Dinarzad
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Dinarzad is a character in The Arabian Nights, known as Shahrazad’s younger sister who prompts her to tell stories each night to the king.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dinazad
ⓘ
Dinarzad ⓘ
surface form:
Dunyazad
Dinarzad ⓘ
surface form:
Dunyazade
|
| appearsIn |
The Arabian Nights
ⓘ
surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
The Arabian Nights ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
folk tales
ⓘ
frame tale collection ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
sisterhood
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ survival through narrative ⓘ |
| associatedWith | King Shahryar ⓘ |
| basedIn | legendary ancient Persia ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Islamic Golden Age literary tradition ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | frame story of One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Middle Eastern literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to help prolong Shahrazad’s life by sustaining the king’s interest
ⓘ
to request a story from Shahrazad before dawn ⓘ |
| nationality | Persian (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participating in the framing device of the Nights
ⓘ
prompting Shahrazad to tell stories each night ⓘ |
| relationshipToKingShahryar | attendant in the royal chamber during storytelling ⓘ |
| relative |
The Arabian Nights
ⓘ
surface form:
Shahrazad
|
| role |
frame narrative character
ⓘ
story prompter ⓘ |
| sibling |
The Arabian Nights
ⓘ
surface form:
Shahrazad
|
| youngerSisterOf |
The Arabian Nights
ⓘ
surface form:
Shahrazad
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dunyazad
this entity surface form:
Dunyazade