Shahryar
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| '''King Shahryar''' is a [[fictional character]] in ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]]''. Shahryār is betrayed by his wife, which makes him go mad and believe that all women will, in the end, [[betray]] him. So every night for three years, the mad king takes a wife and has her executed the next morning, until he marries [[Scheherazade]], his [[vizier]]’s beautiful and clever daughter. For 1001 nights in a row, Scheherazade tells Shahryār a story, each time stopping at dawn with a [[cliffhanger]], thus forcing him to keep her alive for another day so that she can complete the tale the next night. | '''King Shahryar''' is a [[fictional character]] in ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]]''. Shahryār is betrayed by his wife, which makes him go mad and believe that all women will, in the end, [[betray]] him. So every night for three years, the mad king takes a wife and has her executed the next morning, until he marries [[Scheherazade]], his [[vizier]]’s beautiful and clever daughter. For 1001 nights in a row, Scheherazade tells Shahryār a story, each time stopping at dawn with a [[cliffhanger]], thus forcing him to keep her alive for another day so that she can complete the tale the next night. | ||
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King Shahryar is a fictional character in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Shahryār is betrayed by his wife, which makes him go mad and believe that all women will, in the end, betray him. So every night for three years, the mad king takes a wife and has her executed the next morning, until he marries Scheherazade, his vizier’s beautiful and clever daughter. For 1001 nights in a row, Scheherazade tells Shahryār a story, each time stopping at dawn with a cliffhanger, thus forcing him to keep her alive for another day so that she can complete the tale the next night.
He is the brother of Shah Zaman.
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