Table of contents of the unfinished Calcutta (1814-18)
edition
(first two
hundred nights only) of the
Arabic text of the
book of
the thousand nights and one
night.
Night
introduction—
a. The Bull and the Ass
1. The Trader and the Jinni
i [1]
a. The First Old Man’s Story
ii [2]
b. The Second Old Man’s Story
iv [4]
(The Third Old Man’s Story is
wanting.)
2. The Fisherman and the Jinni
viii [8]
a. The Physician Duban
xi [11]
aa. The Merchant and the Parrot
xiv [14]
ab. The Prince and the Ogress
xv [15]
b. The Ensorcelled Youth
xxi [21]
3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad
xxviii [28]
a. The First Kalandar’s Tale
xxxix [39]
b. The Second Kalandar’s Tale
xlii [42]
ba. The Envier and the Envied
xlvi [46]
c. The Third Kalandar’s Tale
liii [53]
d. The Eldest Lady’s Tale
lxiv [64]
(The Story of the Portress is wanting.)
4. The Three Apples
lxviii [68]
5. Nur al-Din Ali and his Son Badr al-Din
Hassan lxxii [72]
6. Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khadijah
and the Caliph Al-Maamun xciv [94]
7. The Hunchback’s Tale
ci [101]
a. The Nazarene Broker’s Story
cix [109]
b. The Cook’s Story
cxxi [121]
(The Reeve or Comptroller’s Tale in
the Bresl., Mac.
and Bull Edits.)
c. The Jewish Physician’s Story
cxxix [124]
d. Tale of the Tailor
cxxxvi [136]
e. The Barber’s Tale of Himself
cxliii [143]
ea. The Barber’s Tale of his
First Brother cxlv [145]
eb. The Barber’s Tale of his
Second Brother cxlviii [148]
ec. The Barber’s Tale of his
Third Brother cli [151]
ed. The Barber’s Tale of his
Fourth Brother clii [152]
ee. The Barber’s Tale of his
Fifth Brother cliv [154]
ef. Story of the Barber’s Sixth