Arabic epic literature
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Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed folk tales encompassing tales of heroes. Although many of these are legends
Pre-Islamic poet-knight Antarah ibn Shaddad is the hero of a popular medieval Arabic romance.
Painting of Cassim, brother of Ali Baba, by Maxfield Parrish.
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
Arabic epic literature
…followed by a number of derivative works such as Diana Richmond's Antar and Abla, which furthered Western exposure to the Antar bin Shaddad legends. The One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) is easily the best known of all Arabic literature and which still shapes many of the ideas non-Arabs have about Arabic culture. The…
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.