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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments: Or, the Thousand and One Nights, Translated From the Original Arabic, With Notes Explanatory of the Text By the tale of Joseph be admonished, and guard against their stratagems. Dost thou not consider that Eblis ejected Adam by means of woman? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a repro...

A pioneering work of cultural anthropology, E.W. Lane's study of Egyptian society has not been out of print since it was first issued in 1836. Immersing himself in Egyptian culture, Lane learned the Arabic language and adopted the Arab way of life. Written before the forces of innovation transformed Egypt, Manners and Customs is recognized for its wide-ranging scope of detail of daily life on topics such as the nature of Islamic laws and i...

Excerpt from The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Vol. 2 of 3: A New Translation From the Arabic, With Copious Notes Lady playing on the Krinoon Head -piece to Chapter X - Display of the Child. - The motto. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important hist...

Excerpt from Cairo Fifty Years Ago: With a Plan of Medieval Cairo Mr. Stuart Poole, at the date when he made this copy, was in his sixteenth year, a lad of eager intelligence, living since 1842 with his uncle and mother in Cairo, and deeply absorbed in the history and antiquities of Egypt. A year later he was writing his ingenious letters on ancient Egyptian chrono logy, published in 1851 under the title of 'horae Aegyptiacae, ' which, apart ...

Excerpt from An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 3: Written in Egypt During the Years 1833, -34, and -35, Partly From Notes Made During a Former Visit to That Country in the Years 1825-28 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses stat...

Excerpt from An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 2 These have been, in some portions, considerable, and such as render this the Standard Edition of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digi...

Excerpt from From the Arabian Nights This second volume of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, contains some old favourites, as well as a number of delightful stories new to most children. Among the old favourites are: Story of the Hunchback, " "Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Periebanou, " "Story of the Princess Periezade and the Speaking Bird, the Singing Tree, and the Golden Water, " "Story of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Bado...

Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments Of all the folk-literature adapted for children, none is more richly imaginative, warm in colour, and full of varied adventures than the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments, " for which reason a volume of selections from the same should be in every child's own library. This edition of selected tales edited for young people is based on the version of the Oriental scholar, Edward William Lane. His tra...

Excerpt from The Thousand and One Nights', Vol. 5 of 8: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments in Eight Volumes, a New Translation From the Arabic, With Copious Notes Visit, as the Prince of the Faithful hath com manded us, for he is expecting thine arrival. But he said, Have patience with me a little, that I may arrange my business And they entered the house with him, after excessive persuasion. About the Publisher Forgotten Bo...

Excerpt from An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Vol. 2 of 2Since this was written, the mastabahs in most of the streets have been removed by order of the government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally re...

Excerpt from Arabian Society in the Middle Ages Studies From the Thousand: And One Nights When Mr. Lane translated the "Thousand and One Nights, " he was not content with producing a mere rendering of the Arabic text: he saw that the manners and ideas there described required a commentary if they were to become intelligible to an unlearned reader. At the end of each chapter of his translation, therefore, he appended a series of explanatory no...

Excerpt from An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Written in Egypt During the Years 1833, -34, and -35, Partly From Notes Made During a Former Visit to That Country in the Years 1825-28, Vol. 2 of 3 The respect in which trade is held by the Muslim greatly tends to enlarge the circle of his acquaintance with persons of different ranks, and freedom of intercourse with his fellow-men is further and very greatly promoted...

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