Arabic manuscripts of the Thousand and one nights
Subtitle: presentation and critical editions of four noteworthy texts, observations on some Osmanli translations
By: directed by Aboubakr Chraïbi
Series: Recherche et documents; Recherche et documents
Publisher: Espaces & signes
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Paris
Language: ara
Number of pages: 575
ISBN-13: 9791094176115
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Manuscripts; Handschrift; Arabisch; Osmanisch; Arabic Manuscripts; Classicism in literature; Textual Criticism; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Arabian nights
Other titles: Container of (work): Arabian nights. Selections.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-564).

Four texts in Arabic; introductory texts and commentary in English or French.
Table of contents: title: Liste des manuscrits arabes des nuits; title: The tale of Sûland Shûmul; title: The tale of the sleeper awakened; title: The tale of Bayâd and Riyâd; title: The tale of Zayd and Al-Kaḥlā; title: Comparing the language of manuscript versions of two tales : Promise and Limitations; title: The Arabian Nights through some ancient-Osmanli translations.