Translated by N.J. Dawood, the seven stories from The Thousand and One Nights collected here bring to life Sinbad's daring and fantastic adventures. They date back to the time when Baghdad and Basrah were at the height of their commercial prosperity and are probably based on the Odysseus legend.Translated by N.J. Dawood, the seven stories from The Thousand and One Nights collected here bring to life Sinbad's daring and fantastic adventures. They date back to the time when Baghdad and Basrah were at the height of their commercial prosperity and are probably based on the Odysseus legend.