What is Sinbad the Sailor?
{{redirect|Sinbad|comedian|Sinbad (comedian)}} [[File:Sinbad the Sailor (5th Voyage).jpg|thumb|300px|Sindbad and the Roc]] '''Sinbad the Sailor''' is a fictional character in the ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' (''The Arabian Nights''). He is a [[sailor]]. His stories take place in the days of [[Haroun al-Rashid]]. Sindbad is an Arab from Baghdad (modern day Iraq). He has many adventures. He meets [[monster]]s such as The Old Man of the Sea and the Roc. There are seven stories about Sinbad's journeys. They are sometimes a part of the Scheherazade stories. The Sinbad stories have been made into [[movie]]s and animated [[cartoon]]s. == Other websites == * [http://www.stefanmart.de/02_sindbad/020e_sindbadinhalt.htm Story of Sindbad The Sailor] * [http://www.stefanmart.de/thumbs/02e_sindbad.htm 21 Illustrations by the German cartoon pioneer Stefan Mart, from ''Tales of the Nations'' (1933)] * [http://www.zoltandemmeworks.net/eng/Sindbad-Arabian-Nights-behavior-Middle-Europe.html#maincolumn_full Sindbad's Middle-European reincarnation] [[Category:Persian literature]] [[Category:Arabic literature]] [[Category:English children's books]] [[Category:One Thousand and One Nights]] {{lit-stub}}