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Set sail with Sindbad the Sailor, one of the most famous adventurers in all of storytelling. The stories of Sindbad the Sailor are classic Arabian tales from the Arabian Nights, telling of a merchant from Baghdad who makes seven astonishing voyages across distant and dangerous seas.
On each voyage, Sindbad the Sailor meets giants, monstrous birds, sea creatures and strange islands — and each time, through courage and quick thinking, he survives and returns home richer than before. Below you can read the introduction to Sindbad's tale and all seven of his famous voyages, retold in simple language for kids.
The introduction to the tale: how the poor porter Hindbad meets the wealthy Sindbad the Sailor, who begins to tell the story of how he earned his fortune at sea.
Sindbad sets sail for the first time and lands on what seems to be an island — until it proves to be something far more alive and dangerous.
Left behind on a deserted island, Sindbad discovers the enormous egg of the giant roc bird and devises a daring plan to escape.
Sindbad and his shipmates are captured by a fearsome giant, and must use all their wits to survive and flee the island.
Shipwrecked once more, Sindbad faces a strange custom in a faraway kingdom and must find a clever way back to freedom.
Sindbad encounters the roc once again, and is then burdened by the troublesome Old Man of the Sea, whom he must outwit.
Wrecked on a coast of treasure and rivers, Sindbad journeys through a mountain cavern to reach safety and riches.
Sindbad's last and most fateful voyage, which brings his long career of adventure at sea to its end.
Sindbad the Sailor is the hero of one of the best-loved story cycles in the Arabian Nights, also known as One Thousand and One Nights. He is a wealthy merchant living in Baghdad during the golden age of the Abbasid caliphs, in the reign of the caliph Haroun-al-Raschid. But Sindbad was not always rich. As a young man he inherited a small fortune and quickly wasted it, and so he set out to sea to make his living through trade — and through the seven extraordinary voyages that made him famous.
What makes the stories of Sindbad the Sailor so memorable is the sheer wonder of the lands he visits. Across his seven voyages he meets the gigantic roc, a bird so large it can carry an elephant; the Old Man of the Sea, who clings to his shoulders and will not let go; man-eating giants; valleys of diamonds; and islands that are not islands at all. Each voyage tests Sindbad's courage, but it is his cleverness and his refusal to give up that always carry him safely home.
The tales of Sindbad the Sailor are held together by a clever frame story. A poor porter named Hindbad, resting outside a grand mansion, complains aloud that fate has been unfair — that some men live in ease while others must labour for every coin. The owner of the mansion, the rich Sindbad the Sailor, overhears him and invites him in. Rather than taking offence, Sindbad tells Hindbad the story of his seven voyages, to show that his wealth was won through hardship, danger and near-death at sea, not handed to him by luck.
This is why the stories are best read in order. The introduction sets up the meeting of the two men, and then each voyage is told as Sindbad recounts it to Hindbad and his guests, one adventure at a time. Read together, the seven voyages form a complete and satisfying journey — one of the great adventure stories of world literature, and a perfect introduction to the Arabian Nights for young readers.
Sindbad the Sailor is the hero of a famous set of Arabian tales from the Arabian Nights. He is a merchant of Baghdad who makes seven daring sea voyages, surviving shipwrecks, giants and strange lands, and returns home wealthy each time.
Sindbad the Sailor made seven voyages in all. Each voyage is a separate adventure, and together they form one of the best-loved story cycles in the Arabian Nights.
Yes. The seven voyages of Sindbad the Sailor are one of the most famous story cycles in the Arabian Nights, also known as One Thousand and One Nights.
Yes. These stories of Sindbad the Sailor are retold in simple, easy-to-read language suitable for children and for classroom reading, while keeping the adventure and wonder of the original tales.
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