Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 16, 2025
I am stung; and fell off his mare. His comrades came up to him and set him on horseback again, saying, 'What hath befallen thee? Quoth he, 'A scorpion stung me. And they departed, leaving Alaeddin in the niche. Meanwhile, Mehmoud of Balkh loaded his beasts and fared on till he came to the Valley of Dogs, where he found Alaeddin's men lying slain.
But the honour we owe the dead is to bury them. So, on the morrow, they buried her in the earth and her husband and father condoled with each other. Moreover, Alaeddin put on mourning apparel and absented himself from the Divan, abiding tearful-eyed and sorrowful- hearted.
'Wilt thou sell it for a hundred thousand dinars? asked the Frank, and he answered, 'I sell it to thee for a hundred thousand dinars; pay me down the money. Quoth the Frank, 'I cannot carry such a sum about me, for there are thieves and sharpers in Alexandria; but come with me to my ship and I will pay thee the money and give thee to boot a bale of Angora wool, a bale of satin, a bale of velvet and a bale of broadcloth. So Alaeddin rose and giving the jewel to the Frank, locked up his shop and committed the keys to his neighbour, saying, 'Keep these keys for me, whilst I go with this Frank to his ship and take the price of my jewel.
The latter, spying his mother, would have thrown himself upon her: but the Amir held him back and said to Jessamine, 'Come hither, O damsel. So she came to him, and he said to her, 'Whose son is this? Quoth she, 'He is my son and the darling of my heart. 'Who is his father? asked the Amir; and she answered, 'His father was Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat, but now he is become thy son. Quoth Khalid, 'Alaeddin was a traitor. 'God deliver him from treason! replied she.
He heard the latter say to the other, 'O my uncle, I conjure thee by Allah, give me back my wife! The old man replied, 'Did I not warn thee, many a time, when the oath of divorce was always in thy mouth, as it were thy Koran? Then he turned and seeing Alaeddin, as he were a piece of the moon, said to him, 'Who art thou, O my son? Quoth he, 'I am Alaeddin, son of Shemseddin, Provost of the merchants at Cairo.
May God make the best of us the orderers of our affairs! Next day, Alaeddin opened a shop for his slave Selim and set him therein, to buy and sell, whilst he himself rode to the palace and took his place in the Khalif's Divan. One day, as he sat in his place, one said to the Khalif, 'O Commander of the Faithful, may thy head survive such an one the boon-companion!
"The herds, the plain, the hills were mine; But take thou them, and with them this in proof Of title." Lifted Ertoghrul his brows, And opened wide his eyes. "Now who art thou?" He asked in turn. "Oh, I am Alaeddin Sometimes they call me Alaeddin the Great." "I take thy gifts the herds, the plain, the hills," Said Ertoghrul; "and so I take the sword; But none the less, if comes a need, 'tis thine.
Then said the princess to Alaeddin, 'Wilt thou go to Cairo or to Alexandria? And he answered, 'To Alexandria. So they mounted the couch and she pronounced over it the conjuration, whereupon it set off with them and brought them to Alexandria in the twinkling of an eye.
Among these was one famous diamond which had been acquired by Sultan Alaeddin. "It is so valuable that a judge of diamonds valued it at about half the daily expense of the whole world. This is generally supposed to be the celebrated Koh-i-nur. Babar determined to establish the seat of his government at Agra, but was almost dissuaded by the desolate appearance of the country.
When the latter saw him, he took him in his lap and glorified his Lord for that which He had created and fashioned forth; then eyeing him straitly, he saw that he was the likest of all creatures to Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat; and God informed his heart with love of the boy.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking