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Though we call it The Arabian Nights , the collection is a "traveling text" with roots reaching far beyond Arabia:

The collection begins with a dark premise: , betrayed by his first wife, vows to marry a new virgin every night and execute her the next morning to prevent further infidelity. A Thousand & One Nights

Enter , the vizier’s learned daughter, who devises a brilliant plan. Every night, she weaves a story so tantalizing that she reaches a cliffhanger just as dawn breaks. To hear the ending, the king postpones her execution night after night. After 1,001 nights, the king is transformed by her wisdom and stories, finally sparing her life and making her his queen. A Global Tapestry of Tales Though we call it The Arabian Nights ,

Interestingly, iconic tales like Aladdin , Ali Baba , and Sinbad were not in the original Arabic manuscripts. They were added in the 18th century by European translators like Antoine Galland. To hear the ending, the king postpones her

The stories began in India and Persia as Hezār Afsān ("A Thousand Stories") before being translated into Arabic in the 9th century.

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