a tome of traditional Arabic
stories, Prince Ardashir is slipped into the
bedroom of Princess Hayat al-Nufus by
her nurse, who veils him and teaches
him a female gait; in another story King
Shah Zaman catches the wife of his
brother, King Shahryar, cavorting with 20
slave girls, ten of whom prove, when
disrobed, to be well-endowed males.