The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . oeen the son of Sawee;but he looked at him, and said to him, I did according to my nature,and do thou according to thine. And Noor-cd-Deen threw down thesword from his hand, and, looking towards the Khaleefeh, said, 0Prince of the Faithful, he hath beguiled me. So the Khaleefeh said,Do thou leave him :—and he said to Mesroor, 0 Mesroor, advancethou, and strike off his head. Mesroor, therefore, did so : and uponthis, the Khaleefeh said to Alee the son of El-Fadl the son of Khakan,Request of
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . oeen the son of Sawee;but he looked at him, and said to him, I did according to my nature,and do thou according to thine. And Noor-cd-Deen threw down thesword from his hand, and, looking towards the Khaleefeh, said, 0Prince of the Faithful, he hath beguiled me. So the Khaleefeh said,Do thou leave him :—and he said to Mesroor, 0 Mesroor, advancethou, and strike off his head. Mesroor, therefore, did so : and uponthis, the Khaleefeh said to Alee the son of El-Fadl the son of Khakan,Request of me what thou wilt. He replied, 0 my lord, I have nowant of the sovereignty of El-Basrah, and desire nothing but to havethe honour of serving thee.—Most willingly I assent, said theKhaleefeh :—and he summoned the damsel, and when she had comebefore him, he bestowed favours upon them both : he gave to themone of the palaces of Baghdad, and assigned to them regular allow-ances, and made Noor-ed-Deen one of his companions at the table ;and he remained with him until death overtook him. M WiUffiS m. ^^M^W^^B^^^P
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