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"The Arabian Nights: Thousand Nights and a Night" is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. The stories are primarily told by Scheherazade, a legendary queen and storyteller who saves her own life by telling her husband, King Shahryar, a new tale every night for one thousand and one nights.Volume VII of Richard F. Burton's translation of "The Arabian Nights" contains several popular tales, including "Nur al-Din Ali and Anis al-Jalis," "The Ebony Horse," and "The Three Calendars."In "Nur al-Din Ali and Anis al-Jalis," a young man named Nur al-Din Ali falls in love with a beautiful slave girl named Anis al-Jalis. After her owner forbids their relationship, the two lovers flee together and embark on a series of adventures across the world."The Ebony Horse" tells the story of a young prince who discovers a magical horse made of ebony and ivory. The horse can fly and takes the prince on a journey to a distant kingdom where he meets a beautiful princess. The prince must solve a riddle to win the princess's hand in marriage and ultimately defeat an evil sorcerer who seeks to destroy their love.