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So they ceased not to live the most pleasurable life and the most

delectable, till there came to them the Destroyer of all delights

and the Sunderer of all societies, the Depopulator of palaces and

the Garnerer for graves. Yet, O most auspicious King! (continued

Shahrazad) this tale is by no means more wonderful than that of

the two Wazirs and Anis al-Jalis. Quoth her sister Dunyazad, "And

what may that be?", whereupon she began to relate the following

tale of

End of Vol. 1.

Footnotes

[FN#1] Allaho A'alam, a deprecatory formula, used because the

writer is going to indulge in a series of what may possibly be

untruths.

[FN#2] The "Sons of Sasan" are the famous Sassanides whose

dynasty ended with the Arabian Conquest (A.D. 641). "Island"

Jazirah) in Arabic also means "Peninsula," and causes much

confusion in geographical matters.