One Hundred and One Nights (book)

One Hundred and One Nights (Arabic: كتاب فيه حديث مائة ليلة وليلة, romanized: Kitâb Fîhi Hadîth Mi'a Layla wa-Layla)[1] is a book of Arabic literature consisting of twenty stories, which presents many similarities to the more famous One Thousand and One Nights.

[5] In 2010, the Orientalist Claudia Ott discovered the oldest known manuscript of the text, dated from 1234 or '35, which includes 85 nights.

[3] Scholars consider that the two story collections complement one other, and reading both allows a more complete appreciation of medieval Arabian folk literature.

[6] Of the two, One Hundred and One Nights is thought to be older although both of the texts have complicated histories and it is difficult to say for certain.

[9] The manuscript itself, as well as an English translation by Bruce Fudge, was published by the Library of Arabic Literature in 2016.