The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation.
Introduction to volume three; 1. Kitab Qisat al-Muqaddan 'Ali al-Zaibaq; 2. Sirat 'Antar; 3. Sirat al-Zahir Baibars; 4. Sirat Bani Hilal al-Kubra; 5. Taghribat Bani Hilal; 6. Sirat Bani Hilal fi Qissat Abi Zaid al-Hilali wa'l-Na'isa wa-Zaid al-'Ajjaj; 7. Sirat al-Amira Dhat al-Himma; 8. Qissat Firuz Shah b. al-Malik Darab; 9. Qissat al-Amir Hamzat al-Pahlawan; 10. Sirat Faris al-Yaman al-Malik Saif b. Dhi Yazan; 11. Sirat Saif al-Tijan; 12. Qissat al-Zir.