# The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night/Volume 4

كتاب الف ليلة و ليلة
CASHAN EDITION
Limited to One Thousand Copies
No. 958

## Contents

Printed Contents :
CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.
page
1.
THE IMAM ABOU YOUSUF WITH HAROUN ER RESHID AND HIS VIZIER JAAFER
1
2.
THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF A THIEF TO SAVE HIS MISTRESS’S HONOUR
4
3.
JAAFER THE BARMECIDE AND THE BEAN-SELLER
8
4.
ABOU MOHAMMED THE LAZY
10
5.
YEHYA BEN KHALID AND MENSOUR
27
6.
YEHYA BEN KHALID AND THE MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME
30
7.
THE KHALIF EL MAMOUN AND THE STRANGE DOCTOR
34
8.
ALI SHAR AND ZUMURRUD
36
9.
THE LOVES OF JUBEIR BEN UMEIR AND THE LADY BUDOUR
75
10.
THE MAN OF YEMEN AND HIS SIX SLAVE-GIRLS
92
11.
HAROUN ER RESHID WITH THE DAMSEL AND ABOU NUWAS
106
12.
THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DOG’S DISH OF GOLD
111
13.
THE SHARPER OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE MASTER OF POLICE
114
14.
EL MELIK EN NASIR AND THE THREE MASTERS OF POLICE
116
a.
STORY OF THE CHIEF OF THE NEW CAIRO POLICE
116
b.
STORY OF THE CHIEF OF THE BOULAC POLICE
118
c.
STORY OF THE CHIEF OF THE OLD CAIRO POLICE
119
15.
THE THIEF AND THE MONEY-CHANGER
120
16.
THE CHIEF OF THE COUS POLICE AND THE SHARPER
121
17.
IBRAHIM BEN EL MEHDI AND THE MERCHANT’S SISTER
122
18.
THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WERE CUT OFF FOR ALMSGIVING
126
19.
THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE
128
20.
ABOU HASSAN EZ ZIYADI AND THE MAN FROM KHORASSAN
129
21.
THE POOR MAN AND HIS GENEROUS FRIEND
133
22.
THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM
134
23.
EL MUTAWEKKIL AND HIS FAVOURITE MEHBOUBEH
135
24.
WERDAN THE BUTCHER’S ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR
137
25.
THE KING’S DAUGHTER AND THE APE
141
26.
THE ENCHANTED HORSE
143
27.
UNS EL WUJOUD AND THE VIZIER’S DAUGHTER ROSE-IN-BUD
174
28.
ABOU NUWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE KHALIF HAROUN ER RESHID
205
29.
ABDALLAH BEN MAAMER WITH THE MAN OF BASSORA AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL
210
30.
THE LOVERS OF THE BENOU UDHREH
211
31.
THE VIZIER OF YEMEN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER
212
32.
LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL
213
33.
EL MUTELEMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMEIMEH
215
34.
HAROUN ER RESHID AND ZUBEIDEH IN THE BATH
216
35.
HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE THREE POETS
217
36.
MUSAB BEN EZ ZUBEIR AND AAÏSHEH HIS WIFE
219
37.
ABOULASWED AND HIS SQUINTING SLAVE-GIRL
220
38.
HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE TWO GIRLS
221
39.
HAROUN ER RESHID AND THE THREE GIRLS
221
40.
THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE
222
41.
THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER
223
42.
THE IMAM ABOU YOUSUF WITH HAROUN ER RESHID AND ZUBEIDEH
225
43.
THE KHALIF EL HAKIM AND THE MERCHANT
226
44.
KING KISRA ANOUSHIRWAN AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL
227
45.
THE WATER-CARRIER AND THE GOLDSMITH’S WIFE
229
46.
KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN AND THE FISHERMAN
230
47.
YEHYA BEN KHALID AND THE POOR MAN
232
48.
MOHAMMED EL AMIN AND JAAFER BEN EL HADI
233
49.
SAÏD BEN SALIM AND THE BARMECIDES
234
50.
THE WOMAN’S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND
236
51.
THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS
236
52.
JAAFER THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BEDOUIN
238
53.
OMAR BEN KHETTAB AND THE YOUNG BEDOUIN
239
54.
EL MAMOUN AND THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
244
55.
THE THIEF TURNED MERCHANT AND THE OTHER THIEF
246
56.
MESROUR AND IBN EL CARIBI
247
57.
THE DEVOUT PRINCE
249
58.
THE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT
255
59.
THE FOOLISH SCHOOLMASTER
257
60.
THE IGNORANT MAN WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER
258
61.
THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE
260
62.
ABDURREHMAN THE MOOR’S STORY OF THE ROC
261
63.
ADI BEN ZEID AND THE PRINCESS HIND
264
64.
DIBIL EL KHUZAÏ WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BEN EL WELID
265
65.
ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT
268
66.
THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS
272
67.
THE LOVERS OF THE BENOU TAI
273
68.
THE MAD LOVER
274
69.
THE APPLES OF PARADISE
276
70.
THE LOVES OF ABOU ISA AND CURRET EL AIN
281
71.
EL AMIN AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BEN EL MEHDI
288
