According to one legend, Oman was the home of this "Thousand and One Nights" sailor
[DOC] [TLE] List of stories within One Thousand and One Nights - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of the stories in Richard Francis Burton's translation of One 
Thousand and One ..... Harun Al-Rashid and Abu Hasan, The Merchant of Oman 
(947952); Ibrahim and Jamilah .... Kashmiri version; Panjb version; Tibetan 
version; Legend of St. Eustache; Old English "Gesta" version; Romance of Sir 
Isumbras.