Arabian Nights 1001 Nights

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02

Allow me thus publicly to express my admiration of your magnum opus, "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night;" and to offer you my cordial thanks for honouring me with the dedication of that scholar-like and admirable version. Quoth Shahrazad [FN#1]:It hath reached me, O auspicious King of intelligence penetrating, that there was, amongst the Kings of Bassorah[FN#2], a King who loved the poor and needy and cherished his lieges, and gave of his wealth to all who believed in Mohammed (whom Allah bless and assain!), and he was even as one of the poets described him, "A King who when hosts of the foe invade, * Receives them with lance-lunge and sabre-sway; Writes his name on bosoms in thin red lines, * And scatters the horsemen in wild dismay."[FN#3] His name was King Mohammed bin Sulayman al-Zayni, and he had two Wazirs, one called Al-Mu'n, son of Sw and the other Al-Fazl son of Khkn. Now Al-Fazl was the most generous of the people of his age, upright of life, so that all hearts united in loving him and the wise flocked to him for counsel; whilst the subjects used to pray for his long life, because he was a compendium of the best qualities, encouraging the good and lief, and preventing evil and mischief. But the Wazir Mu'n bin Sw on the contrary hated folk [FN#4] and loved not the good and was a mere compound of ill; even as was said of him, ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 3436
Author: Burton, Richard Francis
Release Date: Sep 1, 2002
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: The Burton Club
Publication Date: 1885
Publisher Country: [S.l.]

Contributors

Translator: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890