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The Mock Caliph
Anonymous · 1885 · Adventure, Romance
A disguised caliph discovers a young man holding a nightly mock court in Baghdad. This illuminated LitLab edition follows the tale through hidden identity, hospitality, romance, judgment and mercy with character studies, maps, connections, recaps, story medallions and luminous scene plates.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 16 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
World Plate 01 — Baghdad by NightGeographic or spatial context for the tale.
World Plate 03 — Route of the Mock CourtGeographic or spatial context for the tale.
Connections I — Character WebRelationship map for principal characters.
Cast Sheet 01 — Harun and the Night CompanionsCharacter lineup for the night walk.
Cast Sheet 02 — Mohammed Ali, Dunya and the CourtCharacter lineup for the romance and judgment.
Harun al-Rashid — ProfileCharacter profile plate with role, identity and key objects.
Recap 01 — Night Walk and Mock CourtPreviously recap information plate with panels, labels and objects.
Recap 03 — Mercy and RevelationPreviously recap information plate with panels, labels and objects.
This edition
- Title
- The Mock Caliph
- Author
- Anonymous
- First published
- 1885
- Illustrated plates
- 41 original artworks · 16 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 8,129 words
- Reading time
- 33 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
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