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 | | Vast tracts of it had been the domain of the House of Sa'ud, but the young man's father had lost his throne through murder and trickery and battle; and for the past 11 years the desert had fallen under the sovereignty of a rival dynasty, the House of Rashid, the implacable enemies of the Saudis. |
 | | In the center of the town the Rashids had built a fortress, and opposite the fortress gate, across a square, they had fortified a house where the governor, whose name was 'Ajlan, kept his women. |
 | | After the call to prayer from the mosques of the town, when the raiders hidden within the house performed their own devotions, and, as the morning light refilled the square, the gate was opened, and servants began to bring out the governor's horses. |
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