batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l7247-l7359
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l7247-l7359
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7247-7359
start: '7247'
end: '7359'
translation: The Arabian Nights Entertainments
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Khacan fears dishonor after Noureddin's conduct involving the beautiful
Persian. Khacan's wife advises a staged threat and intercession so that Noureddin
may be pardoned on condition that he marry the Persian and never sell or dismiss
her. Later Khacan dies after charging Noureddin never to part with her. Noureddin
mourns, then resumes society with ten young men, spends lavishly, ignores the
Persian's warnings and the steward's accounts, gives away income-producing property,
and learns from the steward that his resources are exhausted while a friend secretly
overhears.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Khacan says the loss of money is less important to him than the risk to his
honour and fears Saouy will tell the king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Khacan's wife advises him to say that the examined slave was not worthy of
the king and to ask the dealers for another.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Noureddin avoids his father for a month, returning after Khacan sleeps and
leaving before he wakes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Khacan's wife proposes that he pretend to slay Noureddin and then spare him
at her supplication.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Khacan pardons Noureddin on the condition that he take the beautiful Persian
as wife, not slave, and never sell her or put her away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Khacan becomes ill after leaving the bath while heated, feels death near,
and charges Noureddin never to part with the beautiful Persian.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: After Khacan dies, rich and poor follow him to the grave, and Noureddin shows
deep grief.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Noureddin forms a society of ten young men and spends his time in feasting
and merry-making.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The fair Persian warns Noureddin against lavish expenditure and its probable
consequences.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Noureddin refuses to examine accounts with his steward and orders him not
to disturb him about anything but living well.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Noureddin's friends take advantage of his generosity, and he gives them land,
houses, baths, and other sources of revenue.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: After a year of dissipation, the steward reports that the expense money and
all sources of income are exhausted or transferred away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: One friend hides behind the hangings, overhears the steward's report, and
tells the rest of the company.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Khacan
description: A vizir and Noureddin's father, concerned with honour and later dying
after illness.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Khacan's wife / Noureddin's mother
description: Khacan's wife, who advises him and intercedes for Noureddin.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Noureddin
description: Khacan's son, pardoned under conditions, later grieving his father
and then dissipating his inheritance.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the beautiful Persian / fair Persian
description: A woman whom Noureddin is required to take as wife and never sell or
dismiss; she later warns him against lavish spending.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Saouy
description: Khacan's mortal enemy, feared as someone who will report events to
the king.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: the king
description: The ruler to whom Khacan fears Saouy will report and for whom the original
commission involved finding a slave.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: the steward
description: Noureddin's steward, who brings account books and later reports that
funds and income sources are exhausted.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Noureddin's ten young friends
description: Young companions who feast with Noureddin and receive property and
revenue sources from him.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: father with threatened honour
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Khacan says his honour is at stake and fears the king will hear of the matter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: dying injunction-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: At his death, Khacan charges Noureddin never to part with the beautiful Persian.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: strategic counsellor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She proposes a way to deflect suspicion and later a staged reconciliation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: maternal intercessor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Khacan spares Noureddin while yielding to his wife's intercession.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: pardoned son
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Noureddin is pardoned by Khacan under stated conditions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: wasteful heir
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: After his father's death he feasts, ignores accounts, gives away property,
and exhausts his resources.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: protected wife
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Khacan requires Noureddin to take her as wife and never sell or put her away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: prudent warning figure
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: She warns Noureddin about lavish expenditure and protests the harm he does
himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: role:9
label: hostile potential informer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Khacan calls Saouy his mortal enemy and fears he will inform the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:10
label: royal authority
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Khacan fears accusations from the king and refers to the king's commission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:11
label: accounting servant
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The steward brings his book and reports the end of funds and income.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: exploitative companions
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The friends partake of hospitality, take advantage of generosity, and receive
property from Noureddin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: secluded garden
literal_form: garden where Noureddin is not known
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: bath
literal_form: bath from which Khacan leaves while still heated
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: grave
literal_form: Khacan's grave followed by rich and poor
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: feasting table
literal_form: table and festivities where Noureddin and friends sit and feast
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: sym:5
label: steward's book
literal_form: account book brought by the steward
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: hangings
literal_form: hangings behind which a friend hides to listen
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:7
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Fear of dishonour and domestic counsel
summary: Khacan fears that Saouy will report the household matter to the king; his
wife advises a public explanation and request for another slave.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Avoidance and staged pardon
summary: Noureddin avoids his father for a month. Khacan and his wife then stage
a threat to kill him, and Khacan pardons him on condition that he marry the Persian
and never sell or dismiss her.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Deathbed charge and mourning
summary: Khacan becomes fatally ill after leaving the bath and, near death, commands
Noureddin never to part with the beautiful Persian. After he dies, the kingdom
mourns and Noureddin grieves.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Feasting and rejected warnings
summary: Noureddin forms a group of ten young companions, feasts continually, ignores
the Persian's warnings, and refuses to review accounts with the steward.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Dissipation revealed and overheard
summary: Noureddin's friends benefit from his gifts until his income is exhausted;
the steward reports this to Noureddin while a friend hides behind the hangings
and then tells the company.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: maternal intercession secures pardon
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The mother proposes and enacts intercession so that Khacan spares Noureddin
and grants pardon under conditions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The episode is a domestic reconciliation scene; no broader ritual or religious
frame is stated.
