The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . ered withgreen satin embroidered with red gold, and over it was a canopyadorned with pearls and jewels. Upon this couch sat the King ZahrShah, and the lords of his court stood in attendance upon him. Andwhen the Wezeer went in unto him, and stood before him, he com-posed his heart, and gave liberty to his tongue, and, displaying theoratory of wezeers, and uttering the language of the eloquent,addressed the King with courtesy of manner, and recited a series ofcomplimentary verses; and when
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . ered withgreen satin embroidered with red gold, and over it was a canopyadorned with pearls and jewels. Upon this couch sat the King ZahrShah, and the lords of his court stood in attendance upon him. Andwhen the Wezeer went in unto him, and stood before him, he com-posed his heart, and gave liberty to his tongue, and, displaying theoratory of wezeers, and uttering the language of the eloquent,addressed the King with courtesy of manner, and recited a series ofcomplimentary verses; and when he had finished, the King causedhim to draw near, treated him with the utmost respect, and, seatinghim by his side, smiled in his face, and honoured him with a graciousreply. After this, the attendants brought forward the table in thatsaloon, and they ate until they were satisfied, when the attendantsremoved the table, and every one who was present went forth, exceptthe chief officers. When the Wezeer, therefore, saw that they hadquitted the hall, he rose and stood on his feet, and, complimenting the. King, kissed the ground before him, and said, O great King, anddignified sovereign, I have come unto thee and visited thee on anaffair productive of peace and prosperity and happiness unto thee;and it is this : I have come to thee as an ambassador to desire inmarriage thy daughter, the distinguished by rank and lineage, fromthe King Suleyman Shah, who is endowed with justice and integrity,and graciousness and beneficence, the King of El-Ard el-Khadra. andof the mountains of Ispahan, and he hath sent unto thee manypresents arid numerous rarities, desiring thine alliance. Dost thouthen wish the same of him ?—He then stood silent, waiting for theanswer; and when the King Zahr Shah heard these words, he roseupon his feet, and modestly kissed the ground; and the persons whowere present wondered at the Kings condescension to the ambassador,i. 3 p 47-1- THE STORY OF TAJ-EL-MULOOK, &c.
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