Tales of the Caliph
Tales of the Caliph
Free DownloadTHE CALIPH AND THE PIRATES The Arab Merchant's StoryTHE CALIPH AND THE BLIND FISHERMAN The History of the Blind Fisherman and his BrotherTHE CALIPH AND ABDURRAHMAN Abdurrahman's StoryTHE CALIPH AND THE FIRST JAR OF OINTMENT First Adventure: The Caliph and the EmirTHE CALIPH AND THE FIRST JAR OF OINTMENT Second Adventure: The Caliph and Abou Hassan The Story of Murad Essed, the Unfortunate Merchant The Story of Abou Hassan, the Fortunate MerchantTHE CALIPH AND THE SECOND JAR OF OINTMENT The Story of HunomanTHE CALIPH AND THE SLAVE MERCHANTS The Narrative of Sidi ibn Thalabi The Barber's StoryTHE CALIPH AND SIDI IBN THALABI--THE BANQUET The Story of Mubarek, as told by Abu 'AtahiyehTHE CALIPH AND THE MAGIC TUBE
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means the best. We noticed, also, that he eyed the plate, although it was but silver, not only with admiration, but somewhat greedily, as though he would, if opportunity had offered, have gladly seized and gone off with it. The other stranger, on the contrary, seemed to view the magnificence of the palace with the greatest indifference, and took everything, even to the attendance of the attendants and great officers, so much as a matter of course, that I feel persuaded," said the Chamberlain, "that he must be a very great personage, perhaps even a king, in his own country."
This account of the strangers given by his Grand Chamberlain inflamed the curiosity of Selim to the highest degree, and the next morning early he seated himself on his throne in the great audience-chamber of his palace, and commanded that the two strangers should be brought before him.
When they were come he inquired who they were, and where they were going when they encountered the storm that had wrecked their vessel. To th
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