An abridged version of the tale of Scheherazade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, who tells her husband, the king, a different story every night to keep him from fulfilling his plan to kill her in the morning.
Aladdin outwits an evil magician who first tries to trick him into handing over an old lamp with a genie inside and later steals Aladdin's wife and possessions.
Twelve illustrated stories from the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, including the well-known Aladdin and the lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Sinbad the sailor.