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 +"And so King [[Shahryar]] kept [[Scheherazade]] alive as he eagerly anticipated each new story, until, one thousand and one adventurous nights, and three sons later, the King had not only been entertained but wisely [[educated]] in [[morality]] and [[kindness]] by Scheherazade who became his [[Queen]]." --Sholem Stein
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 +"The ''[[Kitab-al-Fihrist |Fihrist]]'' narrates the [[One Thousand and One Nights frame tale as told by Richard Francis Burton|opening tale]] of [[One Thousand and One Nights|the series]]; [[Shahryar|the king]]'s heartbroken oath that every night he will wed a virgin whom he will have beheaded at dawn, and the resolution of [[Scheherazade]], who diverts him with marvelous stories until a thousand nights have revolved over the two of them and she shows him his son. This invention-far superior to the future and analogous devices of Chaucer's pious [[The Canterbury Tales|cavalcade]] or Giovanni Boccaccio's [[The Decameron|epidemic]]." --"[[The Translators of "The Thousand and One Nights"]]" (1934) by Jorge Luis Borges
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-:''[[List of characters within One Thousand and One Nights]]''+'''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 charachter]] 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.+ 
 +His brother is [[Shah Zaman]].
 +==See also==
 +*[[Shahriyar]]
 +*[[List of characters within One Thousand and One Nights]]''
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"And so King Shahryar kept Scheherazade alive as he eagerly anticipated each new story, until, one thousand and one adventurous nights, and three sons later, the King had not only been entertained but wisely educated in morality and kindness by Scheherazade who became his Queen." --Sholem Stein


"The Fihrist narrates the opening tale of the series; the king's heartbroken oath that every night he will wed a virgin whom he will have beheaded at dawn, and the resolution of Scheherazade, who diverts him with marvelous stories until a thousand nights have revolved over the two of them and she shows him his son. This invention-far superior to the future and analogous devices of Chaucer's pious cavalcade or Giovanni Boccaccio's epidemic." --"The Translators of "The Thousand and One Nights"" (1934) by Jorge Luis Borges

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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.

His brother is Shah Zaman.

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