	dcccciii
	e.	The Fox and the Wild Ass	dcccciv
	f.	The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince	dccccv
	g.	The Crows and the Hawk	dccccvi
	h.	The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife	dccccvii
	i.	The Spider and the Wind	dccccviii
	j.	The Two Kings	dccccix
	k.	The Blind Man and the Cripple	dccccx
	l.	The Foolish Fisherman	dccccxviii
	m.	The Boy and the Thieves	dccccxviii
	n.	The Man and his Wilful Wife	dccccxix
	o.	The Merchant and the Thieves	dccccxx
	p.	The Foxes and the Wolf	dccccxxi
	q.	The Shepherd and the Thief	dccccxxi
	r.	The Heathcock and the Tortoises	dccccxxiv
162.	Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber		dccccxxx
163.	Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman		dccccxl
164.	The Merchant of Oman		dccccxlvi
165.	Ibrahim and Jemileh		dcccclii
166.	Aboulhusn of Khorassan		dcccclix
167.	Kemerezzeman and the Jeweller’s Wife		dcccclxiii
168.	Abdallah ben Fazil and his Brothers		dcccclxxviii
169.	Marouf the Cobbler and his Wife Fatimeh		dcccclxxxix-mi
	Conclusion.

INDEX IV.—D.
COMPARISON OF THE SAME WITH MR. LANE’S AND MY VERSION.

Introduction and

• Nos. 1 to 6 of the preceding list from Volume I. of my Edition.
• Nos. 7 to 9aa of the preceding list from Volume II. of my Edition.
• Nos. 9aa to 21 of the preceding list from Volume III. of my Edition.
  • • (contd.)
• Nos. 21 to 58 of the preceding list from Volume IV. of my Edition.
  • • (contd.)
• Nos. 59 to 131 of the preceding list from Volume V. of my Edition.
• Nos. 132 to 136 of the preceding list from Volume VI. of my Edition.
• Nos. 136 to 154a of the preceding list from Volume VII. of my Edition.
  • • (contd.)
• Nos. 154a to 158 of the preceding list from Volume VIII. of my Edition.
  • • (contd.)
• Nos. 158 to 168 of the preceding list from Volume IX. of my Edition.
  • • (contd.)
• Nos. 169 and conclusion from Volume X. of my Edition.

For full details, see contents pages to each of the respective Volumes.

Appendix II.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, AND THEIR IMITATIONS, WITH A TABLE SHOWING THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE NIGHTS.

By W. F. KIRBY,