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Sinba the Sailor (also spelled Sindbad; Persian: سندپاذ; Arabic السندباد البحري Al-Sindibaad Al-Bahri) is a story-cycle of ancient Middle Eastern origin. Sinbad is a Persian word hinting at an Iranian origin - although the oldest texts of the cycle are in Arabic. Sinbad, the hero of the stories is a sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate.

Trivia about sinbad

  • He was in the National Honor Society at Benton Harbor High -- good training for "Celebrity Jeopardy!"
  • During his 7 voyages, he was sold into slavery, met the cyclops, & got stuck on 2 desert islands
  • According to one legend, Oman was the home of this "Thousand and One Nights" sailor
  • His seventh & final voyage took him to the Land of Serendib
  • This character is the hero of several tales & of the movie seen here
  • On his fifth voyage, he encounters the Old Man of the Sea
  • One of his 7 voyages took him to Serendib
  • After a horrible first voyage he had planned to stay in Baghdad, but wound up making 6 more
  • The "Arabian Nights" tales include the adventures of this sailor & his 7 voyages
  • This sailor hero's adventures include "The Golden Voyage" & "The Eye of the Tiger"
  • This sailor recounts his 7 voyages to a poor porter named Hindbad
  • On his fifth voyage, his ship is destroyed by giant angry mythical birds called rocs
  • This sailor's first voyage begins, "My father left me a considerable estate"
  • 1977:"....and the Eye of the Tiger"
  • Once a regular on "A Different World" he had a 2010 comedy special subtitled "Where U Been?"
  • This comic who starred in "Jingle All the Way" was never a sailor but he did serve in the Air Force

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