The story of the origin of "One Thousand One Nights" is still far from clear; its origins are lost in the depths of centuries. The first written information about the Arab collection of fairy tales framed by the story of Shahriyar and Shahrazad and called "A Thousand Nights" or "A Thousand One Nights," we find in the writings of Baghdad writers of the 10th century - the historian al-Masudi and the bibliographer al-Nadim, who speak of him as a long and well-known work. Already in those days, information about the origin of this book was rather vague and it was considered a translation of the Persian collection of fairy tales "Hezar-Efsane," allegedly compiled for Humai, daughter of the Iranian king Ardeshir (IV century BC).