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At first Shahryar refused to believe the bawdy tale. When Shahryar returned, Shah Zaman told him what he had witnessed. Shah Zaman's health improved when he saw that his brother's plight was worse than his own. As Shah Zaman watched, a group of male slaves entered the courtyard, and then all cavorted wildly until the day had nearly passed. They entered the court, completely unaware of his presence in the window above. The next morning, as the melancholy Shah Zaman stared down into a garden court, he spied his brother's wife and her female slaves. When the date arrived, however, Shah Zaman stayed behind at the palace, and his brother went off without him. King Shahryar arranged a hunt, hoping that such an outing would raise his brother's spirits. Shahryar could see that his brother was sick with grief, but Shah Zaman refused to explain the cause. Then, deeply saddened and shocked, he resumed his journey.īy the time Shah Zaman reached his brother's palace, his body was weak and his color had changed to yellow. Shah Zaman drew his scimitar and cut them both into four pieces with a single blow. There he discovered his wife, her arms wrapped round a kitchen slave, both sleeping peacefully upon his own bed-carpets. He had not traveled far when he remembered something that he had left behind in his palace, and slipped back into his chambers to retrieve it. He sent word to Samarkand, asking Shah Zaman to come for a visit. Twenty years passed, and King Shahryar longed to see his younger brother again. To his younger brother, Shah Zaman, he bestowed the throne of Samarkand. Shahryar, the eldest, ascended his father's throne. This king had two sons, Shahryar and Shah Zaman. In a time long ago, there lived a great king of the kings of the Banu Sasaan. The first of the thousand-and-one tales is Scheherazade’s own. Each story is told by a very wise and beautiful young woman called Scheherazade, who reveals them night after night to a king with a murderous heart. The Seven Voyages of Sinbad,” “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” “Aladdin and His Magic Lamp”- these and other classics fill the pages of the Arabian Nights. Monk Archetype: Way of the Antlion pg 51.Druid Archetype: Circle of the Kahin pg 50.Barbarian Archetype: Path of the Sword Dancer pg 49.Prayer in the Mosque, 1871 Jean-Léon GérômeĪll other art used in this book is in the public domain.
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