Court, Thieves, and Chiefs of Police

Inside this edition

Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 38 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.

• Anonymous Transmission
• Characters 1: Court, Thieves, and Chiefs of Police
• Characters 2: Judges, Witnesses, and Merchants
• Routes of Court, Thieves, and Chiefs of Police
• Ruined Courtyard of the Golden DishesBroken noble courtyard where ruined generosity, gold dishes and debt meet.
• Connections 1: Courtly Power
• The Hidden ChamberHarun discovers the secluded music chamber, the wine cup and the sleeping singer.
• The Missing CupThe caliph tests Abu Nowas as the hidden cup turns danger into verse.

This edition

Title

Court, Thieves, and Chiefs of Police

Author

Anonymous

First published

1885

Illustrated plates

78 original artworks · 38 open to everyone

Chapters

10 · about 8,622 words

Reading time

34 min

Language

EN

Formats

Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription

Publisher

LitLab — The Illustrated Classics

On LitLab since

September 2026

Rights

Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.