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Tonight, I'll be reading a snoozy excerpt from 1001 Knights.

Also known as the Arabian Knights,

1,001 Knights is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales

compiled in Arabic during the Islamic golden age, which ran from the 8th to the 14th centuries.

Some tales themselves trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Greek, Indian, Jewish, and Turkish folklore and literature. What is common throughout all the editions of

the Knights is the initial frame story of the ruler and his wife and the framing device incorporated throughout the

tales themselves. The stories proceed from this original tale. Some are framed within other tales,

while others begin and end of their own accord. Some editions contain only a few hundred nights, while others include

one thousand and one or more.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep, and the Golden Water.

There was an Emperor of Persia named Kossruzja who, when he first came to his crown in order to obtain

a knowledge of affairs, took great pleasure in night excursions,

attended by a trustee minister. He often walked in disguise through the city and met with many adventures, one of the most remarkable of which happened to him upon his first ramble, which was not long after his

his ascension to the throne of his father.

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