One Thousand and One Nights

One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age (8th-13th centuries). The framing story features Scheherazade, a wise storyteller who postpones her execution by captivating the king with tales for 1,001 nights. The collection includes Aladdin, Ali Baba, Sinbad, and many others, blending Persian, Arabic, Egyptian, Indian, and Mesopotamian folklore. Unlike European fairy tale collectors, Arabian Nights emerged from centuries of oral tradition across the Islamic world, with each culture adding its own stories and variations.