Note 476
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)
The Bresl. Edit. (ii. 108) describes the scene at greater length.
…e audience, and Hasan of Bassorah who was their prisoner kept saying, "I wonder what they have found in the conserve of pomegranate-grains to bring things to this pass!" [FN#476] When the Wazir returned to them, after his visit to the Viceroy who had given him formal permission to take up his debtor and depart with him, on entering the tents he called for the Cook. They brought him forward pinioned with his turband; and, when …
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