The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . -swered, With four thousand and five hundred pieces of But, lo, the Wezeer El-Moeen the son of Sawee was in the market,and, seeing Alee Noor-ed-Deen standing there, he said within him-self, What doth he want here, having nothing left wherewith to pur-chase female slaves ? Then casting his eyes around, and hearing thebroker as he stood crying in the market with the merchants aroundhim, he said within himself, I do not imagine anything else than thathe hath become a bankrupt, and com
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . -swered, With four thousand and five hundred pieces of But, lo, the Wezeer El-Moeen the son of Sawee was in the market,and, seeing Alee Noor-ed-Deen standing there, he said within him-self, What doth he want here, having nothing left wherewith to pur-chase female slaves ? Then casting his eyes around, and hearing thebroker as he stood crying in the market with the merchants aroundhim, he said within himself, I do not imagine anything else than thathe hath become a bankrupt, and come forth with the slave-girl to sellher; and if this be the case, how pleasant to my heart! He thencalled the crier, who approached him, and kissed the ground beforehim ;15 and the Wezeer said to him, I desire this female slave whomthou art crving for sale. The broker, therefore, being unable tooppose his wish, brought the slave and placed her before him ; andwhen he beheld her, and considered her charms, her elegant figure andher soft speech, he was delighted with her, and said to the broker, Toi. 3f. what has the bidding for ner amounted ? The broker answered, Fourthousand and five hundred pieces of gold. And as soon as the mer-chants heard this, not one of them could bid another piece of silver orof gold; but all of them drew back, knowing the tyrannical conductof that Wezeer. El-Moeen the son of Sawee then looked towardsthe broker, and said to him, Why standest thou still ? Take away theslave-girl for me at the price of four thousand and five hundred piecesof gold, and thou wilt have five hundred for thyself.—So the brokerwent to Alee Noor-ed-Deen, and said to him, 0 my master, the slave-girl is lost to thee without price.—How so ? said broker answered, We opened the bidding for her at four thousandand five hundred pieces of gold; but this tyrant El-Moeen the son ofSawee came into the market, and when he beheld the damsel shepleased him, and he said to m
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