Thousand and One Nights
Britishnoun
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Is it the main villain in One Thousand and One Nights?
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
The story's central character, Kahramana, is a reference to Ali Baba's slave girl in One Thousand and One Nights.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2016
The colorful character Ali Baba made quite the splash when 18th century readers encountered him in "One Thousand and One Nights."
From US News ● Aug. 25, 2016
The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories tied together using a frame story.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Not that book, Mo. But Mo had already picked up another book: Tales From the Thousand and One Nights.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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