Scheherazade - wikipedia Scheherazade For other uses, see Scheherazade ( disambiguation ). Scheherazade شهرزاد One Thousand and One Nights character Scheherazade, painted in the 19th century by Sophie Anderson Portrayed by Mili Avital, Catherine Zeta - Jones, Claude Jade, Anna Karina, María Montez, Cyrine Abdelnour, Sulaf Fawakherji Information Gender Female Occupation Queen consort Family The chief vizier ( father ) Dunyazad ( sister ) Spouse ( s ) Shahryar Children 3 sons Other names Shahrazad, Shahrzad Scheherazade / ʃəˌhɛrəˈzɑːd, - də /, or Shahrazad ( Arabic : شهرزاد ‎ ‎ Šahrazād, derived from Middle Persian Čehrāzād ), is a character and the storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights. This book includes the tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba and many more. Contents 1 Name 2 Narration 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Name According to modern scholarship, the name Scheherazade derives from the Middle Persian name Čehrāzād, which is composed of the words čehr ( lineage ) and āzād ( noble, exalted ). The earliest forms of Scheherazade 's name in Arabic sources include Shirazad ( شيرازاد Šīrāzād ) in Masudi, and Shahrazad ( شهرازاد Šahrāzād ) in Ibn al - Nadim, the latter meaning in New Persian `` the person whose realm / dominion ( شهر šahr ) is free ( آزاد āzād ) ''. It is shortened as `` Shahrzad '' ( شهرزاد Šahrzād / Šarzād ) in modern Persian. Narration Scheherazade and the sultan by the Iranian painter Sani ol molk ( 1849 - 1856 ). The story goes that Shahryar ( شهریار Šahryār, from Middle Persian šahr - dār, `` holder of the realm, king '' ) found out one day that his first wife was unfaithful to him. Therefore, he resolved to marry a new virgin each day as well as behead the previous day 's wife, so that she would have no chance to be unfaithful to him. He had killed 1,000 such women by the time he was introduced to Scheherazade, the vizier 's daughter. In Sir Richard Burton 's translation of The Nights, Scheherazade was described in this way : Scheherazade had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of bygone men and things ; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart ; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments ; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred. Against her father 's wishes, Scheherazade volunteered to spend one night with the king. Once in the king 's chambers, Scheherazade asked if she might bid one last farewell to her beloved sister, Dunyazade ( دنیازاد Donyāzād ), who had secretly been prepared to ask Scheherazade to tell a story during the long night. The king lay awake and listened with awe as Scheherazade told her first story. The night passed by, and Scheherazade stopped in the middle of the story. The king asked her to finish, but Scheherazade said there was no time, as dawn was breaking. So, the king spared her life for one day to finish the story the next night. The following night, Scheherazade finished the story and then began a second, even more exciting tale, which she again stopped halfway through at dawn. Again, the king spared her life for one more day so she could finish the second story. And so the king kept Scheherazade alive day by day, as he eagerly anticipated the finishing of the previous night 's story. At the end of 1,001 nights, and 1,000 stories, Scheherazade told the king that she had no more tales to tell him. During these 1,001 nights, the king had fallen in love with Scheherazade. He spared her life, and made her his queen. See also Scheherazade in popular culture References ^ Jump up to : Ch. Pellat ( 2011 ). `` ALF LAYLA WA LAYLA ''. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Jump up ^ Hamori, A. ( 2012 ). `` S̲h̲ahrazād ''. In P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Encyclopaedia of Islam ( 2nd ed. ). Brill. ( Subscription required ( help ) ). CS1 maint : Uses editors parameter ( link ) External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Scheherazade Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scheherazade. The Arabian Nights Entertainments -- Project Gutenberg One Thousand and One Nights Translations Les mille et une nuits ( 1704 -- 1717 ) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night ( 1885 -- 1888 ) Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit ( 1926 -- 1932 ) Stories Aladdin Ali Baba The Fisherman and the Jinni Sinbad the Sailor The Three Apples Characters Fictional Ali Baba Badroulbadour Old Man of the Sea Scheherazade Sinbad the Sailor Historical Barmakids Harun al - Rashid Hatim al - Tai Ja'far ibn Yahya Khosrow II Abu Nuwas Shirin Zubaidah bint Ja ` far Films The Thief of Bagdad ( 1924 ) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp ( 1939 ) The Thief of Bagdad ( 1940 ) Arabian Nights ( 1942 ) La Rosa di Bagdad ( 1949 ) The Thief of Bagdad ( 1952 ) 1001 Arabian Nights ( 1959 ) The Thief of Baghdad ( 1961 ) A Thousand and One Nights ( 1969 ) Arabian Nights ( 1974 ) Aladdin ( 1992 ) The Thief and the Cobbler ( 1993 ) ( Also : numerous Sinbad, Aladdin, and Ali Baba films ) Aladdin ( 2019 ) Television Scooby - Doo ! in Arabian Nights ( 1994 ) Arabian Nights ( 2000 ) Arabian Nights ( 2015 ) Music Operas Le calife de Bagdad ( 1800 ) Abu Hassan ( 1811 ) Ali Baba ( Cherubini ) ( 1833 ) Der Barbier von Bagdad ( 1858 ) La statue ( 1861 ) Ali - Baba ( Lecocq ) ( 1887 ) Mârouf, savetier du Caire ( 1914 ) Other Scheherazade Op. 35 ( 1888 ) Aladdin ( 1918 -- 1919 ) Literature `` The Thousand - and - Second Tale of Scheherazade '' ( 1845 ) New Arabian Nights ( 1882 ) Slaves of Sleep ( 1939 ) Dunyazadiad ( 1972 ) Arabian Nights and Days ( 1979 ) Two Years Eight Months and Twenty - Eight Nights ( 2015 ) Lists Characters Stories ( Burton translation ) Works influenced by... 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Question: in which book is scheherazade a story teller
Answer: One Thousand and One Nights