Al-Masudi
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al-Masʿūdī, c. 896–956, was a historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus of the Arabs". A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history, geography, natural science and philosophy, his celebrated magnum opus The Meadows of Gold combines universal history with scientific geography, social commentary and biography.
In the year 933 Al-Masudi mentions Muslim sailors, who call the Comoros islands: "The Perfume Islands".
One Thousand and One Nights
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One 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 the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition, which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
Scheherazade and Shahryar by Ferdinand Keller, 1880
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.
The story of Princess Parizade and the Magic Tree by Maxfield Parrish, 1906