The Arabian Nights (ألف ليلة وليلة) is a large collection of stories that are believed to be of Persian origin. They became prominent in the West in the eighteenth century when they were translated into French. The main characters of the story are king (شهريار) ‘Shahryar’ who kills his first wife after betraying him, and then he marries a girl every night and kills her in the morning in retaliation from all women. Then, he marries (شهرزاد) ‘Scheherazade’ who is a bright and eloquent young woman who starts telling the king interesting stories, and she survives one night after the other for a thousand and one nights (ألف ليلة وليلة). The stories include myths about people, animals, genies, kings, etc. Among the most famous characters of the Arabian Nights are Aladin (علاء الدين), Ali Baba (علي بابا), and Sinbad (السندباد).
