| ABDALLAH, THE LAST MOORISH KING [cantata] | Alfred Gilbert | 1886 | Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., London |
| ABON HASSAN | William Dimond | 1833 | New Orleans |
| AETHIOP*, or THE CHILD OF THE DESERT | Rayner Taylor,William Diamond | 1814 | G.F. Blake, Philadelphia |
| AFGAR | Chas. Cuvillier, Douglas Furher | 1920 | New York (8 NOV 1920) |
| AHMED | w. Mrs. Julia Dunne (W. Irving, “Pilgrim of Love”) | 1875 | New York (30 MAR 1875) |
| AHMED AL KAMEL, or THE PILGRIM OF LOVE | C. E. Horn, Henry James Finn (W. Irving, “Pilgrim of Love”) | 1840 | [Score lost] |
| ALADDIN | 1868 | New York (14 JAN 1868) | |
| ALADDIN | Giuseppe Operti | 1874 | Boston: G. D. Russell |
| ALADDIN II | [Lydia Thompson] | 1872 | New York |
| ALADDIN THE SECOND [= NOUVEL ALADDIN] | Florimund Ronger[=Herve], Alfred Thompson | 1870 | London (24 DEC 1870) |
| ALADDIN, JR. | W. H. Batchelor, Jesse Williams, J. Cheever Goodwin | 1895 | New York (8 APR 1895) |
| ALADDIN, or THE WONDERFUL LAMP | Charles Farley | 1815 | New York; London, 1813 |
| ALADDIN, or THE WONDERFUL LAMP | Thomas Comer, S. S. Steele | 1847 | Boston: Prentice & Clark; Oliver Ditson |
| ALADIN [sic], or THE WONDERFUL LAMP | William Shield; John O’Keefe | 1801 | Philadelphia; London, 1788 |
| ALGERIA | V. Herbert, Glen MacDonough | 1908 | Chas. K. Harris |
| ALGERIAN | R. de Koven, Glen MacDonough | 1893 | G. Schirmer |
| ALGERINE PIRATES, THE, or THE SPANISH LOVERS | 1807 | Boston | |
| ALHAMBRA | (W.Irving, “Three Beautiful Princesses”) | 1873 | |
| ALI BA-BA, or THE FORTY BLACK SHEEP | C. T. West, Fred Edmonds | 1901 | London: J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd. |
| ALI BABA | Charles Lecocq | 1887 | Brussels |
| ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES | Otto Cesana, Eric Von der Goltz, jr. | 1933 | |
| ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES | Bernice Eastman Johnston, Violet M. Thayer | [LC:M1995.J69.A5] | |
| ALI BABA, or MORGIANA AND THE FORTY THIEVES | W. H. Batchelder, Harry B. Smith | 1892 | Cincinnati: John Church Co. |
| ALI PACHA | John Howard Payne | 1923 | New York |
| ALI PASCHA VON JANINA | Albert Lortzing | 1824 | |
| ALI-POT-D’RHUM, ou UN TROUPIER AU SÉRAI | Firmin Bernicat, Céhem Gédhé | 187- | Paris |
| ALLAH | H. Lawrence Freeman | 1932-47 | Opera in one act, part of Zululand, never performed |
| ALLAH BE PRAISED | Don Walker,George Marion, Jr. | 1944 | |
| AMEER#, THE | V. Herbert, Frederic Ranken, Kirke LaShelle | 1899 | M. Witmark; New York (4 DEC 1899) |
| AMERICAN CAPTIVE var. THE SULTAN, THE | John Hodgkinson | 1796 | New York |
| AMERICAN CAPTIVE, or SIEGE OF TRIPOLI, THE | w. John Ellison | 1811 | Boston |
| AMERICAN NAVAL PILLAR see TARS FROM TRIPOLI | |||
| ARABESQUE | Ruth White Warfield, Cloyd Head, Eunice Tietjens | 1925 | New York, National Theatre |
