Arabian Nights Summary
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
The story starts with the description of two brothers, one is the King Shahryar, of Banu Sasan in the islands of India and other is King Shah Zaman of Samarkand in Barbarian land. They were full of grief and anger at the treason of their wives. The King Shahryar swore himself a binding oath that whatever wife he married he would abate her maidenhead at night and slay her next morning for he felt that there was no chaste woman on the face of the earth. As this was done for three years, the daughter of the Wazir, Scheherazade wished to marry the king so that she could try to break the oath of the king and save herself as well as other women of her country. Then King Shahryar married Scheherazade. At night she began telling stories of various kinds and the King was so immersed in her stories that he postponed her execution.
The stories told by Scheherazade included Ifrits, Jinnies, large palaces, heaps of treasures, lands and islands full of rubies, pearls and other cost lies such as velvets, satins perfumes, sweet meats, etc. Her stories were full of suspense and adventure. Some of the stories are the stories of:
Alibaba & the forty thieves. Alibaba, a poor fuel-gatherer once happened to see the store of treasure made by a group of 40 thieves in the forest. As he commanded the door of the cave, it opened and it closed. He took the treasury along with him and became rich. The robbers came to know and traced him out. They devised plans to kill Alibaba, but both times a slave-girl named Morgiana saved her master and killed all the 40 thieves. Then Alibaba being impressed, proposed her to marry his brother’s son, and she did as he wished. Thus they lived happily.
The hunchback cycle. This story is all about the hunchback who is loved by the people in the village because of his humorous jokes. One night when having a dinner with the old couples, the hunchback was overwhelmed with too much happiness which causes his death. Just
The story starts with the description of two brothers, one is the King Shahryar, of Banu Sasan in the islands of India and other is King Shah Zaman of Samarkand in Barbarian land. They were full of grief and anger at the treason of their wives. The King Shahryar swore himself a binding oath that whatever wife he married he would abate her maidenhead at night and slay her next morning for he felt that there was no chaste woman on the face of the earth. As this was done for three years, the daughter of the Wazir, Scheherazade wished to marry the king so that she could try to break the oath of the king and save herself as well as other women of her country. Then King Shahryar married Scheherazade. At night she began telling stories of various kinds and the King was so immersed in her stories that he postponed her execution.
The stories told by Scheherazade included Ifrits, Jinnies, large palaces, heaps of treasures, lands and islands full of rubies, pearls and other cost lies such as velvets, satins perfumes, sweet meats, etc. Her stories were full of suspense and adventure. Some of the stories are the stories of:
Alibaba & the forty thieves. Alibaba, a poor fuel-gatherer once happened to see the store of treasure made by a group of 40 thieves in the forest. As he commanded the door of the cave, it opened and it closed. He took the treasury along with him and became rich. The robbers came to know and traced him out. They devised plans to kill Alibaba, but both times a slave-girl named Morgiana saved her master and killed all the 40 thieves. Then Alibaba being impressed, proposed her to marry his brother’s son, and she did as he wished. Thus they lived happily.
The hunchback cycle. This story is all about the hunchback who is loved by the people in the village because of his humorous jokes. One night when having a dinner with the old couples, the hunchback was overwhelmed with too much happiness which causes his death. Just