Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional mariner and the hero of a story-cycle. He is described as hailing from Baghdad during the early Abbasid Caliphate. In the course of seven voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he has fantastic adventures in magical realms, encountering monsters and witnessing supernatural phenomena.
Sinbad the Sailor: "Having balanced my cargo exactly..." Drawing by Milo Winter (1914)
South Indian Sindbad-namah, 16th Century
Sindbad the Sailor and the Valley of the Diamonds, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
Sinbad's third voyage. Encounter with a man-eating giant, illustrated by Henry Justice Ford
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