| ARABIAN GIRL AND FORTY THIEVES (ALI BABA), AN | J. Cheever Goodwin; David Henderson, producer | 1899 | New York (29 APR 1899) |
| ARABIAN NIGHT, AN | Walter Rosemont, Darl MacBoyle | 1918 | Orpheus Music |
| ARABIAN NIGHTS | 1887 | ||
| ARABIAN NIGHTS | Carmen Lombardo, J. J. Loeb | 1954 | Shapiro, Bernstein Decca DL‑9013; DL‑5542 |
| ARABIAN NIGHTS, or ALADDIN’S WONDERFUL LAMP | David Henderson, producer | 1887 | Chicago (12 SEPT 1887) |
| ARABS OF THE DESERT, or HARLEQUIN’S FLIGHT FROM EGYPT | Alexander Reinagle | 1799 | Philadelphia (13 APR 1799); Arabian Nights |
| AWAKENED RAMESES, THE | 1911 | Univ. of Michigan Show | |
| BABA | Max Maretzek, Arnold & Sherwood | 1876 | New York (11 DEC 1876) |
| BARBE BLEUE | Jacques Offenbach | 1868 | New York (13 JUL 1868) |
| BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA, THE | 1804 | New York | |
| BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE | 1818 | New York (rep. 1830, 1831) | |
| BEDOUINS, THE, OR ARABS OF THE DESERT | John Andrews Stevenson | 180- | London |
| BEGUM | R. deKoven, Harry B. Smith | 1887 | |
| BEY VON MAROCCO, DER | Victor Holländer, Jakob Bettelheim | 1893 | |
| BLUE BEARD, or FEMALE CURIOSITY* | George Colman | 1802 | New York; London, 1798 |
| BLUEBEARD, JR. | Fred Eustis, Richard Maddern, Clay M. Greene | 1889 | Chicago (11 JUN 1889); New York (13 JAN 1890) |
| BROADWAY TO TOKIO | R. DeKoven, A. Baldwin Sloane | 1900 | New York (23 JAN 1900) |
| CADI, THE | Bill Nye | 1891 | New York (21 SEPT 1891) |
| CADY OF BAGDAD, THE | Thomas Linley, Jr., A. Portal | 1778 | |
| CAIRO (MECCA) | Percy Fletcher, Oscar Asche | 1920 | London: Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd. |
| CALIPH OF BAGDAD, THE | François Boïeldieu | 1830 | New Orleans (“Grand Asiatic Ballet of Action”); Paris, 1800-01 |
| CALIPH, THE | Ludwig Englander, Harry B. Smith | 1896 | New York (3 SEPT 1896) |
| CAMEL DRIVER OF MECCA, THE | D.S. & E.L. Ireland, Charles H. Orr | 1925 | Columbus, Ohio |
| CAPTIVE, THE | Charles Dibdin, I. Bickerstaffe | 1769 | London (21 JUNE 1769) |
| CARAVAN OF CAIRO | m. Andre E.M. Gretry; | 1795 | Charleston |
| CARAVAN, THE, or THE DRIVER AND HIS DOG | William Reeve, Frederick Reynolds | 1810 | Philadelphia; London, 1803 |
| CARAVANE DU CAIRE | w. E. Morel de Chedeville | 1783 | Fontainebleu |
| CHAINS OF THE HEART, or THE SLAVE BY CHOICE | Prince Hoare, Joseph Mazzinghi | 1804 | New York, London (9 DEC 1801) |
| CHILDREN OF CYPRUS | (Winter Garden) | 1865 | |
| CHILDREN OF CYPRUS | (Barnum’s New American Museum) | 1865 | |
| CHIN‑CHIN | 1914 | (Aladdin updated) | |
| CHOW CHOW, A TALE OF PEKIN | m. W. H. Brinkworth, w. James Barnes | 1872 | New York (9 SEPT 1872) |
