Scheherazade
main female character and a narrator in The Thousand and One Nights
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Summary
Scheherazade is a literary character[1]. She ranks in the top 5% of literary character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,059 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Spouse: Shahryar[3]
- Sex or gender: female[4]
- Instance of: fictional human[5]
- Performer: Mili Avital[6]
- Commons category: Scheherazade[7]
- Given name: Shahrzad[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Scheherazade[9]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11]
- Present in work: One Thousand and One Nights[12]
- Name in native language: شهرزاد[13]
- Sibling: Dunyazad[14]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Scheherazade include 643 Scheherezade[15], an asteroid[16].
Why It Matters
Scheherazade has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] She is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]
Entities named for her include 643 Scheherezade[15], an asteroid[16].
FAQs
Who was Scheherazade married to?
Scheherazade's spouses include Shahryar[3].