Furthermore we have sent our Wazir to make all ordinance for the march, and our one and only desire is to see thee ere we die but if thou delay or disappoint us we shall not survive the blow. He then wrote a letter to Shah Zaman expressing his warm love and great wish to see him, ending with these words, We therefore hope of the favour and affection of the beloved brother that he will condescend to bestir himself and turn his face us-wards. Having accepted this advice the King forthwith bade prepare handsome gifts, such as horses with saddles of gem encrusted gold Mamelukes, or white slaves beautiful handmaids high-breasted virgins and splendid stuffs and costly. So he took counsel with his Wazir about visiting him, but the Minister, finding the project unadvisable, recommended that a letter be written and a present be sent under his charge to the younger brother with an invitation to visit the elder. But at the end of the twentieth twelvemonth the elder King yearned for a sight of his younger brother and felt that he must look upon him once more. These two ceased not to abide in their several realms and the law was ever carried out in their dominions and each ruled his own kingdom, with equity and fair dealing to his subjects, in extreme solace and enjoyment and this condition continually endured for a score of years. His name was King Shahryar, and he made his younger brother, Shah Zaman hight, King of Samarcand in Barbarian land. So he succeeded to the empire when he ruled the land and forded it over his lieges with justice so exemplary that he was beloved by all the peoples of his capital and of his kingdom. He left only two sons, one in the prime of manhood and the other yet a youth, while both were Knights and Braves, albeit the elder was a doughtier horseman than the younger. In tide of yore and in time long gone before, there was a King of the Kings of the Banu Sasan in the Islands of India and China, there was a Lord of armies and guards and servants and dependents. The just are rewarded, the evil are punished, the poor are enriched, the lost are found, and lovers marry their perfect mates. In these fantastic adventures, humans cower before monstrous Jinni, the incautious are prey to ravenous Ghouls, flying carpets transport riders to magic realms, hidden caverns yield caches of precious jewels and coins, and wishes are magically granted. Among them are some of the best-known legends of eastern storytelling, including the tales "Sinbad the Sailor," "Aladdin and His Magic Lamp," and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." This collection features the classic translation by Sir Richard Burton, published between 18. First collected nearly a thousand years ago, these folktales are presented as narratives that crafty Scheharazade tells her husband, Shahryar, the King of Persia, over a thousand-and-one consecutive nights, to pique his interest for the next evening's entertainment and thereby save her life. Magic and marvels await you in Tales from the Arabian Nights, a collection of twenty of the best-known stories from the book that western readers have known for over three centuries as The Arbian Nights.
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