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And now by Allah, we will do a deed which shall be recorded of us

after we are no more." Then he summoned his son Al-Amin and

questioned him of the story of the second lady, the portress; and

he told it in the face of truth; whereupon the Caliph bade call

into presence the Kazis and their witnesses and the three

Kalandars and the first lady with her sisters german who had been

ensorcelled; and he married the three to the three Kalandars whom

he knew to be princes and sons of Kings and he appointed them

chamberlains about his person, assigning to them stipends and

allowances and all that they required, and lodging them in his

palace at Baghdad. He returned the beaten lady to his son,

Al-Amin, renewing the marriage contract between them and gave her

great wealth and bade rebuild the house fairer than it was

before.