Arabian Nights and the Middle East

4 books

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh EpicMorris Jastrow · 1920A 1920 scholarly edition presenting an Old Babylonian version of the Gilgamesh Epic, based on recently discovered cuneiform tablets. Morris Jastrow and Albert T. Clay provide transliterations, translations, and commentary on two tablets, comparing them with the later Assyrian version.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writingsEpiphanius Wilson · 1901A 1901 edited anthology of translated ancient Egyptian writings, including tales, hymns, litanies, the Book of the Dead, cuneiform tablets, and hieratic inscriptions, with an introduction on Egyptian archaeology and civilization.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Bakhtyār Nāma: A Persian RomanceWilliam Ouseley · 1801An 1883 privately printed edition of Sir William Ouseley's English translation of the Bakhtyār Nāma, a Persian romance of Prince Bakhtyār belonging to the Sindibād cycle of tales, with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by editor W. A. Clouston.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres, and Sacred TraditionsEpiphanius Wilson · 1901A 1901 anthology of Turkish literature translated into English, edited by Epiphanius Wilson as part of Collier's World's Greatest Literature series. It collects Ottoman fables, poems, and sacred traditions, including "The Rose and the Nightingale," the drama "The Magistrates," and "The History of the Forty Vezirs.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية