One Thousand and One Nights

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For works with similar titles, see The Arabian Nights.
English-language translations of
كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة (One Thousand and One Nights)

One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة‎kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah) is a collection of West and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English language edition (1706), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment.

151868كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة (One Thousand and One Nights) —

English-language translations of كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة include:

Schahriar, Scheherazade and Dinarzade
painting by Adolphe Lalauze
  • See discussion regarding multiple, confusing differences in editions.

See also

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Individual stories from the Nights: