One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of folktales from the Middle East compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as The Arabian Nights. It consists of stories within a story; the frame story is "The Story of King Shahryar of Persia and His Brother" (or "The Story of King Shahryar and Queen Shahrazad"), in which Scheherazade tells tales to her husband Shahryar.
The stories listed here include those from the first ten volumes of Richard Francis Burton's translation (which he called The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night), published in 1885, and his Supplemental Nights, published as six volumes between 1886 and 1888. Also included are stories found in other translations and manuscripts, following the list in the Arabian Nights Encyclopedia by Ulrich Marzolph. Both Sunni and Shi'ite stories are included.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the night that began during the tale indicated (or one of its sub-tales). Numbers in double parentheses indicate that the story is fully contained in the indicated night. An asterisk indicates that the story begins with the night.
Richard Francis Burton's translation
Volume 1 Story of King Shahryar and His Brother (1–1001) Tale of the Bull and the Ass (Told by the Vizier) (0) Tale of the Trader and the Jinn (1–3) The First Shaykh's Story (1-2) The Second Shaykh's Story ((2)) The Third Shaykh's Story (2-3) Tale of the Fisherman and the Jinni (3–9) Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban (5) Story of King Sindibad and His Falcon ((5)) Tale of the Husband and the Parrot ((5)) Tale of the Prince and the Ogress (5-7) Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince (7-8) The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad (9–19) The First Kalandar's Tale (11-12) The Second Kalandar's Tale (12–14) Tale of the Envier and the Envied ((14)) The Third Kalandar's Tale (14–17) The Eldest Lady's Tale (17-18) Tale of the Portress ((18)) The Tale of the Three Apples (19–24) Tale of Núr al-Dín Alí and his Son (20–24) The Hunchback's Tale (24–34) The Nazarene Broker's Story (25-26) The Reeve's Tale (27-28) Tale of the Jewish Doctor (28-29) Tale of the Tailor (29–33) The Barber's Tale of Himself (31–33) The Barber's Tale of his First Brother ((31)) The Barber's Tale of his Second Brother (31-32) The Barber's Tale of his Third Brother ((32)) The Barber's Tale of his Fourth Brother ((32)) The Barber's Tale of his Fifth Brother (32-33) The Barber's Tale of his Sixth Brother ((33)) The End of the Tailor's Tale (33-34)
Volume 2 Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis (34–38) Tale of Ghanim bin Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall o' Love (39–45) Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt ((39)) Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur (40) The Tale of King Omar bin al-Nu'uman and His Sons Sharrkan and Zau al-Makan, and What Befell Them of Things Seld-Seen and Peregrine (46–124) Tale of Tàj al-Mulúk and the Princess Dunyà: The Lover and the Loved (108–124) Tale of Azíz and Azízah (113–124)
Volume 3 The Tale of King Omar Bin al-Nu'uman and His Sons Sharrkan and Zau al-Makan (continued) (125–145) Tale of Tàj al-Mulúk and the Princess Dunyà: The Lover and the Loved (continued) (125–137) Continuation of the Tale of Aziz and Azizah (125–128) Tale of the Hashish Eater (143) Tale of Hammad the Badawi ((144)) The Birds and Beasts and the Carpenter (*146–147) The Hermits (148) The Water-Fowl and the Tortoise ((148)) The Wolf and the Fox (149–150) Tale of the Falcon and the Partridge ((149)) The Mouse and the Ichneumon (151) The Cat and the Crow ((150)) The Fox and the Crow ((150)) The Flea and the Mouse ((150)) The Saker and the Birds (152) The Sparrow and the Eagle ((152)) The Hedgehog and the Wood Pigeons ((152)) The Merchant and the Two Sharpers ((152)) The Thief and His Monkey ((152)) The Foolish Weaver ((152)) The Sparrow and the Peacock ((152)) Tale of Ali bin Bakkar and Shams al-Nahar (*153–169) Tale of Kamar al-Zaman (*170–237)
Volume 4 Tale of Kamar al-Zaman (continued) Ni'amah bin al-Rabi'a and Naomi His Slave-Girl (238–246) [Conclusion of the Tale of Kamar al-Zaman] (247–249) Ala al-Din Abu al-Shamat (250–269) Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy (270) Tale of Ma'an the Son of Zaidah (271) Ma'an the Son of Zaidah and the Badawi The City of Labtayt (272) The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth Ibrahim bin al-Mahdi and the Barber-Surgeon (273–275) The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kilabah (276–279) Isaac of Mosul (280–282) The Sweep and the Noble Lady (283–285) The Mock Caliph (286–294) Ali the Persian (295–296) Harun al-Rashid and the Slave-Girl and the Imam Abu Yusuf (297) Tale of the Lover Who Feigned Himself a Thief (298–299) Ja'afar the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller ((299)) Abu Mohammed hight Lazybones (300–305) Generous Dealing of Yahya bin Khalid The Barmecide with Mansur (306) Generous Dealing of Yahya Son of Khalid with a Man Who Forged a Letter in his Name (307) Caliph Al-Maamun and the Strange Scholar (308) Ali Shar and Zumurrud (309–327) The Loves of Jubayr bin Umayr and the Lady Budur (328–334) The Man of Al-Yaman and His Six Slave-Girls (335–338) Harun al-Rashid and the Damsel and Abu Nowas (339–340) The Man Who Stole the Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate (341) The Sharper of Alexandria and the Chief of Police (342) Al-Malik al-Nasir and the Three Chiefs of Police (343-344) The Story of the Chief of Police of Cairo ((343)) The Story of the Chief of the Bulak Police (344) The Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police ((344)) The Thief and the Shroff (345) The Chief of the Kus Police and the Sharper (346) Ibrahim bin al-Mahdi and the Merchant's Sister (347) The Woman whose Hands were Cut Off for Giving Alms to the Poor (348) The Devout Israelite (349) Abu Hassan al-Ziyadi and the Khorasan Man (350–351) The Poor Man and His Friend in Need ((351)) The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through a Dream (352) Caliph al-Mutawakkil and his Concubine Mahbubah (353) Wardan the Butcher; His Adventure With the Lady and the Bear (354–355) The King's Daughter and the Ape (356–357)
Volume 5 The Ebony Horse (358–371) Uns al-Wujud and the Vizier's Daughter al-Ward Fi'l-Akmam or Rose-In-Hood (372–381) Abu Nowas With the Three Boys and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid (382–383) Abdallah bin Ma'amar With the Man of Bassorah and His Slave Girl ((383)) The Lovers of the Banu Ozrah (384) The Wazir of al-Yaman and His Younger Brother ((384)) The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School (385) Al-Mutalammis and His Wife Umaymah ((385)) The Caliph Harun al-Rashid and Queen Zubaydah in the Bath (386) Harun al-Rashid and the Three Poets ((386)) Mus'ab bin al-Zubayr and Ayishah Daughter of Talhah (387) Abu al-Aswad and His Slave-Girl ((387)) Harun al-Rashid and the Two Slave-Girls ((387)) The Caliph Harun al-Rashid and the Three Slave-Girls ((387)) The Miller and His Wife (388) The Simpleton and the Sharper ((388)) The Kazi Abu Yusuf With Harun al-Rashid and Queen Zubaydah (389) The Caliph al-Hakim and the Merchant ((389)) King Kisra Anushirwan and the Village Damsel (390) The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith's Wife (391) Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman ((391)) Yahya bin Khalid the Barmecide and the Poor Man (392) Mohammed al-Amin and the Slave-Girl ((392)) The Sons of Yahya bin Khalid and Sa'id bin Salim al-Bahili (393) The Woman's Trick Against Her Husband (394) The Devout Woman and the Two Wicked Elders ((394)) Ja'afar the Barmecide and the Old Badawi (395) The Caliph Omar bin al-Khattab and the Young Badawi (396–397) The Caliph al-Maamun and the Pyramids of Egypt (398) The Thief and the Merchant (399) Masrur the Eunuch and Ibn al-Karibi (400–401) The Devotee Prince (402) The Unwise Schoolmaster Who Fell in Love by Report (403) The Foolish Dominie ((403)) The Illiterate Who Set Up For a Schoolmaster (404) The King and the Virtuous Wife ((404)) Abd al-Rahman the Maghribi's Story of the Rukh (405) Adi bin Zayd and the Princess Hind (406–407) Di'ibil al-Khuza'i With the Lady and Muslim bin al-Walid ((407)) Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant (408–409) The Three Unfortunate Lovers (410) How Abu Hasan Brake Wind (not found in other editions; authenticity disputed) ((410)) The Lovers of the Banu Tayy (411) The Mad Lover (412) The Prior Who Became a Moslem (413–414) The Loves of Abu Isa and Kurrat al-Ayn (415–418) Al-Amin Son of al-Rashid and His Uncle Ibrahim bin al-Mahdi (419) Al-Fath bin Khakan and the Caliph Al-Mutawakkil ((419)) The Man's Dispute With the Learned Woman Concerning the Relative Excellence of Male and Female (420–423) Abu Suwayd and the Pretty Old Woman (424) The Emir ali bin Tahir and the Girl Muunis ((424)) The Woman Who had a Boy and the Other Who had a Man to Lover ((424)) Ali the Cairene and the Haunted House in Baghdad (425–434) The Pilgrim Man and the Old Woman (435–436) Abu al-Husn and His Slave-Girl Tawaddud (437–462) The Angel of Death With the Proud King and the Devout Man The Angel of Death and the Rich King (463) The Angel of Death and the King of the Children of Israel (464) Iskandar Zu al-Karnayn and a Certain Tribe of Poor Folk The Righteousness of King Anushirwan (465) The Jewish Kazi and His Pious Wife (466) The Shipwrecked Woman and Her Child (467) The Pious Black Slave (468) The Devout Tray-Maker and His Wife (469–470) Al-Hajjaj and the Pious Man (471) The Blacksmith Who Could Handle Fire Without Hurt (472–473) The Devotee To Whom Allah Gave a Cloud for Service and the Devout King (474) The Moslem Champion and the Christian Damsel (475–477) The Christian King's Daughter and the Moslem (478) The Prophet and the Justice of Providence (479) The Ferryman of the Nile and the Hermit The Island King and the Pious Israelite (480–481) Abu al-Hasan and Abu Ja'afar the Leper (482) The Queen of Serpents (483–486) The Adventures of Bulukiya (487–499) The Story of Janshah (500–530) [The Adventures of Bulukiya] resumed (531–533) [The Queen of Serpents] resumed (534–536)
Volume 6 Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman (537–538) The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (539–542) The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (543–546) The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (547–550) The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (551–556) The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (557–559) The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (560–563) The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman (564–566) [Burton adds an alternative seventh voyage before concluding the Sindbad head story] The City of Brass (567–578) The Craft and Malice of Woman, or the Tale of the King, His Son, His Concubine and the Seven Viziers The King and His Vizier's Wife (579) The Confectioner, His Wife and the Parrot The Fuller and His Son (580) The Rake's Trick Against the Chaste Wife The Miser and the Loaves of Bread (581) The Lady and Her Two Lovers The King's Son and the Ogress (582) The Drop of Honey The Woman Who Made Her Husband Sift Dust The Enchanted Spring (583–584) The Vizier's Son and the Hammam-Keeper's Wife The Wife's Device to Cheat her Husband (585–586) The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl (587) The Man who Never Laughed During the Rest of His Days (588–591) The King's Son and the Merchant's Wife (592) The Page Who Feigned to Know the Speech of Birds (593) The Lady and Her Five Suitors (594–596) The Three Wishes, or the Man Who Longed to see the Night of Power The Stolen Necklace (597) The Two Pigeons Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma (598) The House With the Belvedere (599–602) The King's Son and the Ifrit's Mistress (603) The Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers (604–605) The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child The Stolen Purse (606) The Fox and the Folk Judar and His Brethren (607–624) The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib (625–636)
Volume 7 The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib (continued) (637–680) Otbah and Rayya (681) Hind Daughter of Al-Nu'man, and Al-Hajjaj (682–683) Khuzaymah Bin Bishr and Ikrimah Al-Fayyaz (684) Yunus the Scribe and the Caliph Walid Bin Sahl (685) Harun al-Rashid and the Arab Girl (686)