kamar-al-zaman

Updated: May 27, 2025

While many of the stories in The Arabian Nights are ancient, some, as internal evidence proves, are comparatively recent. Thus those of Kamar-al-Zaman II. and Ma'aruf the Cobbler belong to the 16th century; and no manuscript appears to be older than 1548. The most important editions are the Calcutta, the Boulac and the Breslau, all of which differ both in text and the order of the stories.

Thomas Wright - The Life of Sir Richard Burton