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What are the essential works of Islamic poetry?

When you think of this book what are the first stories that come to mind? Aladdin, Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves, and Sinbad the Sailor, right? But it turns out these stories WERE NOT part of the original Arabic manuscript. These were added by the first European translator Antoine Galland, who translated the work into French. But the thing is, some sources say he found the Arabic manuscripts for these other stories in his national library while other sources say he heard the stories from a Syrian Christian storyteller. Does someone here even know where these iconic stories come from? Are they just an invention of the translator who was inspired by the original ones and deemed it important to add his own stuff?

>he doesn't read his children wondrous tales of interracial cuckoldry

>he doesn't raise his children on wondrous tales of interracial cuckoldry

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ive been reading all day. pic related