One Thousand and One Nights Characters PDF
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Harun al-Rashid, Khosrau II, Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor, List of One Thousand and One Nights characters, Ali Baba, Abu Nuwas, The Magic of Scheherazade, Shirin, Old Man of the Sea, Badoura. Excerpt: Sinbad the Sailor (also spelled Sindbad; Arabic as-Sindib d al-Ba ri; Persian Sandb d) is a fictional sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate - the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin. During his voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he has fantastic adventures going to magical places, meeting monsters, and encountering supernatural phenomena. Sindbad is a Persian name (|Lord of the Sindh River|) hinting at a Persian origin. The oldest texts of the cycle are however in Arabic, and no ancient or medieval Persian version has survived. The story as we have it is specifically set during the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate and particularly highlights the reign of Harun al-Rashid. The name Sindbad indicates the name of the Indus River (Sindhu). The Sindhi Sailors, who became famous due to their skills in navigation, geography and languages may very well have inspired the stories of Sindbad the Sailor. Sindh is actually mentioned in the story of the Third Voyage: (|And thence we fared on to the land of Sind, where also we bought and sold|). A Dhow with two lateen sails and a staysailA variation of the name, Smbat, can also be found in Armenia, as well as the version Lempad of his father's name Lambad. Incidents in some stories are also clearly influenced by ancient literary sources (including Homer's Odyssey and Vishnu Sarma's Panchatantra), and Arab, Indian and Persian folklore and literature. The collection is tale 120 in Volume 6 of Sir Richard Burton's 1885 translation of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) (despite criticisms regar...
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