About the book: 1958 / Nights 1-38 Monument of Arabic oral folk art "Tales of Shahrazad" book of a thousand and one nights. The stories included in the book, which go back to Arab, Iranian and Indian folklore, are very diverse in style and content. This is a kaleidoscope of events and images of a bygone era with a motley coloring of the morals and life of various segments of the population during the time of the Baghdad ruler Harun al-Rashid. The connecting link of all fairy tales is the wise and well-read daughter of the vizier, Shahrazad. Fleeing from the massacre of Shahryar, who, after betrayal, took up arms against all women, Shahrazad with her stories distracts the tyrant from dark thoughts, interrupting her story at the most interesting place and igniting his curiosity. "Among the magnificent monuments of oral folk art, "Tales of Shahrazad" are the most monumental monument. These fairy tales with amazing perfection express the desire of the working people to surrender to the “charm of sweet inventions”, free play with words, express the exuberant power of the flowery imagination of the peoples of the East - Arabs, Persians, Indians. This verbal weaving was born in ancient times; its multi-colored silk threads were intertwined throughout the earth. covering it with a verbal carpet of amazing beauty".