One Thousand and One Nights: The Story of the Porter and the Young Ladies: Twenty-ninth Night

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THE STORY OF THE PORTER WITH THE YOUNG LADIES


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The efreet who saved Zobeida is summoned by Harun Al-Rashid. She changes back the two female dogs into young ladies and reveals to the caliph that the husband of Amina is one of his sons.

Then almost everybody gets married, including the three saâlouks!

And Sheherazade starts a new story.


ON THE TWENTY-NINTH NIGHT

Sheherazade said:

It has come to me, O fortunate King, that at the recounting of these two stories of the young ladies Zobeida and Amina, who were there with their younger sister Fahima and the two black bitches and the three saâlouks, the caliph Harun Al-Rachid was extremely amazed, and ordered that these two stories, as well as those of the three saâlouks, be written by the scribes of the offices, with very beautiful and well-kept handwriting, and that then the manuscripts be deposited in his archives.

Then he said to Zobeida: “And now, O lady full of nobility, have you heard no more of the efreet who bewitched your two sisters in the image of these two bitches? And Zobeida answered: "Emir of the Believers, I could know it, because she gave me a lock of her hair and said to me: "When you need me, you will only have to burn one of this hair, and immediately I will appear to you, in whatever distant place I may be, even if I were behind Mount Caucasus!" Then the caliphate said to her: “Oh! bring me that hair!" And Zobeida gave him the wick, and the caliph took a hair from it and burned it. And no sooner was the smell of burnt hair than there was a trembling throughout the palate, and a strong shaking, and suddenly the genie appeared in the form of a richly dressed maiden. As she was a Muslim, she did not fail to say to the caliph: “Peace be with you, O vicar of Allah!" And the caliph answered her: “And upon you descend peace, the mercy of Allah and his blessings!" So she said to him: “Know, O Prince of the Faithful, that this young lady, who has just made me appear at your desire, has done me a great service and has sown seeds in me which have germinated! Also, whatever I do for her, I will never be able to sufficiently acknowledge the good she has done me. As for his sisters, I have changed them into female dogs; if I did not put them to death, it was simply so as not to cause their sister too much grief. Now, if you, O Prince of the Faithful, desire their deliverance, I will deliver them for your sake and for their sister! And, besides, I do not forget that I am a Muslim!" So he said to her: “Certainly! I want you to deliver them! After that, we will examine the case of the young woman with the body bruised by beatings; and if I really found the truth of her story, I would defend her and avenge her on the one who had thus unjustly punished her!" Then the efreet said, "Emir of the Faithful, I, in a moment, will tell you who treated young Amina thus and oppressed her and took her wealth! Because know that he is the closest to you among humans!"

Then the efreet took a cup of water, and made conjurations over it; then she sprinkled it on the two female dogs and said to them: "Quickly return to your old human form!" And, at the same time, the two dogs became two beautiful young ladies to do honor to whoever created them!

Then the genie turned to the side of the caliph and said: “The author of all this mistreatment of young Amina is your own son El-Amin!" And she told him the story, which the caliph was thus able to check through the mouth of a second person, not a human, but a genie!

Then the caliph was very surprised, but concluded: “Praise be to Allah for the deliverance of these two female dogs through me!" Then he summoned his son El-Amin to his presence and asked him for an explanation, and El-Amin answered him telling him the truth. Then the caliphate had the kadis and the witnesses assembled in the same room where the three saâlouks, sons of kings, and the three young ladies were with their two sisters who had been bewitched.

And then, by the kadis and the witnesses, he remarried his son El-Amin with the young Amina; he married the young Zobeida with the first saâlouk, son of a king; he married the two other young women with the other two saâlouks, sons of kings; and, himself, and made his marriage contract with the youngest of the five sisters, the virgin Fahima, the agreeable and sweet provider!

And he built a palace for each couple and gave them all great riches so that they might live happily. And he himself, barely nightfall, hastened to lie down in the arms of young Fahima, with whom he spent that night very pleasantly!

“But,” Schahrazade continued, addressing King Schahriar, “don’t think, O fortunate King, that this story is more astonishing than the one that is to follow!"

THE STORY OF THE CUT WOMAN, THE THREE APPLES, AND THE NEGRO RIHAN

One night among the nights, the caliph Harun Al-Rachid said to Jia'far Al-Barmaki: “I want us to go down tonight towards the city, to inform us of the actions of the governors and the walis. And I have the firm intention to impeach all those against whom complaints would be brought to me!" And Jia'far answered: “I listen and I obey!"

At this point in her narration, Sheherazade saw the morning appear and quietly fell silent.*


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I assumed the previous chapter was the end of Amina's story but I was wrong. Here the caliph plays judge and gives all parties some sort of happy ending that I'm not satisfied with. Its good that the Efreet is summoned to make things right again and the black dogs changed back into human form. After all the suffering and lashes, it's believed they are remorseful and changed.

