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    The document provides a summary of the famous story collection "One Thousand and One Nights". It describes how Shahrazad entertained the mad Sultan for 1,001 nights by telling him captivating tales of romance, adventure, and magic involving characters like Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor. It provides brief overviews of some of the most well-known stories, including "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin's Lamp", and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor".

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    The document provides a summary of the famous story collection "One Thousand and One Nights". It describes how Shahrazad entertained the mad Sultan for 1,001 nights by telling him captivating tales of romance, adventure, and magic involving characters like Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor. It provides brief overviews of some of the most well-known stories, including "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin's Lamp", and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor".

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    The document provides a summary of the famous story collection "One Thousand and One Nights". It describes how Shahrazad entertained the mad Sultan for 1,001 nights by telling him captivating tales of romance, adventure, and magic involving characters like Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor. It provides brief overviews of some of the most well-known stories, including "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin's Lamp", and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor".

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    The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nigh

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    The document provides a summary of the famous story collection "One Thousand and One Nights". It describes how Shahrazad entertained the mad Sultan for 1,001 nights by telling him captivating tales of romance, adventure, and magic involving characters like Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor. It provides brief overviews of some of the most well-known stories, including "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin's Lamp", and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor".

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    The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Night

    Everyone knows about the story of Shahrazad and her wonderful tales of the
    Arabian nights. For one thousand and one nights, she entertained the mad Sultan
    with the adventures of Aladdin, Ali Baba, Sinbad, genies, and many other mystical
    creatures. ​With enthralling tales of malevolent genies, magical lamps and a
    restless seafarer named Sinbad, ​One Thousand and One Nights is surely the Arab
    world’s most famous story.
    One Thousand and One Nights (Alf layla wa-layla) is a collection of Middle Eastern
    folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in
    English as the Arabian Nights.

    The story is as follows. A king comes home to find his wife has been unfaithful. He
    has her executed, but bears a grudge and marries a succession of women, killing
    each of them before they can betray him like their predecessor.
    His latest bride, Scheherazade, delays her imminent doom by telling him part of a
    wonderful story each night. Intrigued and enthralled, the king postpones her
    execution so she can finish the tale the following night, at which point, of course,
    she starts another tale, forcing him to further delay her death.
    This ploy continues for, you’ve guessed it, 1,001 nights, during which time she
    tells enchanting tales of romance and crime, ghouls and jinns, heroes and villains.
    They are graphic and passionate, earthy yet transcendental.

    In "​Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," hardworking ​Ali Baba stumbles upon a
    thieves' hideout full of treasure, protected by a magic entry. When Ali Baba
    accidentally reveals the secret to his richer brother ​Cassim​, Cassim gets trapped in
    the hideout, and killed by the thieves. The villains then try to track down and kill
    Ali Baba, but their plans are consistently thwarted by the quick-witted slave
    Morgiana​.
    Aladdin​'s Lamp" tells of a peasant boy who is tricked by an evil magician into
    retrieving a magic genie lamp from a cave. However, Aladdin outsmarts him,
    keeping the lamp for himself. Through the genie's power, Aladdin grows rich and
    marries the sultan's daughter. When ​the magician steals the lamp back, Aladdin
    and his wife thwart and kill the villain. The magician's brother then attempts to
    avenge the dead man, but is equally defeated, so that Aladdin lives happily ever
    after.
    In "The Three Apples," a fisherman finds a chest in the ocean containing a
    woman's body. Both her father and her husband try to take the blame, but the
    caliph discerns that the husband had killed her, believing her unfaithful. He had
    brought her three rare apples when she was sick, then got mad when he saw a
    slave with one of the apples, claiming he had received the fruit from his girlfriend.
    Believing the slave, he killed the woman. He then learned that his son had actually
    given the apple to the slave, who then lied to stir up trouble. The ruler's vizier
    Ja'far ascertains that his own slave is the culprit, and the caliph pardons everyone.

    "The Seven Voyages of ​Sinbad the Sailor" are told by a famous sailor to an
    impoverished porter, to explain the trials and tribulations that the sailor suffered
    at sea. Over the course of his seven voyages, Sinbad faced: various shipwrecks;
    strange beasts such as giant eagles, rocs, and giants; malicious figures such as the
    Old Man of the Sea​; and many other obstacles. Even though he dealt with danger
    on every voyage, Sinbad continued to sail, lured by the thrill and excitement of
    the sea. Finally, after seven voyages, he decided to settle down with his wealth.

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