Note 483
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)
This is always mentioned: the nearer seat the higher the honour.
…ng the ground between his hands, greeted him with the greeting due to Kings. The Sultan rejoiced at his return and his face brightened and, placing him hard by his side, [FN#483] asked him to relate all he had seen in his wayfaring and whatso had betided him in his going and coming. So the Wazir told him all that had passed from first to last and the Sultan said, "Thanks be to Allah for thy victory [FN#484] and the winning of …
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