Scheherazade's witty and dynamic voice was taken up by storytellers across the cultivated urban centres of Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, and al-Andalus, with influences from multiple traditions, including Greek, Coptic, North African, and Hebrew. By the twelfth century the 1001 Nights was established, with the story of Scheherazade being its frame.

Narrative

In the frame narrative of Alf Layla wa-Layla, King Shahryar, ruler of an unnamed eastern kingdom, discovers that his wife has been unfaithful.

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