batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l7462-l7559
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l7462-l7559
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7462-7559
start: '7462'
end: '7559'
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: Saouy accuses Noureddin before the king, who orders Noureddin’s house destroyed
and Noureddin and the Persian slave brought to him. A doorkeeper, Sangiar, warns
Noureddin, gives him money, and Noureddin flees with the fair Persian by ship
to Bagdad. There they sleep outside a garden belonging to the Caliph. Scheih Ibrahim,
the garden’s doorkeeper, admits them into the garden and pavilion, accepts money
for food, opens the saloon, and later resists but is asked to procure wine without
touching it himself.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Saouy tells the king that Noureddin sold an incomparable slave who had originally
been purchased with money given by the king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Saouy says Noureddin refused to sell the slave to him and beat him after a
remonstrance about wronging the king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The king orders the captain of the guard and forty men to pillage and raze
Noureddin’s house and bring Noureddin and the slave to him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Sangiar hears the order, leaves the king’s apartment, warns Noureddin to flee
with the beautiful Persian, and gives him forty gold pieces.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Noureddin and the fair Persian flee veiled, leave the town unnoticed, board
a ship at the mouth of the Euphrates, and sail to Bagdad.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The king proclaims a reward for whoever brings Noureddin and the slave and
punishment for whoever hides them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: In Bagdad, Noureddin and the fair Persian wander by the Tigris and sleep on
sofas before the shut gate of a high-walled garden.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The garden belongs to the Caliph and contains a vast pavilion with a saloon
of eighty windows and lustres lit when the Caliph spends the evening there.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Scheih Ibrahim is the old soldier and doorkeeper of the garden, under orders
about admission and the door-side sofas.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Scheih Ibrahim initially intends to drive the sleepers out with blows but,
seeing they are a handsome young man and beautiful young woman, wakes them more
gently and offers lodging in the garden.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Noureddin gives Scheih Ibrahim two gold pieces to obtain food, and Scheih
Ibrahim plans to spend only a tenth and keep the rest.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Noureddin and the Persian enter the pavilion saloon after Scheih Ibrahim unlocks
it and are dazzled by its paintings, furniture, candles, and silver arms.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: After the three eat together, Noureddin asks Scheih Ibrahim to bring wine;
Scheih Ibrahim objects on religious grounds, and Noureddin proposes a way for
him to procure it without touching it.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Saouy
description: A speaker before the king who accuses Noureddin and weeps after describing
his beating.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the king
description: The ruler who becomes angry at Saouy’s report and orders the seizure
of Noureddin and the slave.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Noureddin
description: Son of the late vizir, owner or companion of the fair Persian, accused
by Saouy, warned by Sangiar, and fugitive to Bagdad.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the fair Persian / the slave
description: A beautiful young woman associated with Noureddin, sought by the king’s
order, and fleeing with Noureddin to Bagdad.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sangiar
description: A doorkeeper who had been a slave of Khacan and warns Noureddin of
the king’s order.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: captain of the guard
description: Officer ordered to take forty men to Noureddin’s house and bring Noureddin
and the slave to the king.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Scheih Ibrahim
description: An old soldier and doorkeeper of the Caliph’s garden who admits Noureddin
and the Persian, opens the pavilion saloon, and is asked to obtain wine.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: the Caliph
description: The owner of the garden and pavilion in Bagdad.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: accuser before ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Saouy reports Noureddin’s alleged misconduct to the king and presents himself
as injured.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: angry ruler issuing coercive order
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The king becomes wrathful and orders house destruction and seizure, then
issues a reward and threat proclamation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: accused young man
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Noureddin is accused of misusing the king’s gift and assaulting Saouy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: fugitive pair
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: Noureddin and the fair Persian flee together from the town and travel by
ship to Bagdad.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: secret helper and warner
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sangiar slips out, warns Noureddin to flee, and gives him forty gold pieces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: agent of royal enforcement
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The captain is ordered to take forty men, destroy the house, and bring the
fugitives to the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: threshold guardian / doorkeeper
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Scheih Ibrahim lives at and controls access to the Caliph’s garden and pavilion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:8
label: compromised host
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: He admits the pair, takes money for provisions while keeping most of it,
opens the saloon, eats with them, and is asked to obtain wine despite his objection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:9
label: absent owner of splendid garden
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The garden and pavilion are identified as belonging to the Caliph, but he
does not appear in this passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: high-walled garden
literal_form: garden enclosed by a high wall, belonging to the Caliph
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: ship to Bagdad
literal_form: ship at the mouth of the Euphrates that carries Noureddin and the
Persian to Bagdad
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: locked pavilion saloon
literal_form: vast pavilion with locked saloon, eighty windows, lustres, paintings,
furniture, candles, and silver arms
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: sym:4
label: gold pieces
literal_form: forty gold pieces from Sangiar; two gold pieces for food; two pieces
for wine expenses
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: sym:5
label: wine
literal_form: wine requested by Noureddin and objected to by Scheih Ibrahim
