The Thousand and One Nights Vocabulary Flashcards
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Shahriyar
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woman-hating King who married a different woman every night but kills them the next morning until he meets Shaharazad whom he eventually falls in love with
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Shaharazad
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a princess who outsmarts King Shahriyar and prevents her death by telling stories every night but withholding the ending until the following night
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Jinnee
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genie that emerges from the bottle in “The Fisherman and the Jinnee” from The Thousand and One Nights
