via the 9th century "Book of Animals" of al-Jahiz, and, even earlier, in the ancient Egyptian "Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor". Traceable influences include the Homeric epics (long familiar in the Arabic-speaking world, having been translated into that language as long ago as the 8th century A.D., at the court of the Caliph al-Mahdi), Pseudo-Callisthenes's "Life of Alexander" from the late-3rd/early 4th century A.D. The first known point at which they are associated with the Nights is a Turkish collection dated 1637. ![]() The tales of Sinbad are a relatively late addition to the One Thousand and One Nights – they don't feature in the earliest 14th-century manuscript, and appear as an independent cycle in 17th and 18th century collections. 2.8 The Seventh and Last Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.2.7 The Sixth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.2.6 The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.2.5 The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.2.4 The Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.2.3 The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.2.2 The First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.2.1 Sinbad the Sailor and Hindbad the Porter.
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