King Shahryar
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King Shahryar is the legendary Persian monarch in The Arabian Nights whose practice of marrying and executing a new bride each day is ultimately transformed by Scheherazade’s storytelling.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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legendary monarch → literary character → |
| appearsIn |
One Thousand and One Nights
NERFINISHED
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The Arabian Nights NERFINISHED → |
| brother |
King Shah Zaman
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| causeOfBehavior |
wife’s infidelity
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| characterTrait |
jealous
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suspicious of women → vengeful → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Persia
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| culture |
Persian literature
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| firstPublicationContext |
medieval Arabic manuscript tradition
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| influencedBy |
Scheherazade’s storytelling
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| knownFor |
being the husband of Scheherazade
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initiating the frame narrative of One Thousand and One Nights → |
| languageOfWork |
Arabic
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| narrativeFunction |
frame-story listener
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| notableAction |
marries a new bride each day
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orders execution of each new bride at dawn → |
| occupation |
king
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| resolutionOfArc |
abandons executions
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repents his cruelty → spares Scheherazade’s life → |
| roleInWork |
central frame-story character
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| spouse |
Scheherazade
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| themeAssociation |
justice and mercy
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misogyny and its critique → power of storytelling → |
| title |
King
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Sultan → |
| undergoesChange |
moral transformation
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Dinarzad
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associatedWith |
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The Arabian Nights
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mainCharacter |