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|Has Description=The version of the ''Sindbad'' narrative titled ''The Seven Viziers'' is referenced in Arabic literature dating from the 9th and 10th centuries; allusions to the narrative may be found in Ibn al-Nadīm’s ''al-Fihrist'', al-Masʿūdī’s ''Murūj al-Dhahab'', and al-Shābushtī’s ''al-Diyārāt'' (according to [[Ateş (1948)|Ateş 1948]]).
|Has Description=The version of the ''Sindbad'' narrative titled Kitāb al-Sindbād, or  الوزراء السبعة [al-wuzarāʾ al-sabʿa, ''The Seven Viziers''] is referenced in Arabic literature dating from the 9th and 10th centuries. Though no early versions of the text survive, allusions to the narrative may be found in ''al-Fihrist'' by Ibn al-Nadīm (d. 995 CE / 385 AH), in which ''Kitāb Sindbād al-Ḥakīm'' is referenced as a book of entertainment, and in ''Murūj al-Dhahab by'' al-Masʿūdī’ (d. 956 CE / 345 AH), who claims the wise man Sindbād lived during the reign of the Indian king Kush, and that the popular entertainment book known as ''Kitāb al-Sindbād'' relates the story of the Seven Viziers, the Prince, and the King's wife) (see [[Ateş (1948)|Ateş 1948]], pp. 12-13).
|Has Branch Of Tradition=East
|Has Branch Of Tradition=East
|Has Original Language Of Version=Arabic
|Has Original Language Of Version=Arabic
|Has Modern Research Literature=Ateş (1948)
|Has Modern Research Literature=Ateş (1948)
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The version of the Sindbad narrative titled Kitāb al-Sindbād, or الوزراء السبعة [al-wuzarāʾ al-sabʿa, The Seven Viziers] is referenced in Arabic literature dating from the 9th and 10th centuries. Though no early versions of the text survive, allusions to the narrative may be found in al-Fihrist by Ibn al-Nadīm (d. 995 CE / 385 AH), in which Kitāb Sindbād al-Ḥakīm is referenced as a book of entertainment, and in Murūj al-Dhahab by al-Masʿūdī’ (d. 956 CE / 345 AH), who claims the wise man Sindbād lived during the reign of the Indian king Kush, and that the popular entertainment book known as Kitāb al-Sindbād relates the story of the Seven Viziers, the Prince, and the King's wife) (see Ateş 1948, pp. 12-13).


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