For ten points, identify this collection of tales narrated by Scheherazade, which includes the stories of Sinbad and Ali Baba.
In one section of this work, a cobbler asks a pastry-cook for five pounds of vermicelli-cake after weeping about his wife. In addition to Maruf, another character in this work threatens to execute his minister if he cannot find the murderer of a dead woman within three days. In another section, the central character notices a stream filled with precious stones when meeting the king of (*) Serendib. This work also describes a slave-girl from Cassim's household named Morgiana, who pours boiling oil on 37 thieves hiding in jars. For ten points, identify this collection of tales narrated by Scheherazade, which includes the stories of Sinbad and Ali Baba.
In one section of this work, a cobbler asks a pastry-cook for five pounds of vermicelli-cake after weeping about his wife.
Arabian Nights’ Entertainment [accept One Thousand and One Nights or One Thousand and One Arabian Nights or Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah] &lt;KT&gt;