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The mardrusmathers version of the book of the thousand nights and one night, more colloquially know as the arabian nights, is one of the few nearcomplete modern translations in english. One thousand and one nights download free ebook pdf. With introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of the nights. From wellknown tales like the fisherman and the jinni and the seven voyages of sinbad to hundreds of less well known. Read one thousand and one nights by richard francis burton available from rakuten kobo. J download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. For this revised edition of the book of the thousand nights and one night all names of persons and places and all arabic words retained in the text have, where necessary, been compared with and corrected by macnaghtens calcutta edition of the original 1839 42. One thousand and one nights ebook by 9780307958877. The project gutenberg ebook of the thousand and one nights, vol. One thousand and one nights complete arabian nights collection delphi classics series six book 12 kindle edition by burton, richard francis, payne, john, lang, andrew, scott, jonathan. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. One thousand and one nights is a collection of middle eastern and south asian stories and folk tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age.
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