What is the story of The Tale of the King and his Vizier's Wife?

The Tale of the King and his Vizier's Wife is a Middle Eastern folktale that has been retold in various forms throughout the centuries. The story revolves around a king who becomes enamored with his vizier's beautiful wife and conspires to have her for himself.

The king sends the vizier on a mission to a distant land and seizes the opportunity to approach the vizier's wife with his advances. The wife, however, resists the king's advances and tries to remain faithful to her husband.

The king becomes increasingly obsessed with the vizier's wife and eventually orders her husband's execution, hoping to clear the way for his own desires. The vizier's wife is devastated by her husband's death but continues to resist the king's advances, even as he threatens to have her executed as well.

Ultimately, the vizier's wife is able to outsmart the king by devising a clever plan that exposes his true nature and reveals his treachery to his subjects. The king is overthrown and the vizier's wife is able to reclaim her husband's honor and reputation.