
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
by John Payne
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night is often known in English as The Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. –), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and North Africa.