A shocking part of this story is that the horrible ex-husband of Amina is the Caliph's son! 😳 See how fate brought them together? The part I'm not satisfied with is the pairing of couples in marriage. Why make El-Amin remarry Amina after the horrible way he treated her and almost killed her? Why force these women to be married to the one-eyed saâlouks? Probably the caliph had such powers at that time to force people to marry each other.

I don't mind the part where the Caliph marries Fahima. He's a smart one and picked the lovely lady without complications to himself. 😅 I look forward to the story of the cut woman and negro Rihan. Thanks for sharing.

and ordered that these two stories, as well as those of the three saâlouks, be written by the scribes of the offices, with very beautiful and well-kept handwriting, and that then the manuscripts be deposited in his archives.

Honestly... It actually deserved to be documented.. what a good story to read with a lot of lessons to be learnt.
Indeed just as they always say... Anybody who reads this will definitely learn a lot from it.

and avenge her on the one who had thus unjustly punished her

Revenge! A double edged sword act.
It's always good when you are the one on the good end of which the revenge was done for but then for someone who was on the receiving end, they will always seek a way to avenge their loved ones.
I'm saying in essence that, Revenge begets revenge, it just never ends

young Amina is your own son El-Amin!"

I can't even imagine how bad the genie must have felt hearing this.
You get the feeling when you truly wants to do something good and then you just discover along the line that the person who was responsible was actually someone you reverence so so much, I'm happy it was resolved well

O fortunate King, that this story is more astonishing than the one that is to follow!"

Hehe, having been following your series for a while now, I can also attest to this😂, I really can't wait for the next episode.
Thanks a lot for sharing such a wonderful story with us.🙇

The way we heard him three saalouk stories in the last few days and then more stories of these young women. The stories of all of them it was so painful that the person went inside while I was reading it. Sherehazade is totally succeeding in her goal so far, she is saving her life and her sister's life and now in this way we see that the stories are getting more interesting in the coming few days.

You will see that the prince will forgive sherehazade and marry her. If there was any other girl in Shahzad's place and she was not so wise, then the prince would have killed her by now as he had killed so many women before.

The good thing is that the caliph, Harun Al-Rashid has done justice, he caught the mistake of his son, and then he got his son married to this girl Amina. The caliph also married the youngest sister, Fahima.

It is a good thing that all these people are married because there is nothing better than marriage in this world because people can know each other very well after this relationship. All these people's stories have a good ending.

I can't wait to see how the story unfolds. The cut woman, the Three Apples, and the Negro Rihan. Now listen to their stories and see what happened to them.

One thing I know is that nothing lasts forever. No condition will forever be permanent. I have always heard about it and I have seen so many things which made me realize truly that no condition is permanent. Let us remember how bad all of those people have suffered. Let us remember the crazy things that has happened to them but at the end of the day, they were given a house and treated very well.

I noticed something on this story. I noticed that the genie respects the caliph and he respects her too. That is how Muslims do generally. They treat each other with love and respect and they can do anything for you as long as you are one of them.

I'm happy the story ended in a memorable way. I love the resolution at the ending. It's an amazing thing the caliph came to the rescue of zoebida's two sisters, who were cursed by the efreet. I had even forgotten about their predicament until it was brought up again in this episode.

It's a great thing indeed, to see that the efreet and everyone around opened up their hearts to forgiveness and mercy, wonderful!.

Life is too short to hold grudges against your loved ones and this episode just reminded us of that.

I'm really glad they all eventually found love peace and happiness. What more could one possibly want?

In all, love prevailed🥺♥️
Beautiful ✨💯

What a delightful folktale @vcelier! I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the adventures of Zobeida, Amina, Fahima, and the efreet. The story was filled with intrigue, magic, and unexpected twists that kept me hooked from start to finish.

It's heartwarming to see how the caliph, Harun Al-Rashid, took swift action to right the wrongs and ensure justice for Amina. Sheherazade's storytelling skills are truly remarkable, weaving together a narrative that is both entertaining and thought-provoking. I can't wait to dive into the next story, "The Cut Woman, the Three Apples, and the Negro Rihan."

Thank you for sharing this enchanting tale, and I'm eagerly looking forward to more of your captivating stories @vcelier.

After hearing the stories of Zobeida, Amina, and the three saâlouks, the caliph Harun Al-Rachid ordered the tales to be written by scribes and deposited in his archives for posterity. Zobeida gave the caliph a lock of hair from the efreet who bewitched her sisters, and he burned it to summon the genie. She revealed that the caliph's son El-Amin was responsible for mistreating Amina. The caliph remedied the situation by remarrying his son with Amina, and the other couples were married too. The caliph also married the youngest sister, Fahima. Happy end!

Let's see the next story of the cut woman, the three apples and the negro Rihan what brings us...

The sisters' stories ended and the caliph ordered the dogs to be released. Then he ordered her son to remarry Amina to atone for her unfair treatment of her. He also married the rest of the sisters with the saâlouk. He gave all of them palaces and wealth to make up for his misfortune.
I request the scribes of the realm to keep the stories safe for posterity. And finally he married the younger sister.
Schahrazade's stories continue, what surprises will they bring us?


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