Because hundreds of years ago a cruel Sultan of the Indies whimsically decided to marry a new wife every day and have her strangled the next morning, we have him to thank for one of the most fascinating collections of stories in all the world's literature.
When Shahriar, the Sultan, married Scheherazade, however, he did not know that she was as clever as she was beautiful. She decided to stop his reign of terror by telling him such wonderful stories that he would want to have her near him always. Shahriar was so enchanted with Scheherazade's first tale that he begged her to continue and delayed her execution. For a thousand and one nights, the beautiful Sultana entertained her husband with the thrilling stories of Sinbad, Ali Baba and Aladdin and the other tales of romance and magic which form this book. And what happened to Scheherazade when her tales were ended? The Sultan was so delighted that he decided to mend his ways and together they lived happily ever after. And the lucky child who reads this book will be as fortunate as the most powerful Sultan of all the Indies.
Exquisitely illustrated in color and black and white exclusively for THE ILLUSTRATED JUNIOR LIBRARY.
—from the dust jacket of the popular edition
Contents:
- Scheherezade
- The Merchant and the Genie
- The Story of the Fisherman and the Genie
- The Story of the King and the Physician
- Further Adventures of the Fisherman and the Genie
- The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles
- The Story of the Enchanted Horse
- The Story of Sinbad the Sailor
- The Story of the Three Sisters
- The Story of Prince Ahmed and Beriebanou
- The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- The Story of Aladdin; or, the Wonderful Lamp
- The Story of Abou Hassan; or, The Sleeper Awakened
- The Story of Codadad and His Brothers
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