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Lady Dunyazad of Ikhtiyan.

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  • Lady Dunyazad of Ikhtiyan.
  • Dunyazad (also called Dunyazade or Dinazade) (Persian: دنیازاد) is a fictional character in One Thousand and One Nights, the younger sister of the doomed Queen Scheherazade. In the story cycle, it is she who (at Scheherazade's instruction) initiates the tactic of cliffhanger storytelling to prevent her sister's execution by Shahryar. At the successful conclusion, she marries Shah Zaman, Shahryar's younger brother. She is recast as a major character as the narrator of the Dunyazadiad segment of John Barth's novel Chimera.
  • Dunyazad is the younger sister of Queen Scheherazade. In the story cycle, it is she who, at Scheherazade's instruction, initiates the tactic of cliffhanger storytelling to prevent her sister's execution by the king. Dunyazad, brought to her sister's bedchamber so that she could say farewell before Scheherazade's execution the next morning, asks her sister to tell one last story. At the successful conclusion of the tales, Dunyazad marries the king's younger brother.
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  • Arabic Folklore
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  • Lady Dunyazad of Ikhtiyan.
  • Dunyazad (also called Dunyazade or Dinazade) (Persian: دنیازاد) is a fictional character in One Thousand and One Nights, the younger sister of the doomed Queen Scheherazade. In the story cycle, it is she who (at Scheherazade's instruction) initiates the tactic of cliffhanger storytelling to prevent her sister's execution by Shahryar. At the successful conclusion, she marries Shah Zaman, Shahryar's younger brother. She is recast as a major character as the narrator of the Dunyazadiad segment of John Barth's novel Chimera.
  • Dunyazad is the younger sister of Queen Scheherazade. In the story cycle, it is she who, at Scheherazade's instruction, initiates the tactic of cliffhanger storytelling to prevent her sister's execution by the king. Dunyazad, brought to her sister's bedchamber so that she could say farewell before Scheherazade's execution the next morning, asks her sister to tell one last story. At the successful conclusion of the tales, Dunyazad marries the king's younger brother.
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