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The prince having entertained them with a hospitable feast, they, in return, shewed him the easiest route through the stupendous mountains, and he at length arrived in safety before the capital of sultan Amir bin Naomaun, to whom he sent an envoy, requesting leave to encamp on the plain, and to offer himself as a candidate for the beautiful princess his daughter.
"Commander of the Faithful, his name is Sheikh Abdul Qadir, a relative of the Amir of Kabul and a refugee," glibly replied Shah Sowar, but inwardly considerably perturbed. "Well, with all respect," replied the chief, "I never heard anyone talk such bad Persian; he talks just like an Englishman"; and with that he departed.
"Is it not relayed from anywhere?" the amir asked, and the German stared at him swiftly thus, as if for the first time his own suspicion were aroused. "From Stamboul, Your Highness relayed from Stamboul," he said, as one who makes concessions. The amir chuckled softly to himself and smiled. "These are my engineers," said he, "all college trained.
So, in a little while, they came and the Caliph, sending for the man, commanded him to marry his daughter to her lover; after which he gave him an hundred thousand dinars, and the father went back to his folk. And they also tell, O auspicious King, a tale of Al-Nasir the conquering Soldan saw him and said to Abu Amir, who was his Wazir, "Whence cometh this boy?"
As each one entered he strode to the centre of the room, drew himself erect facing the heavy curtain beyond which lay the dead Chief, and raising a hand to brow, said in a deep voice: "Salaam, Amir Khan, and may the Peace of Allah be upon thy spirit." "Now, brothers," Kassim said, when the curtain entrance had ceased to be thrust to one side, "we will say what is to be said.
This appears to have been the first attempt made by the English to secure a regular commercial intercourse with this archipelago. In the year 1760, a large fleet of Spanish vessels sailed from Manila, with about two thousand men, having the Sultan Amir on board, to carry on a war against Sulu. On their arrival, they began active operations.
Upon this, Shadi Khoja said, that it was the horse on which the great Amir Timid Karkan used to ride; and that Shah Rokh, who kept him as a rarity, had sent him to the emperor, as the most valuable horse in all his dominion.
But the worst dungeon, is filled with stinging insects, called "ticks," reared on purpose to torment prisoners. In order to keep the ticks alive when no prisoners are there, raw meat is thrown into the place. There is also a deep pit into which men are let down with ropes; as once the holy Jeremiah was in Jerusalem. Once a fortnight the prisoners are judged by the Amir.
So, since the German took his doctor, Ranjoor Singh took me, he and I both riding, and the amir graciously excusing me from dismounting when I had made him my salaam and he had learned the nature of the wound. After some talk, the amir asked us bluntly whence we came and what our business might be, and Ranjoor Singh answered him we were escaped prisoners of war.
Presently the German chief read off a message from Berlin, conveying the kaiser's compliments to his highness, the amir. "Is that message from Berlin?" the amir asked, and I thought I heard one of his officers chuckle. "Yes, Your Highness," said the German officer.
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