In The Great Khan’s Tent Episode II: The Arabian Nights Part II

09/28/22 • 45 min

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In this episode we look at the beginning of the Thousand and One Nights with Night I and Night II with the story of the Merchant and the Jinn. Note the role that the Jinn play in these tales and how the structure of the narrative is formed. We also look at the beginning of Night III with the opening of the Tale of the Fisherman which is one of the more commonly known tales. As you are listening, pay attention to the deeper layers and meaning of what these tales are trying to convey.

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In the Great Khans Tent Episode I: The Arabian Nights Part I

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In this series of In the Great Khan’s Tent I will be reading “The Thousand and One Nights” or commonly referred to as the “Arabian Nights”. Two translations will be used as the basis of this podcast, the four volume “The Thousand on One Nights: The Arabian Nights Entertainment” translated by Edward William Lane and Stanley Lane-Poole and the 3 volume “Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta Editions of the Book” by John Payne.

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In The Great Khan’s Tent Episode III: The Arabian Nights Part III

In this episode, we continue with Nights III, Night IV and the middle of Night V. There are certain things which are different in this episode as compared to the last. One of the most important things to note here is that this is one of the first instance of a tale which we do not encounter, which is the “Story of the Crocodile” as mentioned by the Sage Duban. As we listen, I would suggest that the listeners try to interpret a deeper understanding of what is to be conveyed.