Princess Shams al-Nahar

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Princess Shams al-Nahar is a fictional royal heroine from the medieval Arabic tale "The Ebony Horse" in the One Thousand and One Nights collection, known for her beauty and central role in the story’s romantic adventure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
princess
appearsIn The Arabian Nights
surface form: Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights
surface form: One Thousand and One Nights

The Ebony Horse
associatedWith courtly romance
magic mechanical horse
characterTrait beautiful
courageous
romantic
characterType princess
createdInPeriod medieval era
culturalContext Islamic Golden Age
surface form: Islamic Golden Age literature
fictionalStatus fictional
genre fantasy literature
romantic adventure
hasRomanticPlot yes
hasRoyalBackground yes
hasTitle Princess
includedIn classic world literature anthologies
knownFor beauty
central role in romantic adventure
languageOfOrigin Arabic
literaryTradition Arabic folk tale tradition
medium prose narrative
nameInArabic Ash-Shams
surface form: شمس النهار
narrativeFunction central romantic interest
protagonist
originCollectionRegion Middle Eastern literature
partOfCollection The Arabian Nights
surface form: One Thousand and One Nights
partOfWork The Ebony Horse
relatedWork The Arabian Nights
surface form: stories of One Thousand and One Nights
roleInWork heroine
royal heroine
settingCulture medieval Arabic literature
storyTheme adventure
fate and destiny
love
workTypeContext frame story of Shahrazad

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The Ebony Horse featuresCharacter Princess Shams al-Nahar