The Loves of Jubayr bin Umayr and the Lady Budur

Inside this edition

Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 15 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.

• World Plate 01 — Baghdad and the TigrisMap of Baghdad, the Tigris and core locations.
• World Plate 03 — The Tigris at NightRiver geography for song, boats and garden routes.
• Connections I — Character WebRelationship map for principal characters.
• Cast Sheet 01 — Court and LoverHarun, Masrur, Ibn Mansur and Jubayr.
• Cast Sheet 02 — Budur and Messengers of LoveBudur, the messenger and the singing boatwoman.
• Harun al-Rashid — ProfileCharacter profile plate with role, identity, poses, costume and story objects.
• Recap 01 — A Tale BeginsPreviously recap information plate with panels, labels and objects.
• Recap 03 — Love, Song, MessagePreviously recap information plate with panels, labels and objects.

This edition

Title

The Loves of Jubayr bin Umayr and the Lady Budur

Author

Anonymous

First published

1885

Illustrated plates

39 original artworks · 15 open to everyone

Chapters

1 · about 7,614 words

Reading time

30 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.

Source text

Project Gutenberg #53254