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Arabian Nights

Enter the magical world of the Arabian Nights with our collection of 29 tales from this legendary anthology. Also known as One Thousand and One Nights, this masterpiece of world literature brings together stories from the Middle East, South Asia, and North Africa within the famous frame tale of Scheherazade.

Our collection includes the most celebrated Arabian Nights tales: the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and other stories of genies, flying carpets, hidden treasures, and enchanted cities. These tales blend adventure, romance, humor, and moral wisdom in narratives that have captivated audiences for over a thousand years.

Each story is retold for modern readers with vivid illustrations in the Amar Chitra Katha style. Perfect for bedtime reading, classroom use, and anyone who loves classic adventure stories with moral depth.

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The Story of the Slave Kafur Arabian Nights All Ages

The Story of the Slave Kafur

An enslaved boy in the Arabian Nights tells one lie a year. The year his lie convinces a whole household their master is dead, and the master that his household is dead, a city is thrown into mourning over corpses that never existed - a comic, unsettling parable on the runaway speed of a falsehood.

The Story of Ghanim ibn Ayyub, the Slave of Love Arabian Nights All Ages

The Story of Ghanim ibn Ayyub, the Slave of Love

Locked out of Baghdad at nightfall, the young Damascus merchant Ghanim finds a living woman sealed in a chest among the tombs - and loves her so honourably he will not touch her. One of the great romances of the Arabian Nights.

The Barber’s Story of His Fifth Brother Arabian Nights All Ages

The Barber’s Story of His Fifth Brother

The barber's fifth brother, Al-Nashshar, invested his whole inheritance in glassware and, lost in a daydream of the fortune it would bring, kicked over the tray and shattered everything - the Arabian Nights tale that gave English the word 'Alnaschar'.

The Barber’s Story of Himself Arabian Nights All Ages

The Barber’s Story of Himself

The comic Arabian Nights tale of the self-styled Silent Barber - the busybody who climbs uninvited into a stranger's boat, lands in chains before the Caliph, and still cannot hear how he sounds.

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The Tale of the Three Apples Arabian Nights All Ages

The Tale of the Three Apples

The Tale of the Three Apples from the Arabian Nights - one of the earliest murder mysteries ever told. A locked chest pulled from the Tigris, a three-day deadline, and a husband undone by his own haste.

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