Balsora was the capital of a kingdom long tributary to the caliph. During the time of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid the…
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There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy who would do nothing…
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The Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid sat in his palace, wondering if there was anything left in the world that could possibly give…
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In the reign of Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived in Baghdad a merchant named Ali Cogia, who, having neither wife nor child,…
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Some twenty days’ sail from the coast of Persia lies the isle of the children of Khaledan. The island is…
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It was the Feast of the New Year, the oldest and most splendid of all the feasts in the Kingdom…
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I was born, Commander of the Faithful, in Baghdad, and was left an orphan while I was yet a very…
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The Caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, was much pleased with the tale of the blind man and the dervish, and when it was…
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There was an old, poor fisherman who cast his net four times a day and only four times. One day…
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Once upon a time there reigned over Persia a Sultan named Kosrouschah, who from his boyhood had been fond of…
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