The story behind 1001 Nights is there once was a king of Persia that had a hatred for women. He decided he would marry every virgin, and have every one of them executed the next day. Eventually, his vizier could not find him anymore virgins to marry. This is when the vizier's daughter offered to be the next wife. The night they became married, she began to tell what would be the first of many stories. She would tell a story every night, and never ending them keeping the king wanting more. This picture shows her reading to the king at bedtime. She continues to keep the king hooked by never revealing the end of the story till the next day, prolonging her life for 1001 nights. In time he fell in love with her and did not have her executed.