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Contents

 

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PREFACE

ix

THE CREATION

1

THE BROTHER AND SISTER

3

FEAR

12

THE THREE ORANGE PERIS

19

THE ROSE-BEAUTY

31

THE SILENT PRINCESS

39

KARA MUSTAFA THE HERO

50

THE WIZARD DERVISH

58

THE FISH-PERI

64

THE HORSE-DEW AND THE WITCH

70

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THE SIMPLETON

77

THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC WHIP, AND THE MAGIC CARPET

87

MAHOMET, THE BALD-HEAD

95

THE STORM FIEND

102

THE LAUGHING APPLE AND THE WEEPING APPLE

117

THE CROW-PERI

126

THE FORTY PRINCES AND THE SEVEN-HEADED DRAGON

133

KAMER-TAJ, THE MOON-HORSE

141

THE BIRD OF SORROW

150

THE ENCHANTED POMEGRANATE BRANCH AND THE BEAUTY

159

THE MAGIC HAIRPINS

174

PATIENCE-STONE AND PATIENCE-KNIFE

182

THE DRAGON-PRINCE AND THE STEPMOTHER

188

THE MAGIC MIRROR

198

THE IMP OF THE WELL

206

THE SOOTHSAYER

213

THE DAUGHTER OF THE PADISHAH OF KANDAHAR

217

SHAH MERAM AND SULTAN SADE

228

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THE WIZARD AND HIS PUPIL

238

THE PADISHAH OF THE THIRTY PERIS

243

THE DECEIVER AND THE THIEF

250

THE SNAKE-PERI AND THE MAGIC MIRROR

257

LITTLE HYACINTH'S KIOSK

266

PRINCE AHMED

274

THE LIVER

286

THE FORTUNE TELLER

290

SISTER AND BROTHER

298

SHAH JUSSUF

307

THE BLACK DRAGON AND THE RED DRAGON

316

"MADJUN"

327

THE FORLORN PRINCESS

334

THE BEAUTIFUL HELWA MAIDEN

342

ASTROLOGY

351

KUNTERBUNT

358

MEANING OF TURKISH WORDS

361


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