![]() This continues for 1,001 nights (although it has actually been counted to be 280 nights). Shahryar wishes to hear the rest of the story, so he agrees. But she halts her story at a suspenseful moment and tells Dinazad that she will finish the tale the following night, if the king permits her to live so long. Dinazad wakes her as commanded and, with the king's permission, Shahrazad begins to tell her a story. ![]() She asks her sister, Dinazad, to wake her before sunrise and ask for a story. Shahrazad, daughter of the vizier, convinces her father to offer her to Shahryar. The people shocked by the brutality of this law and watches in horror as their king murders their daughters. When Shahryar discovers that his queen at the beginning of the tale is being unfaithful, he declares that all women are the same and vows to take a new bride each night and have her killed the next morning. The primary story is about Shahryar and Shahrazad. Since then, there have been a series of new translations and editions. In 1814, the first Arabic printed edition was published. The first English version appeared in the 19th century, translated by Sir Richard Burton. Golland also added the stories of Aladdin and Ali Baba to the work, which were told to him by a friend's Arabic friend. It was first translated into French by Antoine Golland. It circulated throughout the Middle East before being introduced to Europe in the 18th century. He also describes the Persian works of Hasar Afsana or "Thousand Legends." The stories changed over the years as they were translated and rewritten to accommodate the current society. A century later, al-Mas'udi, an Arabic historian, wrote about Alf Layla or "Thousand Nights," and suggests that their origin is Persian. He marries the Princess Badroulbadour and lives in a large palace.The earliest piece of the frame story of Shahryar and Shahrazad was written in the ninth century, written in Arabic. Aladdin uses the powerful genie and the lamp to become rich and powerful. An even more powerful genie appears, who will do whatever the person holding the lamp desires. His mother tries to clean the lamp so they can sell it. He inadvertently rubs the ring and a genie appears. The genie releases Aladdin, who is still carrying the lamp, from the cave, so that he can return home to his mother. The sorcerer asks Aladdin to wear a magic ring for the task. A sorcerer recruits him to fetch an oil lamp from a magic cave. In “Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp,” Aladdin is a poor troublemaker. Finally, after seven voyages, he has decided to settle down on land with his wealth. The thrill and excitement of the sea kept Sinbad coming back. Over the course of these voyages he faced shipwrecks, strange beasts, and the supernatural. Sinbad has survived seven adventurous and dangerous voyages. In “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor,” the famous sailor Sinbad tells a poor porter about the challenges of his life on the sea. ![]() Ali Baba remains the only person to know the secret of the cave and how to enter it. In gratitude, Ali Baba gives his son to Morgiana in marriage. She plunges a dagger into the thief’s heart, killing him, and saving Ali Baba’s life. He is saved by his quick-thinking and faithful slave Morgiana. The only way to enter is by saying the secret phrase “Open Sesame.” The thieves find out that Ali has broken into their den and try to kill him. The entrance to the den is protected by magic. He stumbles upon a den filled with treasure, hidden there by thieves. In “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” Ali is a poor woodcutter. He cannot kill her, as he wants to know how the story ends. But she does not end the story she leaves her husband in suspense. So, she weaves an enchanting tale to entertain her husband and to keep herself alive. On her wedding night, Scheherazade knows about her murderous husband. Her father fears for his daughter's life, but he reluctantly agrees. ![]() He tells his daughter Scheherazade his troubles. Eventually, he cannot find any more virgins. His vizier, a high-ranking officer, finds him the women he marries and kills. This way his wives will not be able to cheat and dishonor him. He is such a jealous man that he has all the women executed the next morning. He decides to marry a different virgin every day. He becomes a bitter and grief-stricken man. Shahryar discovers that both his brother's wife and his own wife have been unfaithful. The main frame story of Arabian Nights tells the tale of the ruler Shahryar and of Scheherazade. ![]()
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