| CHRIS AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP | m. John Philip Sousa, w. Glen MacDonough | 1899 | (Aladdin in N.England Boarding School) (1 JAN 1900) |
| CHU CHIN CHOW | Oscar Asche | 1914 | London |
| CRISS-CROSS | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, Anne Caldwell | 1925 | New York |
| DAUGHTER OF THE DESERT, THE | Otto Harbach [Hauerbach], Karl Hoschna | 1902 | [never produced] |
| DAY IN TURKEY, A | Joseph Mazzinghi | 1791 | London (3 DEC 1791) |
| DEMON OF THE DESERT, THE | [George L. Fox] | 1850 | New York |
| DESERET, or THE SAINT’S DIFFICULTIES | Dudley Buck, W. A. Croffut | 1880 | New York (11 OCT 1880) [Mormon as sultan] |
| DESERT OF MAHOMET, THE | Charles Gilpin | 1910 | Philadelphia: UPenn student show |
| DESERT SONG, THE | S. Romberg, Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein | 1926 | |
| DÉSERT, ODE SYMPHONIQUE, LE | Félicien David | 1844 | Paris |
| DEUX OMAR, LE | Firmin Bernicat | 1876 | |
| DREAM WITH MUSIC | Clay Warnick, Edward Eager | 1944 | New York (18 MAY 1944) |
| DUO DE LA AFRICANA, EL | Fenández Caballero | ||
| DWANGEE, THE ARAB | (Barnum’s New American Museum) | 1865 | (24 DEC‑30 DEC 1865) |
| EGYPTIAN FESTIVAL | w. Lege | 1796 | Philadelphia |
| EL HYDER | William Barrymore | 1828 | New Orleans (“Grand Asiatic Melodrama”) |
| ENCHANTER, THE, or LOVE AND MAGIC | J. C. Smith, D. Garrick | 1760 | London (DL 13 DEC 1760) |
| EXPLORERS, THE | Walter H. Lewis, Bert L. Taylor | 1901 | Chicago, Dearborn Theater, 30 JUN 1901) |
| FAIRY OF THE WELL, THE | |||
| FALL OF ALGIERS, THE | H. R. Bishop, J. H. Payne | 1825 | London; Philadelphia, 1827 |
| FANTINITZA | F. Von Suppe, F. Zell, R. Genee | 1879 | |
| FIELDS’ REAL NEGRO MINSTRELS AND TROUPE OF ARABS | Al G. Fields | 1895 | Columbus, OH, based troupe |
| FLAHOOLEY | Sammy Fain, E.Y. Harburg | 1951 | |
| FLIRTING PRINCESS, THE | Adams, Hough, Howard, Orlob | 1909 | Chicago (1 NOV 1909) |
| FORTY THIEVES | Comer | [Board of Music Trade Catalogue] | |
| FORTY THIEVES, THE | [Lydia Thompson] | 1869 | New York (1 FEB 1869) |
| FORTY THIEVES, THE, or STRIKING OIL IN FAMILY JARS | Michael Connelly | 1869 | |
| FORTY THIEVES, THE, or THE FEMALE DUELIST | Michael Kelly, George Colman | 1807 | Charleston; London, 1806; New York, 1808 [Sheridan’s FORTY THIEVES] |
| FRIVOLITIES OF 1920 | 1920 | New York (8 JAN 1920) | |
| FROM BALTIMORE TO TURKEY | Joe Bright, prod. | 1924 | Black touring production |
| GEEZER OF GECK, THE | Paul Schindler, Robert Adam | 1905 | Chicago (24 AUG 1905) |
| GENIE, THE, or THE ARABIAN NIGHTS | |||
| GENII, THE, or HARLEQUIN’S VAGARIES | John Durang | 1788 | New York [Henry Woodward, |
| GLI ARABI NELLE GALLIE | Giovanni Pacini, Romanelli | 1833 | New York (18 NOV 1833) J.M. Eliot, |
| GRAND VIZIER, THE | 1895 | {Sequel to TABASCO} | |
| HARLEQUIN FISHERMAN | ENTERTAINMENT, London, 1752 | ||
