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him, and accompanied him to the palace. He saluted the Grand 

 Vizier, who lodged him in a magnificent house, and there I often 

 visited him. It happened, when I passed the month of Ramazan 

 in prayer, tHat all the inhabitants visited me, except ' 'Abd- Allah. 

 The Vizier Djemdl eddin himself came to see me, and ' Abd- Allah 

 with him, but only bearing him company. Enmity arose be- 

 tween us. Afterwards when I came out of my retreat, the 

 maternal uncles of my wife, the step-daughter of 'Abd- Allah 

 made a complaint to me. They were the sons of the Vizier 

 Djemdl eddin Assindjary. Their father had appointed the Vizier 

 ' Abd-Allah to be their guardian, and their property was still in 

 his hands, although they had by the law emerged from wardship. 

 They demanded his appearance in Court. It was my custom 

 when I summoned one of the contending parties to send him a 

 slip of paper, either with or without writing. On delivery of 

 that the party repaired to the Court ; if he did not, I punished 

 him. In this way I sent a slip to 'Abd-Allah* This procedure 

 raised his choler, and on account thereof he conceived a hatred 

 for me. He concealed his enmity and sent some one to plead for 

 him. Some unseemly language was reported to me as having 

 been used by him. 



The islanders, both gentle and simple, were accustomed to 

 salute the Vizier 'Abd-Allah in the same way as the Vizier 

 Djemdl eddin. Their salutation consists in touching the ground 

 with the forefinger, then kissing it, and placing it on the head. 

 I issued orders to the public crier, and he proclaimed in the 

 Queen's palace in the presence of witnesses, that whoever should 

 render homage to 'Abd-Allah in like manner as to the Grand 

 Vizier should incur severe chastisement. And I exacted from 

 him a promise that he would not allow men to do so. His 

 enmity against me was now increased. Meantime I married an- 

 other wife, daughter of a highly esteemed Vizier, whose grand- 

 father was the Sultan Daovd, the grand-son of the Sultan 



