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Sinbad the Persian sailor

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Sinbad the Persian sailor (/ˈsɪnbæd/; Persie: سُنباد بحری‎, romanised: Sonbād-e Bahri; Arabic: سنباد البحري‎, romanised: Sindibādu al-Bahriyy or Sindbad) is a feectional mariner an the hero o a leeterar cycle o Middle Eastern soorce. He is describit as hailin fra Baghdad durin the early Abbasid Caliphate (8th an 9th centuries A.D.). In the coorse o seeven jurneys ootthrou the seas east o Africa an sooth o Asie, he haes fantastic adventurs in magical kinricks, encounterin beasts an witin weirdfu phenomena.

Sinbad an the Roc

References

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  • Pinault, D. (1998). "Sindbad". In Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul (eds.). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. 2. Taylor & Francis. pp. 721–723. ISBN 9780415185721.