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This article is substantially duplicated by a piece in an external publication. Please do not flag this article as a copyright violation of the following source: The History of the Arabian Nights, 2016

1001 Nights has based itself in Baghdad and intends to tell stories that took place when the Islamosphere claimed its "Golden Age".

I have noticed that description of women characters are missing and that the romance that this page once presented has become absent. 137.59.221.36 ( talk) 20:03, 3 December 2021 (UTC) Reply reply

There should really be a section of this page about the incredibly sexist, racist, and misogynistic nature of some of the stories. Particularly the main Scheherazade plot line. To modern people, even and maybe especially Arabs, it can be shocking and deserves a section of discussion. Sexism is only mentioned one time on the whole page and only in relation to a recent non-sexist edited version of the Tales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CL8 ( talk • contribs) 14:10, 28 May 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

Almost every piece of historical literature is prejudiced in some manner from a modern perspective - which is a bit redundant to explain, but certainly can be explained if there are reliable, secondary sources that bother to. But the topic is also subjective, and modern views don't mean the work was prejudiced in its time period - unless it is detailed as such by scholars. Iskandar323 ( talk) 14:26, 28 May 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

If this was a western work of art I bet you it would be heavily censored, at least "controversial" Stianwick ( talk) 17:01, 8 July 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

This is an anachronistic view of the Tales. They were a (classic) product of cultures that existed centuries before modern Leftist sensibilities. With that said, if you want to add a "modern criticism" section, that would be fine, provided you have the RS to back it up. Xcalibur ( talk) 02:46, 23 July 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

To take just one example: is The Canterbury Tales - the nearest "western" equivalent I can think of offhand, which is also (as one would expect) similarly deeply old-fashioned, subject to this kind of ignorant nonsense? "The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there". People obsessed with an all-pervading sense of the modern "left/right" dichotomy meed to get over this. -- Soundofmusicals ( talk) 12:10, 24 July 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

For all the differences, I'd say that's a good comparison, since they're both anthologies with a frame story. And yes, you need to consider the past on its own merits, rather than give in to the temptation to see it through the lens of current attitudes. Btw, you might notice that I'm perfectly capable of working well with others, depending on the context. Xcalibur ( talk) 01:11, 27 July 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

The Persian translation of this work is from the Arabic - the earlier Persian prototype (Hezār Afsān) is covered in its own section. Note in particular that

• "No physical evidence of the Hezār Afsān has survived, so its exact relationship with the existing later Arabic versions remains a mystery."

-- Soundofmusicals ( talk) 22:46, 23 June 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

It's often the case that historical texts have ambiguous origins. This is especially so when it's a compilation with multiple authors adding to it over centuries. We can surmise that there were Indian, Persian, and Arabic sources for this great work, and perhaps other sources further afield (Ottoman Turkey, Central Asia?). There may have also been translations back & forth and a complex web of influences, which is difficult at best to sort out. All we can do is work with what we've got. Xcalibur ( talk) 03:28, 23 July 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

Precisely the point we must make to all 'patriotic" Persian folk who assume that because the frame story has a Persian setting the origins MUST be Persian. At best it ain't necessarily so. We DO give Hezār Afsān a fair go, I think. -- Soundofmusicals ( talk) 11:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

Yes, it's covered fairly. It's clear that Persian language, culture, literary influence, etc was historically prestigious and widespread, see Persianate_society. Thus, a Persian-influenced frame story only narrows it down to somewhere between the Ottoman Empire and Mughal India. Xcalibur ( talk) 13:43, 26 July 2022 (UTC) Reply reply

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The Shantae series draw from One Thousand and One Nights

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Inspired by Arabian Nights Shafi96 ( talk) 20:16, 13 August 2022 (UTC) Reply reply