to King Shahryar . "Arabian Nights" redirects here. For other uses, see Arabian Nights (disambiguation) . The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ( Persian : هزار و یک شب Hazār-o Yak Šab , Arabic : كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة‎ Kitāb 'Alf Layla wa-Layla ; also known as The