To Henry Irving, Esq.
My Dear Irving,
To a consummate artist like yourself I need hardly suggest that The Nights still offers many a virgin mine to the Playwright; and I inscribe this volume to you, not only in admiration of your genius but in the hope that you will find means of exploiting the hidden wealth which awaits only your "Open Sesame!"
Every yours sincerely,
Richard F. Burton.
London, August 1, 1886.
Original Contents of the Twelfth Volume.
13. Al-Malik Al-Zahir Rukn Al-Din Bibars Al-Bundukdari and the
Sixteen Captains of Police
a. First Constable's History
b. Second Constable's History
c. Third Constable's History
d. Fourth Constable's History
e. Fifth Constable's History
f. Sixth Constable's History
g. Seventh Constable's History
h. Eighth Constable's History
ha. The Thief's Tale
i. Ninth Constable's History
j. Tenth Constable's History
k. Eleventh Constable's History
l. Twelfth Constable's History
m. Thirteenth Constable's History
n. Fourteenth Constable's History
na. A Merry Jest of a Clever Thief
nb. Tale of the Old Sharper
o. Fifteenth Constable's History
p. Sixteenth Constable's History
14. Tale of Harun Al-Rashid and Abdullah Bin Nafi'
a. Tale of the Damsel Torfat Al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun
Al-Rashid
15. Women's Wiles
16. Nur Al-Din Ali of Damascus and the Damsel Sitt Al-Milah
17. Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of
King Al-'Abbás
18. Tale of the Two kings and the Wazir's Daughters
19. The Concubine and the Caliph
20. The Concubine of Al-Maamun
Appendix: Variants and Analogues of Some of the Tales in Vols. XI
and XII.
by W. A. Clouston
The Sleeper and the Waker
The Ten Wazirs; or the History of King Azadbakht and His Son
King Dadbin and His Wazirs
King Aylan Shah and Abu Tammam
King Sulayman Shah and His Niece
Firuz and His Wife
King Shah Bakht and His Wazir Al-Rahwan
On the Art of Enlarging Pearls
The Singer and the Druggist
The King Who Kenned the Quintessence of Things
The Prince Who Fell in Love With the Picture
The Fuller, His Wife, and the Trooper
The Simpleton Husband
The Three Men and Our Lord Isa
The Melancholist and the Sharper
The Devout Woman Accused of Lewdness
The Weaver Who Became a Leach by Order of His Wife
The King Who Lost Kingdom, Wife, and Wealth
Al-Malik Al-Zahir and the Sixteen Captains of Police
The Thief's Tale
The Ninth Constable's Story
The Fifteenth Constable's Story
The Damsel Tuhfat Al-Kulub
Women's Wiles
Nur Al-Din and the Damsel Sitt Al-Milah
King Ins Bin Kays and his Daughter
Additional Notes:
Firuz and His Wife
The Singer and the Druggist
The Fuller, His Wife, and the Trooper