In the Great Khan’s Tent hosted by Saif Beg is a bi-weekly episodic narrative Podcast focusing on the History, Literature, and Folk Literature from the regions of the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia including Mongolia and the Russian Far East, and South Asia. In our ongoing series of ”In the Great Khan’s Tent” I will be narrating “The Thousand and One Nights” or commonly referred to as the “Arabian Nights”. Interspersed within this series will be our focus on the history of the above mentioned regions, interviews, and discussions on many facets that I am sure our listeners would enjoy.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 6 hours 57 minutes
episode 40: In The Great Khan's Tent Episode 31: The Arabian Nights Part 29
This episode marks two important milestones that we have reached here at In The Great Khan’s Tent! Firstly this is the 40th episode we have reached! Secondly, we have reached 2,000 all time downloads! Both could not have happened without the support ...
episode 39: In The Great Khan's Tent Episode 30: The Arabian Nights Part 28
In this episode, we continue our exciting exploration of the One Thousand and One Nights, with the story of “The Story of Ghanim the son of Ayyub, the Distracted Slave of Love” with Nights 40 and 41. We are first told the story of the first slave, Bu...
episode 38: In The Great Khan's Tent Presents: Ramadan/Ramzan Special Episode Part 2
Welcome to In The Great Khan’s Tent Presents: Ramadan or Ramzan, if you prefer, Special Episode Part 2! In our final special episode for this holy month of Ramadan, we delve into two tales of lesser known and uniquely Arab, Prophets, Salih (A.S.) who...
episode 37: In The Great Khan's Tent Presents: Ramazan Special Episode 1
Welcome to In The Great Khan’s Tent Ramazan Special Episode 1! In this special episode we will examine the oral and written narratives pertaining to Islam, in particular focusing on some of the lesser known Prophets mentioned in the Qur’an including ...
episode 36: In The Great Khan's Tent Episode 29: The Arabian Nights Part 27
In this episode, we continue with our exploration of the One Thousand and One Nights, with the exciting conclusion of the story of “The Story of Nur-ud-din and Anis al-Jalis” with Night 38 and begin a new story, “The Story of Ghanim the son of Ayyub,...
episode 35: In The Great Khan's Tent Presents: Tales from Central Asia Episode 3
In this episode, we continue with our on-going series titled “Tales from Central Asia” by looking at four different tales from four different ethnic groups. The first story that is told is from the Turkmen ethnic group titled “A Mountain of Gems”. Th...
episode 34: In The Great Khan's Tent Episode 28: The Arabian Nights Part 26
In this episode, we continue “The Story of Nur-ud-din and Anis al-Jalis” with Night 37. As mentioned before, we again encounter the three historical characters of Harun al-Rashid, Jafar al-Barmaki, and Mansur. There is a marked difference in how the ...
episode 33: In The Great Khan’s Tent Episode 27: The Arabian Nights Part 25
In this episode, we continue “The Story of Nur-ud-din and Anis al-Jalis” with Night 36. Once again, this is another sort of morality tale warning about the wasteful spending with unreliable people or hangers on who are just there for spending a perso...
episode 32: In The Great Khan’s Tent Episode 26: The Arabian Nights Part 24
In this episode, we continue our One Thousand and One Nights narration, with the finale of “The Case of the Tailor, The Hunchback or Humpback, the Jew, the Inspector, and the Christian” or known as “The story of the Humpback” with Night 34. This has ...
episode 31: In The Great Khan’s Tent Presents: Tales from Central Asia Episode 2
In this episode, we continue with the story of “Tsarkin Khan and the Archer”, the Kalmyk Mongol tale. In our last episode, we met the anonymous Archer who spotted three Gold Cranes who turned into beautiful ladies. He hid the feathers of one and gave...