Arabic Version A101 (Hundred and One Nights)

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Produced in the Maghred 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.

Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	A101 (Hundred and One Nights)
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Title	مائة ليلة وليلة (Hundred and One Nights)
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Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	East
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Recorded secondary versions
Seven Viziers Arabic Version A (The Seven Viziers) Arabic Version A1001 (Thousand and One Nights) Arabic Version A101 (Hundred and One Nights)

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
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Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	900 - 1300
Islamic date of composition
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Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature
Modern Editions	Pétis de la Croix, Les Mille et un jours (1710-12)

Notes and Commentary
Note	Note: the story order (below, drawn from Nishimura) is broadly reflective of the pattern found in most exemplars of the 101 Nights, which are consistent from the beginning through story 18, Elephantinus. However, the final stories vary from text to text; BNF Arabe 3660 ends after Lac venenatum, following the order presented here, while in BNF Arabe 3662 and Leiden Or. 14.303, Nomina follows Elephantinus, then Ingenia, and in the Leiden text, is then followed by Linteum.
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Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Elephantus 1 Sindbad   Leo 2 First Master   Avis 3 First Master   Lavator 4 Empress   Panes 5 Second Master   Gladius 6 Second Master   Striga – The Prince and the Ogress 7 Empress   Mel 8 Third Master   Zuchara 9 Third Master   Fons 10 Empress   Balneator 11 Fourth Master   Canicula 12 Fourth Master   Aper 13 Empress   Canis 14 Fifth Master   Pallium 15 Fifth Master   Simia 16 Empress   Piscis 17 Sixth Master   Elephantinus 18 Sixth Master   Nomina 19 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

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