Volume 3 — Introductory material
Richard Francis Burton translation
4. HISTORY OF THE CALIPH’S NIGHT ADVENTURE 307
a. Story of the Blind Man, Baba Abdullah 311
b. History of Sidi Nu’uman 325
c. History of Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal 341
5. STORY OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES 369
6. STORY OF ALI KHWAJAH AND THE MERCHANT OF BAGHDAD 405
7. ADVENTURES OF PRINCE AHMAD AND THE FAIRY PERIBANU 419
8. TALE OF THE TWO SISTERS WHO ENVIED THEIR CADETTE 491
xviAPPENDIX: VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES
OF THE TALES IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS, VOL. III.
By W. A. CLOUSTON.
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THE TALE OF ZAYN AL-ASNAM 553
ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP 564
KHUDADAD AND HIS BROTHERS 576
THE STORY OF THE BLIND MAN, BABA ABDULLAH 582
HISTORY OF SIDI NU’UMAN 585
HISTORY OF KHWAJAH HASAN AL-HABBAL 587
ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES 590
ALI KHWAJAH AND THE MERCHANT OF BAGHDAD 596
PRINCE ADMAD AND THE PERI BANU 600
THE TWO SISTERS WHO ENVIED THEIR CADETTE 617
ADDITIONAL NOTES:—
The Tale of Zayn Al-Asnam 649
Aladdin; or the Wonderful Lamp 650
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 650
The Tale of Prince Ahmad 652
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