One Thousand and One Nights
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.
Cassim in the Cave by Maxfield Parrish (1909)
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
Arabic literature is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is Adab, which comes from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment.
Portrayal of the Jahili period poet-knight Antarah ibn Shaddad.
The Qur'an is one of the most influential examples of Arabic literature
An illustration of the House of Wisdom by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti in a manuscript of the Maqama of Al-Hariri.
An image from the manuscript of Hadith Bayad wa Riyad (13th century).
