The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 2 by Richard Burton. Page: 1
THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments
Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton
VOLUME TWO
Privately Printed By The Burton Club
To John Payne, Esq.
My Dear Sir,
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.
Ever yours sincerely,
Richard F. Burton.
Queen's College, Oxford,
August 1, 1885.
Contents of the Second Volume
7. Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis
8. Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O' Love
a. Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt
b. Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur
9. Tale of King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman and His Sons Sharrkan and Zau Al-Makan
a. Tale of Taj Al-Muluk and the Princess Dunya
aa. Tale of Aziz and Azizah
The Book Of The THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis Quoth Shahrazad [FN1]:--It hath reached me, O auspicious King of intelligence penetrating, that there was, amongst the Kings of Bassorah[FN2], 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."[FN3