Characters
Shah Zaman, the King of Samarkand
- Rules
- Samarkand
- Brother
- King Shahryar
- Name means
- "King of the Age" (Burton's note)
- First appears
- the opening story
Shah Zaman is the younger brother of King Shahryar. Shahryar made him king of Samarkand, and for twenty years he ruled it fairly.
The whole Arabian Nights begins with him. Shahryar missed his brother and invited him to visit. On the way, Shah Zaman was hurt by his own queen's dishonesty, and he arrived pale and sad. What he saw at his brother's palace changed both their lives. Read the prologue to find out how.
In the notes to his translation, Richard Burton says Shah Zaman is Persian for "King of the Age".
Appears in
See also
King Shahryar
SamarkandFrom the book
- Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 1 (1885), story and note 3.
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