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4035-4044

  • One day the King hastened to the Diwán: in the Diwán he found all the courtiers (assembled). 4035
  • He produced a radiant pearl and immediately put it in the palm of the Vizier.
  • “How about this pearl?” he asked, “and what is it worth?” He replied, “ is worth more than a hundred ass-loads of gold.”
  • He said, “Break it!” “How should I break it?” he replied: “I am a well-wisher to thy treasury and riches.
  • How should I deem it allowable that a priceless pearl like this should go to waste?”
  •  “Well said!” exclaimed the King and presented him with a dress of honour; the generous King took the pearl from him, 4040
  • (But) the munificent monarch bestowed on the Vizier every garment and robe that he wore.
  • For a while he engaged them (the courtiers) in conversation concerning new event and old mystery.
  • Afterwards he put it (the pearl) into the hand of a chamberlain, saying, "What is it worth to a would-be purchaser?"
  • He replied, “It is worth half a kingdom: may God preserve it from destruction!”