The Story of the King and his Three Sons

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. About this Paperback iv
4. Contents vii
5. Foreword ix
6. Acknowledgments xiii
7. Introduction xv
8. A Note on the Text xxxiii
9. Notes to the Introduction xxxv
10. A Hundred and One Nights
11. The Story of a Hundred and One Nights 3
12. The Story of the Young Merchant 14
13. The Story of Najm al-Ḍiyāʾ ibn Mudīr al-Mulk 25
14. The Story of Camphor Island 38
15. The Story of Ẓāfir ibn Lāḥiq 45
16. The Story of the Vizier and his Son 55
17. The Story of King Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik 63
18. The Story of Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (God Show Them Mercy) 80
19. The Story of Gharībat al-Ḥusn and the Young Egyptian 84
20. The Story of the Young Egyptian and his Wife 92
21. The Story of the King and his Three Sons 97
22. The Story of the Young Man and the Necklaces 102
23. The Story of the Four Companions 108
24. The Story of the Prince and the Seven Viziers 114
25. The Story of the King and the Serpent 148
26. The Tale of the Ebony Horse 161
27. The Story of the King and the Gazelle 181
28. The Story of the Vizier Ibn Abī l-Qamar and ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān 191
29. Notes 197
30. Appendix 208
31. Glossary 210
32. Bibliography 213
33. Further Reading 218
34. Indices 220
35. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 223
36. About the Translator 224
37. The Library of Arabic Literature 225