Volume 20 / Act 5 — A Dramatic Poem
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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
A Wealthy Merchant
Sobeide, his young wife
Bachtjar, the Jeweler, Sobeide's father
Sobeide's Mother
Shalnassar, the Carpet-dealer
Ganem, his son
GÜlistane, a ship-captain's widow
An Armenian Slave
An old Camel-driver
A Gardener
His wife
Bahram, Servant of the Merchant
A Debtor of Shalnassar
An old city in the Kingdom of Persia
The time is the evening and the night after the wedding-feast of the wealthy merchant.