Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 12
Anonymous
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Length 15 h 7 min
Chapters 76
First published 1886
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the twelfth of sixteen volumes translated by Richard Francis Burton and comprises a number of new tales and variants of earlier ones.
Chapters
1
Dedication: To Henry Irving, Esq. Read by Paul Mazumdar 1:16
2
The Second Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:13
3
The Third Constable's History Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle 8:47
4
The Fourth Constable's History Read by Alan Mapstone 2:47
5
The Fifth Constable's History Read by Alan Mapstone 3:12
6
The Sixth Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:17
7
The Seventh Constable's History Read by Brize C 7:48
8
The Eighth Constable's History (includes the Thief's Tale) Read by Brize C 18:58
9
The Ninth Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:34
10
The Tenth Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:39
11
The Eleventh Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:34
12
The Twelfth Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:09
13
The Thirteenth Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:32
14
The Fourteenth Constable's History (includes the Merry Jest of a Clever Thief and the Tale of the Old Sharper) Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle 7:48
15
The Fifteenth Constable's History Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle 5:32
16
The Sixteenth Constable's History Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 2:41
17
The Tale of Harun Al-Rashid and Abdullah bin Nafi Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle 8:26
18
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid Part 1 Read by fluffypinka 17:51
19
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid Part 2 Read by Trish Rutter 27:34
20
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid Part 3 Read by Jim Locke 23:52
21
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid Part 4 Read by Devorah Allen and 1 other 22:56
22
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid Part 5 Read by Nicoleca 19:02
23
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid Part 6 Read by Brize C 22:16
24
Women's Wiles Read by shahd 5:51
25
The One Hundred and Ninety-Eighth Night Read by Brize C 7:24
26
The One Hundred and Ninety-Ninth Night Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:59
27
The Two Hundredth Night Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:37
28
Nur Al-Din Ali of Damascus and the Damsel Sitt Al-Milah Part 1 Read by Brize C 18:42
29
Nur Al-Din Ali of Damascus and the Damsel Sitt Al-Milah Part 2 Read by Brize C 24:31
30
Nur Al-Din Ali of Damascus and the Damsel Sitt Al-Milah Part 3 Read by Brize C 18:18
31
Nur Al-Din Ali of Damascus and the Damsel Sitt Al-Milah Part 4 Read by Brize C 18:45
32
Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of King Al-'Abbás Part 1 Read by Annie Mars 22:38
33
Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of King Al-'Abbás Part 2 Read by Annie Mars 25:56
34
Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of King Al-'Abbás Part 3 Read by Annie Mars 23:14
35
Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of King Al-'Abbás Part 4 Read by Annie Mars 25:11
36
Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of King Al-'Abbás Part 5 Read by Annie Mars 19:17
37
Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of King Al-'Abbás Part 6 Read by Annie Mars 22:43
38
Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and His Daughter with the Son of King Al-'Abbás Part 7 Read by Annie Mars 10:19
39
Shahrazad and Shahryar Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 2:08
40
The Tale of the Two Kings and the Wazir's Daughters Read by Brize C 19:29
41
The Concubine and the Caliph Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 8:57
42
The Concubine of Al-Maamun Read by Sim 12:55
43
The Sleeper and the Waker Read by Brize C 12:01
44
The Ten Wazirs; or the history of King Azadbakht and his Son Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle 4:42
45
The Story of King Dadbin and his Wazirs Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle 4:09
46
The Story of Aylan Shah and Abu Tammam Read by Alan Mapstone 2:57
47
The Story of King Sulayman Shah and his Niece Read by Kymberli Welch 11:45
48
Firuz and his Wife Read by Alan Mapstone 4:59
49
King Shah Bakht and his Wazir Al-Rahwan Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:57
50
The Art of Enlarging Pearls Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:38
51
The Singer and the Druggist Part 1 Read by Brize C 28:02
52
The Singer and the Druggist Part 2 Read by Brize C 24:38
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The King who Kenned the Quintessence of Things Part 1 Read by Derek Trial 14:56
54
The King who Kenned the Quintessence of Things Part 2 Read by Derek Trial 16:03
55
The Prince Who Fell in Love with the Picture Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 5:17
56
The Fuller, His Wife, and the Trooper Read by RedLily 10:46
57
The Tale of the Simpleton Husband Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:27
58
The Tale of the Three Men and our Lord Isa Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:14
59
The Melancholist and the Sharper Part 1 Read by Brize C 12:56
60
The Melancholist and the Sharper Part 2 Read by Brize C 14:50
61
The Tale of the Devout Woman Accused of Lewdness Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:24
62
The Weaver who Became a Leach by Order of his Wife Read by Mike Atkinson 11:34
63
The Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom, Wife and Wealth Part 1 Read by Diane Castillo 23:33
64
The Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom, Wife and Wealth Part 2 Read by Derek Trial 15:21
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The Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom, Wife and Wealth Part 3 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 5:09
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The Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom, Wife and Wealth Part 4 Read by Derek Trial 14:08
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The Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom, Wife and Wealth Part 5 Read by Derek Trial 17:59
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The Story of the King Who Lost Kingdom, Wife and Wealth Part 6 Read by Derek Trial 18:18
69
Al-Malik Al-Zahir and the Sixteen Captains of Police Read by Larry Wilson 9:36
70
The Tale of the Damsel Tuhfat Al-Kulub Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:31
71
Women's Wiles Read by Sindu Ravindran 20:12
72
Nur Al-Din and the Damsel Sitt Al-Milah Read by Alan Mapstone 1:39
73
The Tale of King Ins Bin Kays and his Daughter Read by Alan Mapstone 1:15
74
Firuz and his Wife Read by Alan Mapstone 1:59
75
The Singer and the Druggist Read by Alan Mapstone 4:04
76
The Fuller, his Wife and the Trooper Read by justforfun123 15:22
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