Scheherazade (redirected from Shaharazad)

Scheherazade: see Thousand and One Nights.

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Scheherazade

 or Sheherazade

Fictional sultan's wife who narrated The Thousand and One Nights. According to the story that serves as the collection's framework, the Sultan Shahryar found his first wife unfaithful, and, after deciding that he hated all women, he married and killed a new wife each day. Scheherazade, daughter of his vizier, in an effort to avoid his previous wives' fate, related to him a fascinating story every night, promising to finish it on the following night. The sultan enjoyed the stories so much that he put off her execution indefinitely and finally abandoned the idea altogether.

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Scheherazade

escapes being put to death by telling stories for 1001 nights. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights]

See : Cunning

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Scheherazade

spins yams for Sultan for 1001 nights. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights]

See : Enchantment

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Scheherazade

forestalls her execution with 1,001 tales. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights]

See : Storytelling