Category: 1001-Nights

The Enchanted Horse is a Tale in The Thousand and One Nights (nights 357–371). A Persian inventor constructed a mechanical horse for Sabour, king of…

Douban is a physician who killed King Younan in the “Story of the Physician Douban,” a tale in The Thousand and One Nights

Dendan In Arabic legend, a monstrous fish that dies when it eats human flesh or hears a human voice. In the tale “Abdallah the Fisherman…

Aladdin (Alaeddin) Hero in the tale “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” from The Thousand and One Nights. The tale is not included in any manuscript…

Ali Baba Hero of the tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” included in The Thousand and One Nights but not in any manuscript copy…