zouman

Updated: July 9, 2026

Then he tried to get out by cunning. "If you will take off the cover," he said, "I will repay you." "No," answered the fisherman, "if I trust myself to you I am afraid you will treat me as a certain Greek king treated the physician Douban. Listen, and I will tell you." The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban In the country of Zouman, in Persia, there lived a Greek king.

Andrew Lang - The Arabian Nights

Thou art a mere traitor, replies the fisherman, I should deserve to lose my life, if I be such a fool as to trust thee; thou wilt not fail to treat me in the same manner as a certain Grecian king treated the physician Douban. It is a story I have a mind to tell thee, therefore listen to it. There was in the country of Zouman, in Persia, a king whose subjects were originally Greeks.

Anonymous - The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01