The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 462
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)

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Arab. "Suwán," prop. Syenite, from Syene (Al-Suwan) but applied to flint and any hard stone.

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Then he passed through the gate into a courtyard and found a vaulted doorway builded of hardest syenite [FN#462] inlaid with sundry kinds of multi-coloured marble. Into this he walked and wandered about the house and, throwing many a glance around, saw the name of his brother, Nur al-Din, written in gold wash upon the walls. So he went up to the inscription and kissed it and wept and thought of how he had been separated from h…

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Note 462TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)

Note 462
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)