151 Stories of Arabian Nights

Once there lived a poor porter in Baghdad named Hindbad who came across a lovely mansion and envied its master. Sindbad offered him wine and food to eat and enquired him for his envy. Sindbad then continued to narrate his story of voyages to everyone present in the room. First Voyage:  had inherited wealth that […]

“I am Agib, the son of a King,” began the Third Calendar. “I was fond of sailing in the seas and visited faraway lands to meet people. Once, after several days of calm sea, there was a storm and I was drifted to the Black Mountain which attracted metals. I dreamt of an old man

There were two neighbours of whom one was severely envious of the other, the good one. Unable to bear the envy, the good man moved away to the capital and stayed as a dervish and brought many dervishes in the house. One day, the envious man visited the good man’s house and pushed the good

The second calendar begins with his story, “Madam, I had become as popular as an intelligent prince that the Sultan of Indies invited me. I set out with presents with the ambassador. On the way we were attacked by robbers and I escaped. After wandering for months I reached a country which was ruled by

“Madam, I am basically the son of a king. My very close cousin in the neighbouring country once informed me over his secretly-constructed building and that he wished to show it to me, subject that I be faithful and kept his secret. He then instructed me to take her beautiful lady princess to a certain

A porter in Baghdad was hired by a lady. A beautiful porteress, not appearing a slave though, opened the door for them and asked her sister to come in and let the porter unload all he was carrying. The three entered into a big court inside, wherein the third sister Zubaidah sat on the throne.

The marble man expressed his grief, “I was the son of King Mahmood, unfortunately married to a wicked cousin who actually liked a black slave. She used her magical tricks and made me into half marble.” When the Sultan met the unfortunate prince, he was told where the slave lived. The slave was the lover

Once upon a time, son of a King set out for hunting with grand wazir. He followed a stag to hunt and during chase, lost wazir and instead found a beautiful lady who took her to her place. To his horror, she turned out to be a monster. After escaping from there, he narrated the

A loving husband had to go away from his wife on business. When he returned, he brought a parrot that was able to narrate all that happened in the past. He told his wife to keep it in the cage and take care of it. On his returns, he found out certain unpleasant things happened

In Zouman, there was a leper king who was desperate for he could not be cured. One day a physician met him and assured to cure him completely without any medication. The king promised him riches if he did so. The physician brought the next day, a polo club with concealed medicine in the handle

There was an old and poor fisherman who was barely able to feed his family. He always threw his net just four times. One early morning, he set out for fishing and was disappointed to find a carcass of an ass, a basket full of rubbish and mud in three attempts. Desperately he tried the

The second old man informed the genie that these two black dogs with him were his two brothers. They ventured into merchandising and opened shops. Both brothers suffered misfortunes in trading abroad. The man shared half of his earnings between them for their living. One fine day, both insisted the man to travel together for

The old man revealed the hind with him was his wife. He had adopted the son of his slave and willed to make him his heir. His wife despised both the mother and the child. In his absence, his wife used her possessed magical powers and converted his son into a calf and the mother

Once upon a time, a wealthy merchant travelled through a desert, with some biscuits and dates, and decided to rest beside a fountain. After having his biscuits and dates, he washed his face and hands in the fountain. Suddenly, there arose a terrible voice. A furious, enormous genie cried, “Arise! You have killed my son.

Soon after his death, the reputed Persian King of Sassanidae left his prosperous kingdom to his two sons, Shahriyar and Shah Zaman. Sultan Shahriyar ordered the grand wazir to put his wife Sultana to death realizing she had deceived him, and eventually affirmed all women to be wicked. As retribution, the Sultan would marry a