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I recently read Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of Arabian Nights. Women cheating on their husbands, particularly with black men, seems to be a theme running through many of the stories. Is this accurate to the original tales, or a weird predilection inserted by European translators?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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