- id: motif:2
label: deathbed injunction not to abandon a protected person
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Khacan's final charge to Noureddin is that he must never part with the beautiful
Persian.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the injunction but not its later outcome.
- id: motif:3
label: wasteful heir dissipates inherited wealth
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After his father's death, Noureddin feasts, rejects accounts, gives away
revenue sources, and exhausts his funds within a year.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names dissipation plainly but does not include a full moral
resolution here.
- id: motif:4
label: prudent woman warns ignored young man
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The fair Persian repeatedly warns Noureddin of the consequences of lavish
spending, but he laughs at or ignores her advice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage presents practical
counsel rather than a formal wisdom teaching.
- id: motif:5
label: hidden listener overhears ruinous news
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A friend hides behind the hangings, hears the steward's report of financial
ruin, and spreads the news to the rest of the company.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: Only this brief overhearing episode is included in the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 7247-7253
quote_or_summary: Khacan says the loss of money is not what affects him; his honour
is at stake, and he fears his enemy Saouy will tell the king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7255-7263
quote_or_summary: Khacan's wife says Saouy is malicious but advises Khacan to deny
the slave's suitability and request another from the dealers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7265-7271
quote_or_summary: Noureddin hides in a secluded garden and for a month avoids appearing
before his father by returning late and leaving early.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7273-7288
quote_or_summary: Noureddin's mother asks Khacan to pardon him; she proposes a staged
threat of death followed by her intercession.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 7288-7294
quote_or_summary: '"You owe your life to your mother. I pardon you on her intercession";
Khacan requires Noureddin to take the Persian as wife and never sell or dismiss
her.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7298-7304
quote_or_summary: More than a year later Khacan falls ill after leaving the bath
while heated and, near death, charges Noureddin never to part with the beautiful
Persian.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 7306-7310
quote_or_summary: Khacan dies, rich and poor follow him to the grave, and Noureddin
shows deep grief and refuses company for a long time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 7310-7314
quote_or_summary: A friend urges Noureddin to rejoin society; he forms a small society
of ten young men and spends his time in feasting and merry-making.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 7316-7321
quote_or_summary: The fair Persian sometimes appears at the festivities, disapproves
of the lavish expense, and warns Noureddin of probable consequences; he laughs
at her advice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: 7323-7328
quote_or_summary: Noureddin refuses to review accounts with the steward and says,
"See only that I live well," telling him not to disturb him about anything else.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 7330-7335
quote_or_summary: Noureddin's friends take advantage of his generosity; he gives
them land, houses, baths, and other revenue sources despite the Persian's protests.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 7337-7354
quote_or_summary: After a year, while Noureddin sits at table, the steward reports
that expense funds are gone and income sources have been transferred away, leaving
him unable to continue without funds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 7343-7359
quote_or_summary: A friend hides behind the hangings, hears the steward's words,
and immediately tells the rest of the company the news.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal sequence and figures are explicit in the passage. Motif labels are
descriptive and should be reviewed for alignment with the Atlas taxonomy; no comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not support a specific cross-textual
comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-29'
notes: |-
No external sources or unstated comparisons were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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