72.
EL FETH BEN KHACAN AND EL MUTAWEKKIL
289
73.
THE MAN’S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN OF THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF THE MALE AND THE FEMALE
290
74.
ABOU SUWEID AND THE HANDSOME OLD WOMAN
299
75.
ALI BEN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MOUNIS
299
76.
THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER
300
77.
THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD
301
78.
THE PILGRIM AND THE OLD WOMAN WHO DWELT IN THE DESERT
322
79.
ABOULHUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWEDDUD
324 :
| #How the Imam Abou Yousuf Extricated the Khalif Haroun er Reshid and His Vizier Jaafer from a Dilemma The Lover Who Feigned Himself a Thief to Save His Mistress’s Honour Jaafer the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller Abou Mohammed the Lazy The Generous Dealing of Yehya Ben Khalid the Barmecide with Mensour The Generous Dealing of Yehya Ben Khalid with a Man Who Forged a Letter in His Name The Khalif El Mamoun and the Strange Doctor Ali Shar and Zumurrud The Loves of Jubeir Ben Umeir and the Lady Budour The Man of Yemen and His Six Slave-Girls Haroun er Reshid and the Damsel and Abou Nuwas The Man Who Stole the Dish of Gold in Which the Dog Ate The Sharper of Alexandria and the Master of Police El Melik en Nasir and the Three Masters of PoliceStory of the Chief of the Police of New CairoStory of the Chief of the Boulac PoliceStory of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police The Thief and the Money-Changer The Chief of the Cous Police and the Sharper Ibrahim Ben el Mehdi and the Merchant’s Sister The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off for That She Gave Alms to the Poor The Devout Israelite Abou Hassan ez Ziyadi and the Man from Khorassan The Poor Man and His Generous Friend The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through a Dream The Khalif El Mutawekkil and His Favourite Mehboubeh Werdan the Butcher His Adventure with the Lady and the Bear The King’s Daughter and the Ape The Enchanted Horse Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-Bud Abou Nuwas with the Three Boys and The Khalif Haroun er Reshid Abdallah Ben Maamer with the Man of Bassora and His Slave-Girl The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh The Vizier of Yemen and his Young Brother The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School El Mutelemmis and His Wife Umeimeh The Khalif Haroun er Reshid and the Princess Zubeideh in the Bath Haroun er Reshid and the Three Poets Musab Ben ez Zubeir and Aaïsheh Daughter of Telheh Aboul Aswed and His Squinting Slave-Girl Haroun er Reshid and the two Slave-Girls The Khalif Haroun er reshid and the Three Slave-Girls The Miller and his Wife The Simpleton and the Sharper The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant King Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife Khusrau and Shirin with the Fisherman Yehya Ben Khalid the Barmecide and the Poor Man Mohammed el Amin and Jaafer Ben el Hadi The Sons of Yehya Ben Khalid and Saïd Ben Salim el Bahili The Woman’s Trick Against Her Husband The Devout Woman and the two Wicked Elders Jaafer the Barmecide and the Old Bedouin The Khalif Omar Ben Khettab and the Young Bedouin The Khalif El Mamoun and the Pyramids of Egypt The Thief Turned Merchant and the Other Thief Mesrour the Eunuch and Ibn el Caribi The Devout Prince The Schoolmaster Who Fell in Love by Report The Foolish Schoolmaster The Ignorant Man Who Set Up for a Schoolmaster The King and the Virtuous Wife Abdurrehman the Moor’s Story of the Roc Adi Ben Zeid and the Princess Hind Dibil el Khuzaï with the Lady and Muslim Ben el Welid Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant The Three Unfortunate Lovers The Lovers of the Benou Tai The Mad Lover The Apples of Paradise The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain El Amin Ben er Reshid and His Uncle Ibrahim Ben el Mehdi El Feth Ben Khacan and The Khalif El Mutawekkil The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the Relative Excellence of the Male and the Female Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman The Amir Ali Ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis The Woman Who Had a Boy and the Other Who Had a Man to Lover The Haunted House in Baghdad The Pilgrim and the Old Woman Who Dwelt in the Desert Aboulhusn and His Slave-Girl Taweddud | Night ccxcvii. 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* ↑ There is another story with the same title in Volume 6. (Wikisource contributor note)