| HIS HIGHNESS THE BEY | Will M. Hough, Frank R. Adams, Joe Howard | 1904 | Chicago (21 NOV 1904) |
| HORRORS, or THE MARAJAH OF ZOGOBAD (PRINCE ACHMET) | 1879 | New York (28 MAY 1879) | |
| IN A PERSIAN GARDEN# | Liza Lehmann | 1896 | Metzler & Co. [Rubaiyat] |
| IN KHORASSAN | Harry S. Cyphers, Malcolm Maclure | 1910 | Newark, NJ |
| IN THE PASHA’S GARDEN | Seymour | ||
| IRISHMAN IN BAGHDAD | 1856 | {Harvard Theatre Collection} | |
| JACK IN DISTRESS see PREPARATIONS… | 1796 | Newport. RI | |
| JEWEL OF ASIA | L. Englander, F. Rankin | 1903 | New York (16 FEB 1903) |
| JOSEPHINE SOLD BY HER SISTERS | Victor Roger | 1886 | New York (30 AUG 1886 [parody of Méhul’s Joseph |
| JUSTICE, or THE CALIPH AND THE COBBLER | C.E. Horn, John Saville Faucit | 1820 | London |
| KATINKA | R. Friml | 1916 | Schirmer |
| KHEDIVE, THE | 1891 | New York (27 OCT 1891) | |
| KISMET | m. Gustave Kerker, w. Richard F. Carroll | 1895 | New York (12 AUG 1895) |
| KISMET | Oscar Asche | 1911 | E. Knoblock,”Hajj’s Hour” |
| KISMET see TIMBUKTU! | Robert Wright, George Forrest | 1953 | [Borodin] |
| LALLA ROOKH | David | [Board of Music Trade Catalogue] | |
| LALLA ROOKH (cantata) | Frederic Clay, W. G. Wills | 1877 | London: Chappell |
| LALLA ROOKH, or THE CASHMERIAN MINSTREL (opera) | C.E. Horn, M. J. Sullivan (after T. Moore) | 1818 | Dublin |
| LALLA ROOKH, or THE PEARL OF INDIA | Joseph Foster | 1872 | |
| LIEDER DES MIRZA SCHAFFY, DIE | Louis Roth | 1887 | |
| LITTLE SIMPLICITY | Augustus Barratt, Rida Johnson Young | 1918 | New York (4 NOV 1918) |
| LOVIN’ SAM FROM ALABAM’ | Rufus Greenlee, Thaddeus Drayton | 1920s | Touring show (Cf. Ager and Yellin song) |
| MAGIC RING, THE | Harold Levey, Zelda Sears | 1923 | New York (1 OCT 1923) [orig. Minnie and Me] |
| MAHMOUD | S. Storace, M. Kelly | 1796 | London [no libetto pub.] |
| MAHMOUD THE ROBBER, or AMERICANS IN TRIPOLI | 1804 | Charleston | |
| MAID AND THE MUMMY, THE | Robin Hood Bowers, Richard Carle | 1904 | New York (25 JUL 1904); Witmark |
| MAMELUK, DER | Ludwig Schytte | 1903 | |
| MECCA | Oscar Asche | 1917 | New York, 1920 |
| MOROCCO BOUND* | F. Osmond Carr, Adrian Ross | 1893 | London: Jos. Williams |
| MOUTH OF THE NILE, THE, or THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF AUGUST [1798] | Thomas Atwood, Thomas J.Dibdin | 1799 | New York |
| MY DARLIN’ AIDA | G. Verdi; Chas. Friedman | 1952 | |
| NADIR AND ZULEIKA | C.E. Horn | 1832 | New York |
| NAVAL PILLAR, or THE AMERICAN SAILOR’S GARLAND; AMERICAN TARS TRIUMPHANT see TARS FROM TRIPOLI | John Moorehead, Thomas Dibdin | 1800 | Philadelphia |
| NINTH STATUE THE or THE PALACE OF FIRE AND WATER [= THE IRISHMAN IN BAGDAD] | C.E. Horn/ Hewitt | 1817 | New York [1001 Nights] DL, 29 Nov 1814 London |
| OH MY, OMAR | James Thruber | 1919 | Ohio State Student Production |
