be from Jewish sources. The numbers are those in W. F. Kirby's comparative list given in all forms of Burton's edition; the letters in parentheses refer to the identifications by Perles: 22. Ala Al-Din Abu Al-Shamat. 41. Ali Shah and Zumurrud. 52. Devout Israelite (F.). 114. Angel of Death and the Proud King. 115. Angel of Death and the Rich King. 116. Angel of Death and the King of the Children of Israel. 117. Izkander (Alexander the Great) and the Poor Folk. 119. The Jewish Cadi and His Pious Wife (A.) 122. Devout Tray-Maker and His Wife (J.). 126. The Moslem Champion. 127. The Christian King's Daughter. 128. Prophet and Providence (C.). 130. Island King and Pious Israelite. 132. Queen of Serpents: (a) Adventures of Bulukuia; (b) Story of Jamshah. 133 gg. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad. 136. Judar and His Brethren. 137. Ajib and Gharib. 155. Hassan of Bassorah. 161 k. The Blind Man and the Cripple (G.). 163. Abdallah the Fisherman. 168. Abdallah ibn Fazil and His Brothers. 183 a. Harun al-Rashid and TuḦfat al-Ḳulub. 196. Story of Ali Cogia (K.—one of Galland's additions). 203. Sultan of Yemen and His Three Sons. 256. Story of Abdallah (E.). Besides these stories, there are several others obviously inserted by the same hand. Thus, the whole collection from 114 to 132 appears to be by the hand of Wahb ibn Munabbih. Sunni view Although Muslims regarded him as a reliable authority in these accounts, many of them, such as Ibn Khaldun, declared that in his other writings he simply lied (comp. "Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits," xx.part 1, p. 461; De Slane, Ibn Challikan, iii. 673, note 2). It is known that Wahb and Ka'b al-Ahbar taught Tafsir their fellow Muslims. Scholars like Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud had warned people not to learn the Tafsir from the People of the Book, arguing that they used to interpolate their own biblical beliefs, teachings and history with the Islamic creeds and preaching. Ahmad ibn Hanbal said "he was a man of Persian descent" and also "Anyone from Yemen and has a 'Dhee' in his name, then his lineage is noble. It is said: So and so has Dhee and so and so has no Dhee." Al-'Ijlee said: "He was a trustworthy Taabi'ee, and the judge over San'aa" said: See also Wahb (name) References 7th-century births 7th-century Iranian people 8th-century deaths 8th-century historians of