The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . .siS^^M^&^m. CHAPTER VII. COMMENCING WITH PART OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH NIGHT, AND ENDINGWITH PART OF THE FORTY-FOURTH. THE STORY OF GHANDI THE SON OF EIYOOB, THE DISTRACTED SLAVE OF LOVE. It hath been told me, 0 happy King, said Shahrazad, that therewas, in ancient times, a certain merchant of Damascus,1 possessed ofwealth, who had a son like the moon at the full, of eloquent tongue,called Ghunini the son of Eiyoob,2 the Distracted Slave of Love; andthis son had a sister, named Fitneh,3 on acc
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . .siS^^M^&^m. CHAPTER VII. COMMENCING WITH PART OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH NIGHT, AND ENDINGWITH PART OF THE FORTY-FOURTH. THE STORY OF GHANDI THE SON OF EIYOOB, THE DISTRACTED SLAVE OF LOVE. It hath been told me, 0 happy King, said Shahrazad, that therewas, in ancient times, a certain merchant of Damascus,1 possessed ofwealth, who had a son like the moon at the full, of eloquent tongue,called Ghunini the son of Eiyoob,2 the Distracted Slave of Love; andthis son had a sister, named Fitneh,3 on account of her excessive beautyand loveliness. Their father died, leaving them large property, amongwhich were a hundred loads4 of silk and brocade, and bags5 of musk,and upon these loads was written, This is intended for Baghdad :—ithaving been his desire to journey to that city. So, when God (whose name be exalted !) had taken his soul, and THE STORY OF OllANIM THE SOX OF EIYOOI5, &c. 137 some time had elapsed, his son took these loads, and journeyed withthem to Baghdad.—This was in the time of Haroon Er-l
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