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"Scheherazade", was the name of a young, beautiful girl in "The Arabian Nights".Scheherazade told a king, a neverending story, which was a collection of tales, in order for her to prevent her sister from being executed, so that the king could marry her.(Please verify with source book: The Arabian Nights)

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She was born in Persia ( Iran).

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