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158 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. Durr/ He exclaimed ' Oh ! welcome! pray for me then.' She said, ' God bring thee to repentance!' She then gave him a charge respecting the Emeer Beybars; saying, 'Thy father loved him above all the chiefs, and entered into a covenant with him before God; and I, also, made a covenant with him before God.' He answered, ' O Queen, by thy life, I have written for him a patent conferring upon him the sovereignty after me.' She said, 'And thy father, also, wrote for him a patent, conferring upon him the sovereignty.' The King then said to her, ' Those chiefs created a dissension between me and him ; and asserted that he poisoned my father.' She said, 'I beg God's forgiveness! They hate him.' After this the Queen remained chatting with him a short time; and he went to his saloon, and passed the night, and rose. " On the following day he held a court; and the hall was filled with troops. And he winked to Abu-1-Kheyr, and said, s Give me to drink.' Now he had said to him the day before, ' To-morrow, when I hold my court, and say to thee, Give me to drink, bring me a water-bottle full of wine.' So when El-Melik 'Eesa sat upon the throne, and the court, filled with troops, resembled a garden, the troops resembling the branches of plants, he felt a longing to drink wine, and said to Abu-1-Kheyr, ' Give me to drink ;' and winked to him ; and he brought to him the water-bottle ; and he drank, and returned it. Then he sat a little longer, and said again, ' Give me to drink, O Abu-1-Kheyr;' and the servant brought the bottle ; and he drank, and gave
Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
Creator | Lane, Edward William |
Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
Place of Publication | London |
Date | 1842 |
Language | eng |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Title | 00000170 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | 158 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. [PART II. Durr/ He exclaimed ' Oh ! welcome! pray for me then.' She said, ' God bring thee to repentance!' She then gave him a charge respecting the Emeer Beybars; saying, 'Thy father loved him above all the chiefs, and entered into a covenant with him before God; and I, also, made a covenant with him before God.' He answered, ' O Queen, by thy life, I have written for him a patent conferring upon him the sovereignty after me.' She said, 'And thy father, also, wrote for him a patent, conferring upon him the sovereignty.' The King then said to her, ' Those chiefs created a dissension between me and him ; and asserted that he poisoned my father.' She said, 'I beg God's forgiveness! They hate him.' After this the Queen remained chatting with him a short time; and he went to his saloon, and passed the night, and rose. " On the following day he held a court; and the hall was filled with troops. And he winked to Abu-1-Kheyr, and said, s Give me to drink.' Now he had said to him the day before, ' To-morrow, when I hold my court, and say to thee, Give me to drink, bring me a water-bottle full of wine.' So when El-Melik 'Eesa sat upon the throne, and the court, filled with troops, resembled a garden, the troops resembling the branches of plants, he felt a longing to drink wine, and said to Abu-1-Kheyr, ' Give me to drink ;' and winked to him ; and he brought to him the water-bottle ; and he drank, and returned it. Then he sat a little longer, and said again, ' Give me to drink, O Abu-1-Kheyr;' and the servant brought the bottle ; and he drank, and gave |
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