Abu Nuwas
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Abu Nuwas was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern poetry that developed during the first years of the Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, app
Abu Nuwas drawn by Khalil Gibran in 1916
Manuscript of Abu Nawas's verses. Copied by Mirza Kuchik Visal, Qajar Iran, dated 10 May 1824
Maqāma 21, Maqamat al Harari, 1237
One Thousand and One Nights
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One Thousand and One Nights or The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as Th
Abu Nuwas
…muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of the Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights. Of mixed Arab and Persian heritage, he studied in Basra and al-Kufah, first under the poet Waliba ibn al-Hubab, and later under Khalaf al-Ahmar. He…
Sindbad the sailor and Ali Baba and the forty thieves by William Strang, 1896
Scheherazade and Shahryar by Ferdinand Keller, 1880
1898 illustration of The Fisherman and the Jinni by René Bull
A page from Kelileh va Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian version of the original ancient Indian Panchatantra – depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war.