THE BOOK OF THE
THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
A Plain and Literal Translation
of the Arabian Nights Entertainments

Translated and Annotated by
Richard F. Burton

VOLUME SEVEN

Privately Printed By The Burton Club

I Inscribe these pages
to
An Old And Valued Friend,

John W. Larking
(Whilome of Alexandria).

In Whose Hospitable Home (“The Sycamores”) I Made My Final
Preparations For A Pilgrimage To Meccah
and El-Medinah.

R. F. Burton

Contents of the Seventh Volume

[The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib (continued)]
[138. Otbah and Rayya]
[139. Hind, Daughter of Al-Nu’man, and Al-Hajjaj]
[140. Khuzaymah Bin Bishr and Ikrimah Al-Fayyaz]
[141. Yunus the Scribe and the Caliph Walid Bin Sahl]
[142. Harun Al-Rashid and the Arab Girl]
[143. Al-Asma’i and the Three Girls of Bassorah]
[144. Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil]
[145. The Lovers of the Banu Uzrah]
[146. The Badawi and His Wife]
[147. The Lovers of Bassorah]
[148. Ishak of Mosul and His Mistress and the Devil]
[149. The Lovers of Al-Medinah]
[150. Al-Malik Al-Nasir and His Wazir]
[151. The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher]
[a. The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo]
[152. Ardashir and Hayat Al-Nufus]
[153. Julnar the Sea-Born and Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia]
[154. King Mohammed Bin Sabaik and the Merchant Hasan]
[a. Story of Prince Sayf Al-Muluk and the Princess Badi’a Al-Jamal]