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One Thousand and One Nights (also known simply as One Thousand Nights; Arabic: كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة, Kitāb 'Alf Layla wa-Layla - Persian هزار و یک شب, Hazār-u Yek Šeb), is a collection of tales reflecting the shared heritage of different cultures, the origin, author, and composition history of which remain unclear. This work took shape over a long historical period in Indian, Iranian, and Arabic literary circles, later enriched by local contributions across different regions of the Islamic world.