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She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that quoth the Khorasani to Al-Ziyadi, "'By Allah, haddest thou told me the fact at first, I had not pressed thee!; and now, by Allah, I will not accept aught of this money and thou art lawfully quit of it. So saying, he went away and I set my affairs in order and repaired on the Procession-day to Al-Maamun's Gate, where I found him seated.
So she went away and after a while behold, in came Hasan, to whom said Al-Maamun 'Hast thou a daughter? He said, 'Yes, and her name is Khadijah. Asked the Caliph, 'Is she married? Answered Hasan, 'No, by Allah! Said Al-Maamun, Then I ask her of thee in marriage. Replied her father, 'O Commander of the Faithful, she is thy handmaid and at thy commandment. Quoth Al-Maamun, 'I take her to wife at a present settlement of thirty thousand dinars, which thou shalt receive this very morning, and, when the money has been paid thee, do thou bring her to us this night. And Hasan answered, 'I hear and I obey. Thereupon we went forth and the Caliph said to me, 'O Isaac, tell this story to no one. So I kept it secret till Al-Maamun's death.
I found him seated on a chair, wroth with me, and he said to me, 'O Isaac, art thou a traitor to thine allegiance? replied I, 'No, by Allah, O Commander of the Faithful! and he rejoined, 'What hast thou then to say? tell me the whole truth; and I, 'Yes, I will, but in private. So he signed to his attendants, who withdrew to a distance, and I told him the case, adding, 'I promised her to bring thee, and he said, 'Thou didst well. Then we spent the day in our usual-pleasures, but Al-Maamun's heart was taken up with her, and hardly was the appointed time come, when we set out.
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