The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night — Anonymous (compiled)
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Title : The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 (of 10) Translator : Sir Richard Francis Burton Release date : February 28, 2017 [eBook #54257] Most recently updated: May 22, 2025 Language : English Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54257 Credits : Produced by Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF “TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE.” ( Puris omnia pura ) — Arab Proverb. “ Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole. ” —“ Decameron ”— conclusion . “ Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget. ” — Martial. “ Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes. ” — Rabelais. “The pleasure we derive from perusing the Thousand-and-One Stories makes us regret that we possess only a comparatively small part of these truly enchanting fictions.” — Crichton’s “ History of Arabia .” A PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. NOW ENTITULED THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night WITH INTRODUCTION EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MOSLEM MEN AND A TERMINAL ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHTS VOLUME V. BY RICHARD F. BURTON PRINTED BY THE BURTON CLUB FOR PRIVATE SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Shammar Edition Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is Number 547 Printed in U. S. A. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Vol 5 (of 10) | Project Gutenberg To DOCTOR GEORGE BIRD. My dear Bird , This is not a strictly medical work, although in places treating of subjects which may modestly be called hygienic. I inscribe it to you because your knowledge of Egypt will enable you to appreciate its finer touches; and for another and a yet more cogent reason, namely, that you are one of my best and oldest friends. Ever yours sincerely. RICHARD F. BURTON. Athenæum Club , October 20, 1885 . The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Vol 5 (of 10) | Project Gutenberg CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. PAGE THE EBONY HORSE 1 ( Lane, Vol. II., Chapt. XVII. Story of the Magic Horse: pp. 517–545. ) UNS AL-WUJUD AND THE WAZIR’S DAUGHTER ROSE-IN-HOOD 32 ( Chapt. XVIII. Story of Uns el-Wujood and El-Ward fi’l-Akmam: p. 549. ) ABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID 64 ABDALLAH BIN MA’AMAR WITH THE MAN OF BASSORAH AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL 69 ( Anecdote of a Man and his Slave-Girl: p. 578. ) THE LOVERS OF THE BANU OZRAH 70 ( Anecdote of Two Victims of Love: p. 579. ) THE WAZIR OF AL-YAMAN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER 71 THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL 73 ( Love in a School: p. 580. ) AL-MUTALAMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMAYMAH 74 HARUN AL-RASHID AND ZUBAYDAH IN THE BATH 75 HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE POETS 77 MUS’AB BIN AL-ZUBAYR AND AYISHAH HIS WIFE 79 ABU AL-ASWAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL 80 HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS 81 HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE SLAVE-GIRLS 81 THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE 82 ( Lane, Vol. II. Anecdote of a Faithless Wife: p. 582. ) THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER 83 ( Anecdote of a Simpleton and a Sharper: p. 582. ) THE KAZI ABU YUSUF WITH HARUN AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH 85 THE CALIPH AL HAKIM AND THE MERCHANT 86 ( Anecdote of El-Hakim bi-amri-llah and a Merchant of Cairo: p. 583. ) KING KISRA ANUSHIRWAN AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL 87 ( Anecdote of Anooshirwán: p. 884. ) THE WATER-CARRIER AND THE GOLDSMITH’S WIFE 89 KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN AND THE FISHERMAN 91 ( Anecdote of Khusrow and Sheereen and a Fisherman: p. 585. ) YAHYA BIN KHALID AND THE POOR MAN 92 ( Anecdote of Yahya el-Barmekee: p. 586. ) MOHAMMED AL-AMIN AND THE SLAVE-GIRL 93 ( Mohammad el-Emeen and the Slave-Girl El-Bedr el-Kebeer: p. 587. ) THE SONS OF YAHYA BIN KHALID AND SAID BIN SALIM 94 ( Anecdote of El-Fadl and Ja’afar the Barmekee: p. 588. ) THE WOMAN’S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND 96 ( Anecdote of a Deceitful Wife: p. 589. ) THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS 97 JA’AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWI 98 OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI 99 ( Anecdote of a Homicide: p. 589. ) AL-MAAMUN AND THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT 105 THE THIEF AND THE MERCHANT 107 ( Anecdote of an Impudent Thief: p. 592. ) MASRUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN AL-KARIBI 109 ( Compact of Mesroor with Ibn el-Karibee: p. 594. ) THE DEVOTEE PRINCE 111 ( Lane, Vol. II. Anecdote of a Devotee Son of Harun er-Rasheed: p. 595. ) THE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT 117 THE FOOLISH DOMINIE 118 THE ILLITERATE WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER 119 ( Anecdote of an Illiterate Schoolmaster: p. 599. ) THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE 121 ABD AL-RAHMAN THE MAGHRIBI’S STORY OF THE RUKH 122 ( The Rukh: p. 600. ) ADI BIN ZAYD AND THE PRINCESS HIND 124 DI’IBIL AL-KHUZA’I WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BIN AL-WALID 127 ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT 129 THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS 133 HOW ABU HASAN BRAKE WIND 135 THE LOVERS OF THE BANU TAYY 137 ( Result of Restraint upon Two Lovers: p. 601. ) THE MAD LOVER 138 ( Anecdote of a Distracted Lover: p. 602. ) THE PRIOR WHO BECAME A MOSLEM 141 ( The Converted Prior: p. 603. ) THE LOVES OF ABU ISA AND KURRAT AL-AYN 145 ( Aboo’Esa and Kurrat el-‘Eyn: p. 606. ) AL-AMIN AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI 152 AL-FATH BIN KHAKAN AND AL-MUTAWAKKIL 153 THE MAN’S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN CONCERNING THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF MALE AND FEMALE 154 ABU SUWAYD AND THE PRETTY OLD WOMAN 163 ALI BIN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MUUNIS 164 THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER 165 ALI THE CAIRENE AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD 166 ( Lane, Vol. II., Chapt. 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