The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments

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Ornamental Title.--At the foot is the Title in Arabic
Ornamental Title.--At the foot is the Title in Arabic
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Head-piece to Preface.--The Vase is formed of the Arabic words signifying 'In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful' (always placed at the head of a Muslim work), written doubly, and contrarily
Head-piece to Preface.--The Vase is formed of the Arabic words signifying 'In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful' (always placed at the head of a Muslim work), written doubly, and contrarily
Tail-piece to Preface
Tail-piece to Preface
Head-piece to Table of Contents
Head-piece to Table of Contents
Tail-piece to Table of Contents
Tail-piece to Table of Contents
Head-piece to List of Illustrations
Head-piece to List of Illustrations
Shahriyár going out to hunt, and Ornamental Border
Shahriyár going out to hunt, and Ornamental Border
The Wezeer presenting the letter to Sháh-Zemán
The Wezeer presenting the letter to Sháh-Zemán
Sháh-Zemán, after having killed his Wife
Sháh-Zemán, after having killed his Wife
Meeting of Shahriyár and Sháh-Zemán
Meeting of Shahriyár and Sháh-Zemán
[67] Ch. vii. v. 11; and chap. xxxviii. v. 77. [68] Mir-át ez-Zemán. [69] El-Ḥasan El-Baṣree, in the Mir-át ez-Zemán.--My interpolation of the word "other" is required by his opinion before stated. [70] Mujáhid, quoted by El-Ḳazweenee. [71] The same, from Ibn-'Abbás, in the Mir-át ez-Zemán. [72] El-Ḥasan El-Baṣree, ibid. [73] 'Ekrimeh, from Ibn-'Abbás, ibid. [74] Mishkát el-Maṣábeeḥ, vol. ii. p. 314. [75] Ibid. vol. ii. pp. 311 and 312. [76] Mir-át ez-Zemán. [77] "Modern Egyptians," vol. i. ch. x. [78] Ibid. [79] Sale, in a note on chap. xv. of the Ḳur-án. [80] So I translate the word "khaṭṭ;" but in a work by Es-Suyootee, (a MS. in my possession, entitled "Nuzhet el-Mutaämmil wa-Murshid el-Mutaähhil," section 7,) I find, in its place, the word "weshm," or "tattooing;" and there are some other slight variations and omissions in this tradition as there quoted. [81] El-Ḳazweenee. [82] Ch. lxxii. v 6. [83] "Modern Egyptians," vol. i. ch. x. [84] Idem, vol. ii. ch. xi. [85] Ḳur-án, ch. xxvii. v. 17; and ch. xxxviii. v. 35. [86] "Modern Egyptians," vol. i. ch. x. [87] Ibid. [88] Ibid. [89] El-Ḳazweenee. [90] El-Jáḥeẓ ('Amr Ibn-Baḥr). [91] Ṣeḥáḥ and Ḳámoos. [92] Tradition for the Whab Ibn-Munebbih, quoted in the account of the early Arabs in the Mir-át ez-Zemán. [93] Ibid. [94] El-Ḳazweenee. [95] Ibn-El-Wardee. [96] El-Ḳazweenee, and Mir-át ez-Zemán. [97] El-Ḳazweenee. [98] El-Ḳazweenee, in the khátimeh of his work. [99] Mir-át ez-Zemán. [100] Ibn-El-Wardee. [101] Idem.
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