 | 1884 - 408 pages
...would deprive him of the succession in favour of the more deserving, though less favoured, Mamoun. and his sons Sherkan and Zoulmekan (which alone occupies...relate for the most part to the epoch of the Abbaside Khali fs. To this category belong the many stories and anecdotes in which Er Reshid, his wife Zubeideh,... | |
 | Leonard C. Smithers - 1894 - 450 pages
...chief heads, as follows : (i) Histories or long Romances, as King Omar bin Al Nu'man. (2) Anecdotes or short stories dealing with historical personages and with incidents and adventures belonging to the every-day life of the period to which they refer: eg those concerning Al-Rashid and Hatim of Tayy.... | |
 | 1901 - 446 pages
...Agib, a romance of apparently Bedouin origin, much resembling such stories as Antar and Abou Zeid. (a) Anecdotes and short stories dealing with historical...relate for the most part to the epoch of the Abbaside Khalii's. To this category belong the many stories and anecdotes in which Er Reshid, his wife Zubeideh,... | |
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Zoulmekan (which alone occupies nearly an eighth part of the entire work and in which occur incidentally the subordinate stories of Taj el Mulouk and Aziz and Azizeh), and that of Gherib and his brother Agib, a romance of apparently Bedouin origin, much... 