# @shabnamnasimi on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DP1hPHXjM9W
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35804337-shabnamnasimi-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c3d99cde45.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-15T16:21:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shabnam Nasimi (@ShabnamNasimi) — https://gondola.cc/ShabnamNasimi

## Caption

REEL HISTORY: The tales we call Arabian Nights or 1001 nights weren’t Arabian at all. They began in Persia and India — first written as ‘Hezār Afsān’ (“A Thousand Stories”) during the Sassanid Empire, centuries before Islam. It was translated into Arabic as Alf Layla wa-Layla, retold in French salons, and reimagined in Victorian England and it became the global legend of 1001 Nights.

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- **Views:** 112,502
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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shabnam Nasimi | @ShabnamNasimi | https://gondola.cc/ShabnamNasimi | Writer |

## Tags

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