Scheherazade

main female character and a narrator in The Thousand and One Nights
Person literary_character Q216445
Scheherazade
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Scheherazade

Summary

Scheherazade is a literary character[1]. She has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Scheherazade was married to Shahryar[3].
  • Scheherazade is recorded as female[4].
  • Scheherazade's instance of is recorded as literary character[5].
  • Scheherazade's instance of is recorded as fictional human[6].
  • Among the performers on Scheherazade was Mili Avital[7].
  • Scheherazade's Commons category is recorded as Scheherazade[8].
  • Scheherazade's given name is recorded as Shahrzad[9].
  • Scheherazade's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scheherazade[10].
  • Scheherazade's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Scheherazade's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • Scheherazade's present in work is recorded as One Thousand and One Nights[13].
  • Scheherazade's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'شهرزاد'}[14].
  • Scheherazade's sibling is recorded as Dunyazad[15].

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Personal Life

Scheherazade was married to Shahryar[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Scheherazade include 643 Scheherezade[16], an asteroid[17].

Why It Matters

Scheherazade has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] She is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for her include 643 Scheherezade[16], an asteroid[17].

FAQs

Who was Scheherazade married to?

Scheherazade's spouses include Shahryar[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Frettiebot bot · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 8d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Sex or gender female
    Described by source Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
    Present in work One Thousand and One Nights
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