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Dunyazad

Real Name

Dunyazad

First Appearance

Unknown

Original Publisher

Arabic Folklore

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

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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