Ahmed and Paribanou
Ahmed and Paribanou, or The Story of Prince Ahmed and the fairy Pari Banou,[1] is one of the tales of the compilation Arabian Nights. One of the Islamic kings of India had three sons, namely Houssain (Husayn), Ali, and Ahmed (Ahmad), and a niece named Nouronnihar (Nur al-Nahar).[2] Prince Ahmed was the younger brother of Houssain.[3] The latter possessed a magic carpet of wondrous locomotive powers.[3] Ahmed was equally blessed in the ownership of a magic tent, a present from the fairy Paribanou (Peri Banu), which would cover a whole army when spread, yet fold up into so small a compass that it might be carried in one's pocket.[3]
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Analysis
Tale type
The tale is a combination of two tale types of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index: ATU 653A, "The Rarest Thing in the World", and ATU 465, "The Man Persecuted because of His Beautiful Wife".[4]
Origins
The tale is also considered to be one of the so called "orphan stories" of the Arabian Nights compilation, because a Persian or Indian original text has not been found, unlike other tales.[5] Some scholars, like Ulrich Marzolph and Ruth Bottigheimer, ascribe its source to a Maronite Christian named Hanna Diyab, from whom French author Antoine Galland collected the story.[6][7][8]
Legacy
According to Ulrich Marzolph, tales collected later from oral tradition derive from the Galland's story in The Arabian Nights.[9]
The story was adapted by German film director Lotte Reiniger as the film The Adventures of Prince Achmed.[10][11]
See also
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Further reading
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- ↑ Marzolph; Van Leeuwen 2004, I, p. 81.
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- ↑ Marzolph, Ulrich; van Leewen, Richard. The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia. Vol. I. California: ABC-Clio. 2004. p. 81. ISBN 1-85109-640-X (e-book).
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