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:6
label: waterways
literal_form: the Euphrates mouth, the voyage to Bagdad, and the banks of the Tigris
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Saouy’s accusation before the king
summary: Saouy reports that Noureddin improperly kept and then sold the slave bought
with royal funds, refused Saouy’s offer, and beat him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Royal order and secret warning
summary: The king orders Noureddin’s house destroyed and Noureddin and the slave
seized; Sangiar secretly warns Noureddin and gives him money for flight.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Flight by ship to Bagdad
summary: Noureddin and the fair Persian flee the town, board a ship at the Euphrates,
and reach Bagdad, while the king later proclaims reward and punishment regarding
them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Sleeping at the Caliph’s garden gate
summary: The pair, not knowing where to lodge in Bagdad, sleep on sofas before a
shut gate at a high-walled garden belonging to the Caliph.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Admission by Scheih Ibrahim
summary: Scheih Ibrahim finds the pair asleep, chooses not to beat them, learns
they are strangers, and leads them into the Caliph’s garden.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Opening the pavilion and meal
summary: Noureddin gives money for food; Scheih Ibrahim returns, opens the locked
saloon, and the three eat together amid the pavilion’s splendid furnishings.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:7
label: Request for wine
summary: After the meal, Noureddin asks Scheih Ibrahim for wine; Scheih Ibrahim
refuses direct contact with it, citing pilgrimage and renunciation, and Noureddin
suggests an indirect method of procurement.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: persecuted lovers or companions flee royal pursuit
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: A royal order seeks to seize Noureddin and the fair Persian after Saouy’s
accusation; they are warned and escape by ship to another city.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents flight from royal anger, but does not explicitly
frame the pair as lovers in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: secret helper warns fugitive of danger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sangiar secretly leaves the king’s apartment, warns Noureddin to flee instantly,
and supplies him with gold.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No broader supernatural or ritual role is indicated.
- id: motif:3
label: arrival at an unknown city and chance lodging at a forbidden or elite enclosure
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The fugitives reach unfamiliar Bagdad, sleep outside the Caliph’s high-walled
garden despite orders against use of the sofas, and are then admitted by the doorkeeper.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact garden/threshold motif; 'departure'
only partly fits the travel sequence.
- id: motif:4
label: threshold guardian admits strangers into hidden splendor
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Scheih Ibrahim controls access to the Caliph’s garden and locked pavilion
but admits the two strangers and opens the magnificent saloon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The doorkeeper is ordinary and not a supernatural guardian in the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: religious renunciation tested by social festivity
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After eating together, Noureddin requests wine; Scheih Ibrahim says he has
made the pilgrimage to Mecca four times and renounced wine, yet is asked to procure
it indirectly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage stops before showing whether the objection is overcome.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 7462-7472
quote_or_summary: Saouy tells the king he found a beautiful slave being sold by
Noureddin, son of the late vizir, and says this was the slave purchased with the
king’s money.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7472-7482
quote_or_summary: Saouy reports offering 10,000 gold pieces, being insulted, remonstrating
that Noureddin wronged the king, and then being dragged from his horse and beaten.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7486-7490
quote_or_summary: The king’s anger is kindled and he orders the captain of the guard
with forty men to pillage and raze Noureddin’s house and bring Noureddin and the
slave.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7490-7496
quote_or_summary: Sangiar, a doorkeeper formerly enslaved to Khacan, hears the order,
slips out, warns Noureddin to flee with the beautiful Persian, and gives him forty
gold pieces.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7498-7503
quote_or_summary: The fair Persian veils herself; she and Noureddin leave town unnoticed,
find a ship at the mouth of the Euphrates bound for Bagdad, embark, and sail.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7504-7512
quote_or_summary: The guards find no trace at Noureddin’s house; the king proclaims
reward for bringing Noureddin and the slave and punishment for hiding them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 7512-7520
quote_or_summary: Noureddin and the fair Persian reach Bagdad, pay for passage,
go ashore, wander by the Tigris, and sleep on sofas before a shut gate of a high-walled
garden.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 7522-7526
quote_or_summary: The garden belongs to the Caliph and contains a vast pavilion
with a superb saloon, eighty windows, and lustres used when the Caliph spends
the evening there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 7526-7529
quote_or_summary: Only Scheih Ibrahim, an old soldier and doorkeeper, lives there;
he has strict orders about whom to admit and about not allowing anyone to sit
on the sofas by the door.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 7529-7537
quote_or_summary: Scheih Ibrahim returns, sees two people asleep, first considers
beating them away, then sees a handsome young man and beautiful young woman and
offers them better lodging in the garden.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 7537-7544
quote_or_summary: Noureddin gives Scheih Ibrahim two gold pieces for food so they
may make merry; Scheih Ibrahim, being avaricious, plans to spend only a tenth
and keep the rest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 7544-7552
quote_or_summary: Noureddin and the Persian ask to enter the locked saloon; Scheih
Ibrahim brings the key and light, opens it, and they are dazzled by paintings,
furniture, windows, candles, and silver arms.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 7554-7559
quote_or_summary: After the meal Noureddin asks for wine; Scheih Ibrahim says he
has renounced wine after pilgrimage to Mecca; Noureddin suggests obtaining jars
by ass without touching the wine himself.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are candidate
descriptive patterns rather than claims of historical relationship. No comparison
claims are made because the passage does not itself support a comparison to another
tradition or corpus.
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: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
All evidence is summarized from the public-domain passage; no external comparisons or taxonomy identifiers beyond the supplied list were introduced.
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