One Thousand and One Nights / Hisham and the Child

One Thousand and One Nights is a classic collection of stories in the Arabic literary tradition. This particular tale, titled Hesham and the Child, concerns the story of Hesham and a child within the broader narrative of Arab rule over Andalusia. The text presented here is part of the edition prepared by Molla Abdollatif Tasooji. The tale belongs to the celebrated frame-narrative collection known in Persian as Hezar o Yek Shab, set in the world of medieval Islamic civilization, and follows the fortunes of characters in Andalusia during the period of Arab dominance there.