Course Outline

The Economics of Arabian Nights Index of Lessons (corresponding to the Contents found in Husain Haddawy's The Arabian Nights)

Forward (p. 3)

Prologue - The Story of King Shahrayar and Shahrazad, His Vizier's Daughter (pp. 5-21)
     The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey (pp. 15-17)
     The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife (pp. 18-20)

The Story of the Merchant and the Demon (pp. 21-36)
     The First Old Man's Tale (pp. 27-31)
     The Second Old Man's Tale (pp. 31-35)

The Story of the Fisherman and the Demon (pp. 36-80)
     The Tale of King Yunan and the Sage Duban (pp. 44-
     The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot (pp. 50-
     The Tale of the King's Son and the She-Ghoul (pp. 52-
     The Tale of the Enchanted King (pp. 68-

The Story of the Porter and the Three Ladies (pp. 80-
     The First Dervish's Tale (pp. 104-
     The Second Dervish's Tale (pp. 111-
          The Tale of the Envious and the Envied (pp. 122-
     The Third Dervish's Tale (pp. 138-
     The Tale of the First Lady, the Mistress of the House (pp. 162-
     The Tale of the Second Lady, the Flogged One (pp. 171-

The Story of the Three Apples (pp. 181-
     The Story of the Two Viziers, Nur al-Din Ali al-Misri and Badr al-Din Hasan al-Basri (pp. 189-

The Story of the Hunchback (pp. 248-
     The Christian Broker's Tale: The Young Man with the Severed Hand and the Girl (pp. 258-
     The Steward's Tale: The Young Man from Baghdad and Lady Zubaida's Maid (pp. 275-
     The Jewish Physician's Tale: The Young Man from Mosul and the Murdered Girl (pp. 287-
     The Tailor's Tale: The Lame Young Man from Baghdad and the Barber (pp. 300-
          The Barber's Tale (pp. 320-
               The Tale of the First Brother, the Hunchbacked Tailor (pp. 323-
               The Tale of the Second Brother, Baqbaqa the Paraplegic (pp. 328-
               The Tale of the Third Brother, Faqfaq the Blind (pp. 332-
               The Tale of the Fourth Brother, the One-Eyed Butcher (pp. 335-
               The Tale of the Fifth Brother, the Cropped of Ears (pp. 340-
               The Tale of the Sixth Brother, the Cropped of Lips (pp. 349-

The Story of Nur al-Din Ali ibn-Bakkar and the Slave-Girl Shams al-Nahar (pp. 356-

The Story of the Slave Girl Anis al-Jalis and Nur al-Din Ali ibn-Khaqan (pp. 416-

The Story of the Jullanar of the Sea (pp. 464-

Translator's Postscript (p. 518)