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Quoth Ed Denef, 'What ails thee, O Aslan? And he answered, 'I know now for certain that I am the son of Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat and I would have thee avenge me of my father's murderer. 'And who was thy father's murderer? asked Ed Denef. 'Ahmed Kemakim the arch- thief, replied Aslan.
He is gone to the mercy of God the Most High, but may thy life be prolonged! Quoth the Khalif, 'Where is Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat? So he went up to the Commander of the Faithful, who clad him in a splendid dress of honour and made him his boon- companion in the dead man's room, appointing him a monthly wage of a thousand dinars.
Then my grandmother died and I took a geomantic tablet, being minded to now who I should marry, and drawing a figure, found that none should be my husband save one called Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat, the Trusty and Well-beloved.
When Aslan heard this, he said in himself, 'Most like this slave-girl was my mother Jessamine and my father was no other than Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat. So he went out from him, sorrowful, and met Ahmed ed Denef, who exclaimed at sight of him, 'Glory be to Him to whom none is like! 'At what dost thou marvel, O my chief? asked Hassan Shouman.
So they said to him, 'Whose goods are these? 'They belong to my lord Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat, answered he. 'His father equipped him with merchandise and sent him on a journey to Baghdad; but the Bedouins fell on him and took all he had.
Then do thou some feat of prowess before the Khalif and he will say to thee, "Ask a boon of me, O Aslan." And do thou answer, "I ask of thee that thou avenge me of my father's murderer." If he say, "Thy father is alive and is the Amir Khalid, the Chief of the Police," answer thou, "My father was Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat, and the Amir Khalid is only my father by right of fosterage and adoption."
"O King," answered she, "it is not more wonderful than that of Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat." "What is that?" asked he, and she said, "I have heard tell, O august King, that
'Because, answered Ahmed, 'lives have been lost for it. 'Whose life? asked Aslan; and Ahmed said, 'There came hither a man named Alaeddin Abou est Shamat, who was made Captain of the Sixty and lost his life through this lantern. Quoth Aslan, 'And how was that? 'Know, replied Ahmed Kemakim, 'that thou hadst an elder brother by name Hebezlem Bezazeh, for whom, when he became apt for marriage, thy father would have bought a slave-girl named Jessamine. And he went on to tell him the whole story of Hebezlem's illness and what befell Alaeddin, undeserved.
'At the make of yonder boy Aslan, replied Ed Denef; 'for he is the likest of all creatures to Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat. Then he called Aslan and said to him, 'What is thy mother's name? 'She is called the damsel Jessamine, answered Aslan; and Ed Denef said, 'Harkye, Aslan, take heart and be of good cheer, for thy father was none other than Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat: but, O my son, go thou in to thy mother and question her of thy father. 'I hear and obey, answered he, and going in to his mother, said to her, 'Who is my father? Quoth she, 'The Amir Khalid is thy father. 'Not so, rejoined he, 'my father was none other than Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat. At this, she wept and said, 'Who told thee this? 'Ahmed ed Denef, the Captain of the Guard, answered he; so she told him the whole story, saying, 'O my son, the truth can no longer be hidden: know that Alaeddin was indeed thy father, but it was the Amir Khalid who reared thee and adopted thee as his son.
Then the princess said to Zubeideh, 'Play us an air on the lute. But she answered, 'I will make no music for thee, till thou grant my wish and fulfil thy promise to me. 'And what did I promise thee? asked the princess. 'That thou wouldst reunite me with my husband Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat, said Zubeideh.
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