The Fifth Voyage

Myths

The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01

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The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then declares all women to be unfaithful. He begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning. Scheherazade agrees to marry him and each night, beginning on the night of their marriage, she tells the king a tale but does not end it so that the king keeps her alive in order to hear the next tale. The stories proceed from this original tale; some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord. Some editions contain only a few hundred tales, while others include 1001 or more stories and "nights." Well known stories from the Nights include Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Listen next episodes of The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01:
The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part b , The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part c , The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part b , The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part c , The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part a , The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part a , The Three Apples , The Seventh and Last Voyage , The Sixth Voyage , The Story of the Lady who was Murdered, and of the Young Man her Husband