The wise fool Nasreddin is the central character in a cycle of comic tales and jokes that are told all over the Middle East. He is known as Nasreddin Hodja or Mullah Nasreddin in much of the Turkic and Iranian speaking world, and as Juha in the Arabic speaking world. In India, similar stories are told of the wise fools Birbal, and Tenali Raman.
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- Afghanistan Online: Mullah Nasruddin Jokes Collection of Mullah Nasruddin jokes from Afghanistan.
- Molla Nasreddin - Comic Sage of the Ages Article in Azerbaijan International; includes stories.
- Nasreddin Hoca, Mulla Nasreddin, Efendi Illustrated anecdotes of the wise fool, collected by Turgut Durduran and Amy Alexieff.
- Nasreddin Hodja Jokes Introduction and stories of Nasreddin Hodja, who has an answer to every question and is up to every trick.
- Mulla or Hodja Nasreddin as seen by Cypriot Turks and Greeks Article by Harid Fedai, published in the e-zine Folklore).
- Jeremy Schiff's Hodja Homepage Stories of the hodja, including Alice Geer Kelsey's book "Once the Hodja", and Alpay Kabacali's illustrated stories.
- Afghan Network: Mullah Nasruddin A few of the thousands of humorous and thoughtful stories about Mullah Nasruddin.