RE: RE: One Thousand and One Nights: Wardan the Butcher and the Vizier's Daughter: Third Night + Origin of the One Thousand and One Nights: Part One
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RE: One Thousand and One Nights: Wardan the Butcher and the Vizier's Daughter: Third Night + Origin of the One Thousand and One Nights: Part One

RE: One Thousand and One Nights: Wardan the Butcher and the Vizier's Daughter: Third Night + Origin of the One Thousand and One Nights: Part One

I am familiar with the story of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from this work, as it was included in my country's primary school textbooks. However, I am not very familiar with the other stories in the collection.

From researching online, I found that the origins of this work can be traced back to the storytelling traditions of ancient Persia and India, where many of the stories and mythological legends were originally passed down orally. These stories were collected and written in Arabic, and became the original version of One Thousand and One Nights.

The earliest version of the work may have been composed during the 9th century Sasanian Empire in Persia, but the most well-known version that exists today was compiled by the Egyptian literary scholar Abdullah al-Ma'arri in the 14th century. He connected the scattered stories together using a framework story between a woman and an evil king, creating a literary classic that has endured until today.

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