Arabian Nights Stories

Sire, there was once upon a time a merchant who possessed great wealth, in land and merchandise, as well as in ready mon...

I am now going to begin my story (said the old man), so please attend. This hind that you see with me is my wife. We hav...

Great prince of the genii, you must know that we are three brothers– these two black dogs and myself. Our father died, l...

Sire, there was once upon a time a fisherman so old and so poor that he could scarcely manage to support his wife and th...

In the country of Zouman, in Persia, there lived a Greek king. This king was a leper, and all his doctors had been unabl...

A good man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left if possible. One day, when he was obliged by...

There was once upon a time a king who had a son who was very fond of hunting. He often allowed him to indulge in this pa...

You must know, sire, that my father was Mahmoud, the king of this country, the Black Isles, so called from the four litt...

In the reign of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived at Baghdad a porter who, in spite of his humble calling, was a...

In order, madam, to explain how I came to lose my right eye, and to wear the dress of a kalendar, you must first know th...

"Madam," said the young man, addressing Zobeida, "if you wish to know how I lost my right eye, I shall have to tell you ...

In a town of moderate size, two men lived in neighbouring houses; but they had not been there very long before one man t...