151 Stories of Arabian Nights

During that time, Shahrazad had borne three male children to the King and she was happy that the King had accepted the three children as his. The King had felt ashamed in doubting his wife and was so happy with the three children. Shahrazad asked the King to spare her life because she did not […]

Once there was an autocratic King, having no mercy for anybody. He used to take four-fifths of the monies of his visitors leaving only one-fifth with each of them. The Almighty declared he should have a son, fortunate and God-favoured, who would renounce the world in his youth which did happen. One fine day, he

An owl woke up from his afternoon nap when he heard a big thump. He looked around from his perch, only to find a large, beautiful white egg on the floor. When he examined it, a mole popped up and claimed it was his. The owl corrected him that no mole can lay eggs and

A jackal used to roam around the mountains for his prey. One day, he saw another jackal and they began to narrate the story of their conquests. The first jackal told the other that once when he saw a wild ass, he killed him and ate the heart of the wild ass very heartily. He

Once there were two kings ruling adjacent lands. One was unjust and cruel, and the other just and kind. The unjust king never allowed any trader to pass by without taking all his merchandise. The traders tolerated all the cruelty of the unjust king because they were getting precious stones and gems from the land.

Once there were two friends, one blind and another crippled. They begged for alms together and made a living. One day, they were near a garden and the master of the garden feeling pity for the two, allowed them to take rest inside the garden on the condition that they would not pluck fruit or

Once there was a pack of jackals that happened to see a dead camel and were very happy that their food problem for many days was solved. Then they also thought that they needed a judge so that they might not fight amongst themselves for food. They wanted to see that even the weak jackal

There lived a man and a woman, happily married for over 60 years. They had shared or talked about everything with each other, leaving no secrets held, except about the shoe-box the old woman had kept atop her closet. She had cautioned her man never to open it or discuss about it. One day when

Once a man and his wife received a letter from their son who was working in another country. In the letter, he informed them that he loved and missed them a lot but was unsure when he could come back home due to the work pressure. However, until then, he was sending a bottle of

This story is about a mother who had a 5-year old son. Once her son was trying to remove a milk-bottle from the upper shelf of their bedroom, when he lost his grip on the bottle and the milk spilled over the entire floor. Soon there was an out-and-out sea of milk. When his mother

There lived a serpent-charmer in a town with his wife, mother and his children. He had three serpents with him which he had kept in a pannier in his house. He did not tell anyone in the house including his wife that he had three serpents in the pannier. He took the snakes daily, showed

In a certain desert, there was a beautiful oasis full of water, trees and fruits. All the birds sang the praise of the Allah, the Creator. Among all birds, there was a group of crows who particularly led a happy life. They had chosen a wise crow as their king and all were happy with

Caliph Haroon Al-Rashid was taking a walk with Jaafar, the Barmecide, when he spotted a few women drawing water from a well. The Caliph was thirsty, so he approached one of the girls. The prettiest of them started reciting a beautiful poem on seeing the Caliph. The Caliph was amazed and asked the girl if

There was a man who loved his wife and cared for her so much that he wanted to do everything she asked for. He had a garden that he tendered very carefully and lovingly. One day his wife inquired about the garden about which the husband was passionate. And he explained to her about all

A dissolute man, when heard of a beautiful woman in his neighbouring country, set out with a present and a note for her. He expressed his desire to meet her when she was alone. The woman consented and welcomed her to her abode with honour and entertained him with meat and drinks. There, the man