Anthology: Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange
Editor: Malcolm C. Lyons
Language: English
Bibliographic comments: Historians and the majority of scholars believe that the stories originated with different authors,
hence the 'anthology' publication type.
Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange
Malcolm C. Lyons, ed.
2014
Library edition: 2014, first edition, 5th printing
Penguin Books
ISBN 978-0-14-139503-6
Hardcover, xliii+447 pages
£25.00 / $30.00 / C$34.95
Notes:
• Translated by Malcolm C. Lyons, who also assembled this anthology. 'Introduction', 'Further Reading' and
'Glossary' by Robert Irwin.
• Original Arabic story contents are of unknown date (estimated between the 10th and 16th centuries) and unknown
authorship, and English translations (dated 2014) are not provided with their original Arabic titles.
• Interior art by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
• Publication has a white page marker.
• All stories are preceded with numbers as "Tale One" to "Tale Eighteen".
Fiction: The Story of the King of the Two Rivers, Saihun and Jaihun, His Son Kaukab and His Experience with the
Chamberlain Ghasb. An Astonishing Tale // The Story of Talha, the Son of the Qadi of Fustat, and What Happened to
Him with His Slave Girl Tuhfa and How She Was Taken Away from Him and What Hardships Befell Until There Was
Relief After Grief // The Story of the Six Men: The Hunchbacked, the One-Eyed, the Blind, the Crippled, the Man
Whose Lips Had Been Cut Off and the Seller of Glassware // The Story of the Four Hidden Treasures and the Strange
Things That Occurred. The First Quest. The Story of the Second Quest and the Marvellous Things Encountered. The
Story of the Quest for the Crown and It Is the Third. The Story of the Quest for the Golden Tube and It Is the Fourth //
The Story of the Forty Girls and What Happened to Them with the Prince // The Story of Julnar of the Sea and the
Marvels of the Sea Encountered by Her // The Story of 'Aras al-'Ara'is and Her Deceit, As Well As the Wonders of the
Seas and Islands // The Story of Budur and 'Umair Son of Jubair al-Shaibani with al-Khali' the Damascan, with News
and Poetry About Them // The Story of Abu Disa, Nicknamed the Bird, and the Marvels of His Strange and Comical
Story // The Story of Sul and Shumul with Reports and Poetry, and How Shumul Was Abducted, As Well As What
Ordeals Her Cousin Sul Faced and How the Two Were Reunited. It Is a Marvellous Tale // The Story of Abu
Muhammad the Idle and the Marvels He Encountered with the Ape As Well As the Marvels of the Seas and Islands //
The Story of Miqdad and Mayasa, Together with Poetry and Reports, and the Conversion of Miqdad and Mayasa at the
Hand of 'Ali Son of Abi Talib, the Exalted by God // The Story of Sakhr and Al-Khansa' of the Miqdam and Haifa'. With
Poetry and Prose // The Story of Sa'id Son of Hatim al-Bahili and the Marvels He Encountered at Sea and with the
Monk Simeon // The Story of Muhammad the Foundling and Harun al-Rashid // The Story of Ashraf and Anjab and
the Marvellous Things That Happened to Them // The Story of the Talisman Mountain and Its Marvels // The Story of
Mahliya and Mauhuand the White-Footed Gazelle. It Contains Strange and Marvellous Things