| OOLAH | Charles Lecocq | 1889 | New York [=La Jolie Persane, 1879] |
| ORIENTAL AMERICA? | John W. Isham | 1896 | New York [1st all-black musical on B’way] |
| ORIENTAL SERENADERS? | Buster Lee, Elmira Washington | 1924 | Touring revue |
| PANJANDRUM[Vocal Gems]# | Woolson Morse, J. Cheever Goodwin | 1893 | T. B. Harms & Co. |
| PARADISE OF MAHOMET, THE | R. Planquette, Louis Ganne; Harry B. Smith | 1911 | New York, 17 JAN 1911; Paris, 1906 |
| PEARL OF BAGDAD* | John M. Loretz, Jr. | 1872 | rev. text 1884; overture pub.* |
| PERSIAN GARDEN, A | Anatol Friedland, E.A. Woolf | 1912 | |
| PERSIAN HUNTERS, or THE ROSE OF GURGISTAN | C.E. Horn; Thos. Noble, G. Perry | 1817 | London, 13 AUG 1817 |
| PERSIAN PRINCESS*, THE | Sidney Jones, Percy Greenbank | 1909 | Keith, Prowse & Co. Ltd.,London |
| POMME DE TURQUIE, LA | Pauline Thys-Sébault | 1857 | Paris |
| PREPARATIONS FOR A CRUISE AGAINST THE TRIPOLITANIANS | 1796 | Newport, RI | |
| PRINZESSIN VOM NIL, DIE | Victor Holländer | 1915 | |
| RAINMAKER OF SYRIA [not MidEast] , THE | Leo Fall, Rudolph Aronson, Sydney Rosenfeld | 1893 | New York |
| RÉNÉGAT DE TANGER, LA | Victor Massé | 1845 | Paris (unpublished?) |
| REVELS | J. J. McNally | 1880 | New York (25 OCT 1880) |
| ROSE OF ALGERIA, THE | Victor Herbert | 1909 | |
| ROSE OF PERSIA, THE | A. Sullivan; Basil Hood | 1900 | Pearl/Gem 120, side 6,#3, 1974 |
| ROSE OF STAMBOUL, THE | S. Romberg, Leo Fall, H. Atteridge | 1922 | [Vienna, 1916] |
| SADAK AND KALASRADA | 1862 | (Barnum’s American Museum) | |
| SAHARA DERBY, THE | Henry Sullivan, T. H. McKnight, S.J. Flanigan | 1923 | Dartmouth [College] Players |
| SAID PASHA | m. Richard Stahl, w. Scott Marble | 1889 | New York (25 FEB 1889) |
| SARATSIN [THE SARACEN] | César Cui | 1899 | (14 NOV 1899) |
| SARDANAPOLOUS | Giuseppe Operti, Chas. Calvert | 1876 | [after Byron] (14 AUG 1876) |
| SELIMA AND AZORE, or THE POWER OF ENCHANTMENT | w. J. F. Marmontel m. A. Gretry | 1776 | London (5 DEC 1776) New York (1 JUN 1787) |
| SERAGLIO, THE | Charles Dibdin, E. Thompson | 1776 | Philadelphia (19 MAY 1794) |
| SESOSTRA | Leon Pavi, Henri Hirschmann | 1912 | New York (5 MAR 1912), spoof of SUMURUN |
| SHEIK OF HARLEM, THE | Irwin C. Miller, Donald Heywood | 1923-24 | Lafayette Theatre, Harlem |
| SHEIKH STEPS OUT, THE | 1937 | ||
| SIEGE OF ALGIERS, THE | Jonathan S. Smith | 1823 | Philadelphia |
| SIEGE OF TRIPOLI, or VALOUR TRIUMPHANT, THE | 1822 | New York {ballet d’action} | |
| SIN(D)BAD THE SAILOR | Michael Connelly, Henry B. Farnie | 1869 | |
| SINBAD | [Lydia Thompson] | 1868 | New York, Niblo’s |
| SINBAD | [Louise Montague] | 1892 | New York (27 JUN 1892) |
| SINBAD | S. Romberg | 1918 | |
| SLAVE IN ARABY, A | Alfred J. Silver, S. Guise | 1931 | London, J. Curwen |
| SLAVE OF BAGDAD | [Board of Music Trade Catalogue] | ||
