khendek

Updated: May 7, 2025

Then the barge passed on and disappeared from sight; whereupon the boatman pushed out again into the stream, saying, 'Praised be God for safety, since none hath fallen in with us! 'O old man, said Er Reshid, 'doth the Khalif come down the river every night? 'Yes, O my lord, answered the boatman; 'he hath done so every night this year past. 'O old man, rejoined Er Reshid, 'we wish thee of thy favour to await us here to-morrow night, and we will give thee five dinars, for we are strangers, lodging at El Khendek, and we have a mind to divert ourselves. 'With all my heart, replied the boatman.

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III