books.google.be - Elaborate, explanatory notes from the author's 1859 translation of the Arabian Nights comprise a virtual encyclopedia of Middle Eastern life. Intriguing account of Islamic society as it existed during the Middle Ages considers importance of religion, literature, festivals, education, slavery, role of...http://books.google.be/books/about/Arab_Society_in_the_Time_of_the_Thousand.html?id=oFfbKJnciPoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareArab Society in the Time of the Thousand and One Nights