This beautiful anthology is a haunting reminder that the world is not as it seems.

Arabian Fairy Tales

Politics & Social Sciences

Shah, Amina

Social Sciences

Ishk Book Service

This is a treasury of traditional folklore by Amina Shah, one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century. The collection includes tales from Central Asia and India, Arabia, Europe, and the Americas.

Tales from the Bazaars

Teen & Young Adult

The Octagon Press

Folk tales of Central Asia

Octagon Press

Tradition has it that the great Nizamuddin Awliyya, after hearing this allegory from his disciple Khusru, placed a benediction on the work. It is widely believed that those who hear it will be restored to health.

The Tale of the Four Dervishes (of Amir Khusru)

Khusru, Amir

Philosophy

Since the time of the First Crusade, the picaresque adventures of the rascal Abu Zayd of Saruj have been read, admired, imitated and praised from Spain to the Hindu Kush. It is the inner thread of this amazing book that makes it a world classic: the tales and events mirror the antics of the human mind in its way through life. The last chapter where the "rascal," after all his experiences, settles down to a devout Sufi life, gives the clue to this fascinating textbook of traditional psychology.

The Assemblies of Al-Hariri : Fifty Encounters with the Shayck Abu Zayd of Seruj

Self-Help

Eighteen folktales from the author's ancestral homeland, including "The Unforgettable Sneeze," "The Ruby Ring," and "The Leopard and the Jinn."

Tales of Afghanistan

A goldsmith’s daughter who eludes the Prince of Darkness, three wandering brothers born from a walnut tree, the Princess of Fantasistan, the case of the Shah’s lost ruby ring, the leopard and the Sultan’s emissary, the Cook and the Unforgettable Sneeze… These are just some of the enchanting stories described in Tales from the Bazaars of Arabia, a collection of classic folktales gathered from Arabia, Afghanistan, Persia and Turkey. Each story is alive with vivid characters - beggars and kings, merchants, witches and djinns - and threaded with universal motifs of fantasy and magic, fate and karma, good and evil. With spirit and passion, Amina Shah here illuminates the exoticism of bygone worlds and resurrects the memories and traditions of some of the greatest storytelling cultures in the world.

Tales from the Bazaars of Arabia: Folk Stories from the Middle East (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Tauris Parke Paperbacks

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