A101 (Hundred and One Nights)

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Produced in the Maghreb or Western periphery of the Muslim world (Muslim Spain or North Africa) sometime between the 10th and 14th centuries, the Hundred and One Nights differs in several respects from its sister-narrative, the Thousand and One Nights (which was composed in the Eastern region of the Islamic world, e.g. Egypt, Iran, and/or Syria). The One Hundred and One Nights contains not only fewer but also different stories than its longer analogue, and the relationship between the frame story and the embedded tales is less persistently emphasised.

The version of the Seven Viziers contained within the One Hundred and One Nights shares about half of the embedded stories with the version found in the Thousand and One Nights.

Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	A101 (Hundred and One Nights)
Version Number
Title	مائة ليلة وليلة (Hundred and One Nights)
Author

Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	East
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Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Recorded secondary versions
A101 (Hundred and One Nights) Arabic A101

Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Algiers Bibliothèque nationale d'Algérie MS Arabic Unknown; possibly in private collection 1841 Leiden Universiteit Or. 14.303 Arabic Aramaic Leiden, Universiteitsbiblioteek Leiden Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3660 Arabic Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France 1701 - 1800 Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3661 Arabic Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France 1800 - 1900 Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3662 Arabic Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France 1776 Toronto Aga Khan Museum 00513 Arabic Toronto, Aga Khan Museum 1234 Tunis Bibliothèque national de Tunisie, MWT 18260 Arabic Tunis, Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie Tunis Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie, MWT 04576 Arabic Tunis, Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie 1268 AH (1852)

Language and Composition
Original language of version	Arabic
Language of text	Arabic
Regional or specific language of version
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition	Magreb, Western Islamic world
Date of composition	900 - 1350
Islamic date of composition
Hebrew date of composition
Source for date of composition

Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Lerner (2018), Marzolph and Chraïbi (2012), Marzolph and van Leeuwen (1994), Grotzfeld (1984), Walther (1987), Irwin (1994)
Modern Editions	Pétis de la Croix, Les Mille et un jours (1710-12)

Notes and Commentary
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Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version
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Connected prints
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