The Story of the King and the Serpent

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgements xii
6. Introduction xiv
7. A Note on the Text xxix
8. Notes to the Introduction xlii
9. A Hundred and One Nights
10. The Story of a Hundred and One Nights 1
11. The Story of the Young Merchant 24
12. The Story of Najm al-Ḍiyāʾ ibn Mudīr al-Mulk 46
13. The Story of Camphor Island 70
14. The Story of Ẓāfir ibn Lāḥiq 84
15. The Story of the Vizier and his Son 104
16. The Story of King Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik 120
17. The Story of Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (God Show Them Mercy) 152
18. The Story of Gharībat al-Ḥusn and the Young Egyptian 160
19. The Story of the Young Egyptian and his Wife 174
20. The Story of the King and his Three Sons 184
21. The Story of the Young Man and the Necklaces 194
22. The Story of the Four Companions 206
23. The Story of the Prince and the Seven Viziers 216
24. The Story of the King and the Serpent 282
25. The Tale of the Ebony Horse 306
26. The Story of the King and the Gazelle 344
27. The Story of the Vizier Ibn Abī l-Qamar and ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān 364
28. Notes 375
29. Appendix 384
30. Glossary 386
31. Bibliography 388
32. Further Reading 392
33. Indices 394
34. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 398
35. About the Typefaces 399
36. Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 400
37. About the Editor–Translator 402