
Richard Francis, Sir Burton · English
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Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis Quoth Shahrazad [FN#1]:—It hath reached me, O auspicious King of intelligence penetrating, that there was, amongst the Kings of Bassorah[FN#2], a King who loved the poor and needy and cherished his lieges, and gave of his wealth to all who believed in Mohammed (whom Allah bless and assain!), and he was even as one of the poets described him, "A King who when hosts of the foe invade, * Receives them with lance-lunge and sabre-sway; Writes h

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