. Thackerayana;. which had beenbestowed on him by the king in reward for his recovering himfrom a dangerous illness. About ten years after their abode in this place the old kingdied. The new king, Ibrahim, being one day out hunting, andseparated from his company, found himself, almost fainting withheat and thirst, at the foot, of Mount Khacan, and, ascending thehill, he arrived at H dims house and requested was, very luckily, there at that time, and after having setbefore the king the choicest of wines and fruits, finding himwonderfully pleased with so seasonable a treat, to
. Thackerayana;. which had beenbestowed on him by the king in reward for his recovering himfrom a dangerous illness. About ten years after their abode in this place the old kingdied. The new king, Ibrahim, being one day out hunting, andseparated from his company, found himself, almost fainting withheat and thirst, at the foot, of Mount Khacan, and, ascending thehill, he arrived at H dims house and requested was, very luckily, there at that time, and after having setbefore the king the choicest of wines and fruits, finding himwonderfully pleased with so seasonable a treat, told him that thebest part of his entertainment was to come ; upon which heopened to him the whole history, of what had passed. The kingwas at once astonished and transported at so strange a relation,and seeing his brother enter the room with Balsora in his hand, 298 THACKER A YANA. he leaped off from the sofa on which he sat, and cried out, Tishe ! tis my Abdallah ! Having said this, he fell upon his neckand Ibrahim offered to divide his empire with his brother, butfinding the lovers preferred their retirement, he made them apresent of all the open country as far as they could see from thetop of Mount Khacan, which Abdallah continued to improve andbeautify until it became the most delicious spot of ground withinthe empire, and it is, therefore, called the garden of Persia. Ibrahim, after a long and happy reign, died without children,and was succeeded by Abdallah, the son of Abdallah and was that King Abdallah who afterwards fixed the imperialresidence upon Mount Khacan, which continues at this time tobe the favourite palace of the Persian Empire.
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