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Scheherazade (film)
Scheherazade is a major character and the storyteller in ''One Thousand and One Nights''. Scheherazade, Shéhérazade, or variants, may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * Shéhérazade (1963 film), ''Shéhérazade'' (1963 film), 1963 French adventure film * Shéhérazade (2018 film), ''Shéhérazade'' (2018 film), 2018 French film * 1001 Nights (1990 film), released in some markets as ''Sheherazade'' * Şehrazat (film), ''Şehrazat'' (film), 1964 Turkish thriller * Shahrzad (TV series), ''Shahrzad'' (TV series), Iranian romantic and historical drama series * "Scheherazade", episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 8, ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' season 8 Music * Shéhérazade (Ravel), ''Shéhérazade'' (Ravel), two works by Ravel **Shéhérazade (Frederica von Stade recording), ''Shéhérazade'' (Frederica von Stade recording), 1981 * Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov), ''Scheherazade'' (Rimsky-Korsakov), a symphonic suite later ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scheherazade
Scheherazade () is a major female character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. Name According to modern scholarship, the name ''Scheherazade'' derives from the Middle Persian name , which is composed of the words ('lineage') and ('noble, exalted'). The earliest forms of Scheherazade's name in Arabic sources include (, ) in Masudi, and in Ibn al-Nadim. The name appears as in the ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' and as in ''Encyclopædia Iranica''. Among standard 19th-century printed editions, the name appears as () in Macnaghten's Calcutta edition (1839–1842) and in the 1862 Bulaq edition, and as () in the Breslau edition (1825–1843). Muhsin Mahdi's critical edition has (). The spelling ''Scheherazade'' first appeared in English-language texts in 1801, borrowed from German usage. Narration The story goes that the monarch Shahryar, on discovering that his first wife was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