| SLAVES IN ALGIERS, or A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM; A STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY | Alexander Reinagle, Susannah Rowson | 1794 | Philadelphia |
| SOLIMAN SECOND [SOLIMEN II, OU LES TROIS SULTANES] | Gibert, Charles Simon Fravart | 1761 | |
| SPHINX, THE | Charles Dibdin | 1797 | London {M1508 Case} |
| SPHINX, THE | 1895 | Boston; New York (8 JUL 1895) | |
| SULTAN OF MOCHA, THE | Alfred Cellier | 1880 | New York (14 SEPT 1880); London, 16 NOV 1874 |
| SULTAN OF SULU#, THE | Alfred G. Wathall, George Ade | 1902 | M. Witmark [Philippines, not Middle East] |
| SULTAN, THE, or A PEEP INTO THE SERAGLIO | James Hook, I. Bickerstaffe | 1783 | S.A. & P. Thompson, London, 1775 |
| SULTAN, THE, or PEEP INTO THE SERAGLIO; THE TRIUMPHS OF LOVE; AMERICAN CAPTIVE; ROXALANA; FEMALE CAPTIVE | Charles Dibdin, Isaac Bickerstaff | 1794 | New York [no vocal score extant] |
| SULTAN, THE, or SOLYMAN AND ZAYDE | Thomas A. Arne | 1758 | |
| SUMURUN | Victor Hollaender, Friedrich Freska | 1912 | NY premiere of German show (16 JAN 1912), Max Reinhardt directing; LC has score. |
| TABASCO | m. George Chadwick, w. R. A. Barnet | 1894 | New York {see GRAND VIZIER} |
| TAR AND THE TARTAR, THE | Adam Itzel, Jr., Harry B. Smith | 1891 | Chicago (15 APR 1891), New York (11 MAY 1891) |
| TARS FROM TRIPOLI, or A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEDITERRANEAN HEROES; OUR GALLANT NAVY | James Hewitt, H. Carnock | 1806 | New York adapted from NAVAL PILLAR |
| TATOOED MAN, THE | V. Herbert, Harry B. Smith | 1907 | New York (18 FEB 1907) |
| THALABA THE DESTROYER | Robert Southey | 1833 | New York (13 MAY 1833) |
| THREE HUNCHBACKS, THE | 1870 | New York (22 MAY 1870) [Arabian Nights setting] | |
| TIMBUKTU! rev. KISMET [set in Mali] | Wright, Forrest, Borodin | 1978 | |
| TRIP TO AFRICA, A* | F. von Suppé | 1883 | U.S. production (23 SEPT 1884) |
| TRIP TO ARABY, A | Matt Housely, prod. | 1927 | Black touring show |
| TWO CADIS*, THE | Julius Eichberg | 1868 | |
| TWO CALIPHS, THE | William Reeve, Charles Dibdin, Jr. | 17– | London: Button & Whitaker |
| UMPIRE*, THE | Joe Howard | 1905 | Chicago (2 DEC 1905) |
| UNE NUIT DE CLÉOPÂTRE | Victor Massé | 1885 | Paris (25 APR 1885) |
| VETERAN TAR [THE TRIPOLITAN TAR, THE, or AMERICAN TARS ON AN ENGLISH SHORE; AMERICAN TARS TRIUMPHANT; TRIPOLITAN PRIZE | S. Arnold, A. Reinagle, Samuel Arnold | 1802 | New York |
| WIZARD OF THE NILE, THE | V. Herbert, Harry B. Smith | 1895 | New York (4 NOV 1895) |
| YOUNG TURK, THE | Max Hoffman | 1910 | New York (31 JAN 1910) |
| ZAÏDA | Wilhelm Meyer-Lutz | 1868 | |
| ZANINA, or THE ROVER OF CAMBAYE | Genee’s NISIDA | 1881 | New York (17 JAN 1881) |
| ZULEIKA, or THE SULTAN ENCHANTED | Jacque Barzun | 1928 | Columbia U. Varsity Show |