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.[2]

Scheherazade and Shahryar by Ferdinand Keller, 1880

The origin of the work is a mystery.[2] Although some suggest the possibility that the stories have their origin in Persia or India,[3] they come from the Maghreb (Northwestern Africa),[4] which in turn, according to other authors, were originated in al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia).[5]

In 2010, the Orientalist Claudia Ott discovered the oldest known manuscript of the text, dated from 1234 or '35, which includes 85 nights.[1]

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