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 | | THE CALIPH OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI |
 | | Whereupon the Commander of the Faithful, Omar, looked at him and them and bade them loose him; then, calling him near to himself, asked the twain, What is your case with him? They answered, O Prince of True Believers, we are two brothers by one mother and as followers of verity known are we. |
 | | We had a father, a very old man of good counsel, honoured by the tribes, sound of baseness renowned for goodliness, who reared us tenderly in childhood, and loaded us with favours in manhood; -- And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say. |
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