   sinbad the sailor (also spelled sindbad; arabic: Ø§ÙØ³ÙØ¯Ø¨Ø§Ø¯ Ø§ÙØ¨Ø­Ø±Ù as-sindibÄd al-baá¸¥ri; persian: Ø³ÙØ¯Ø¨Ø§Ø¯ sandbÄd) is a fictional sailor and the hero of a story-cycle of middle eastern origin, living in basrah, during the abbasid caliphate. during his voyages throughout the seas east of africa and south of asia, he has fantastic adventures going to magical places, meeting monsters, and encountering supernatural phenomena. ==origins and sources== the persian name sindbÄd ("lord of the sindh river"). hints at a possible persian. origin. the oldest texts of the cycle are, however, in arabic and no ancient or medieval persian version has survived. the story as we have it is specifically set during the rule of the abbasid caliphate and particularly highlights the reign of harun al-rashid. the name sindbad indicates the name of the indus river (sindhu). the sindhi sailors, who became famous due to their skills in navigation, geography, and languages, may very well have inspired the stories of sindbad the sailor. sindh is actually mentioned in the story of the third voyage: ("and thence we fared on to the land of sind, where also we bought and sold"). a variation of the name smbat also occurs in armenia, as well as the version lempad of his father's name lambad. incidents in some stories are also clearly influenced by ancient literary sources (including homer's odyssey and vishnu sharma's panchatantra) and by arab, indian, and persian folklore and literature. the story of sinbad le marin was included by antoine galland, the translator of the mille et une nuits, in the 133rd "night" of his collection. the collection is tale 120 in volume 6 of sir [[richard fr
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