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- Story
of Alaaddeen:
Alaaddeen Kills the Magician
1. Alaaddeen
Meets a Magician
2. Alaaddeen Meets the Genie
3. Alaaddeen Gets Married
4. Alaadeen Kills the Magician
5. Alaaddeen and the Magician's Brother
Alaaddeen
and his wife had lived happily for several years. Meanwhile the magician also did
not sit silent. He was sure that Alaaddeen must have died there in the
cave., still he wanted to be dead sure, so he took out a magic square covered box,
leveled the sand kept in it, drew a horoscope in it and found that Alaaddeen had escaped and was living happily and honorably with his wife.
He also knew that Alaadeen had discovered the secret of the lamp and was
using it. He thought that either he will perish him and or will perish
himself.
So he
came to the capital of China again and came to know everything about Alaaddeen
and he became sure that it was all lamp's work. He also found out that the
lamp was in Alaaddeen's palace. He thought he could get it from there.
Unfortunately Alaaddeen went for hunting only three days ago for eight
days. The magician bought 12 new lamps, put them in a basket and went to
sell them - "Anybody wants to exchange his old lamp with a new
lamp?" Alaaddeen's wife also heard this. Her one of the maids
said - "We have an old lamp on a shelf, if you like to exchange it
with a new one." "Oh sure, where is it?" The maid brought
the lamp and the Princess asked her servant to exchange it with a new one.
As he
went to the magician carrying the old lamp to exchange with a new lamp,
the magician jumped with happiness. This was the lamp he was looking for.
He snatched the lamp from him and gave the whole basket to him. He came to
a far place from the city and waited till night fell. In the dark he
rubbed the lamp and when Genie appeared before him, he asked him to
transport himself and the palace he built along with everything in it to a
place in Africa. Genie obeyed his master.
Next
day when the Sultaan got up in the morning, he saw an empty place instead
of his daughter's palace. He could not think that how such a large palace
could disappear overnight? He called his Vazeer to see what he saw, but
the Vazeer also
saw the same what the Sultaan saw. The Vazeer said to the Sultaan - "Sir,
I told you before that this palace was the work of magic and a magician,
but you wouldn't listen to me at all." The Sultaan got very angry at
this and shouted - "Where is he, I will cut his head. Send some
people to bring him."
The Vazeer
sent some people to bring him and very soon they got him returning from
his hunting trip and told him that the Sultaan wanted to see him
immediately. Alaaddeen didn't have the least suspicion what was going on.
People put a chain around his neck and took him to the Sultaan. Innocent
Alaaddeen did not know his crime. As he was brought to the Sultaan,
Sultaan ordered his man to cut his head. The man waited for his order. At
the same time people of the town forced the palace of the Sultaan to
release Alaaddeen, so the
Sultaan ordered the man to free Alaaddeen and declared that the Sultaan
had pardoned Alaaddeen.
Alaaddeen
approached the Sultaan and asked him what was his crime? The Sultaan said
angrily - "Crime? Come here and see yourself." Alaaddeen went in
the palace and upstairs. The Sultaan asked him - "Where is your
palace?" Alaaddeen looked around, he also couldn't see his palace. He
said - "I can see that it is not there, but I really don't know that
where it has gone." The Sultaan said - "I don't mind your palace, but
tell me where is my daughter? Find her out otherwise I will cut your
head." Alaaddeen said - "Please give me 40 days. If I will not be able
to find out her, I will be here again in your service." He asked
everybody in the town whether he had seen his palace, but everybody
laughed at hearing his question and thought that he had gone mad.
He
could not live in the city in this unhappy condition so he left the city
and came to a riverside. He thought to commit suicide, so he first thought
to say his prayers. He went to the river to wash his hands but as he was
washing his hands he slipped in the river, but luckily he did not drown in
it, he just fell down on a rock. In this process he rubbed his ring so
hard that its Genie appeared before him and asked as before "What do I do
for you? I am the slave of who have the ring on their finger." Alaaddeen had completely forgotten about
the ring Genie, so as he appeared before him, he was surprised to see him,
but said in a composed way - "Genie, Save my life by showing my palace
or bringing it back where it was standing." Genie said - "Sorry,
What you are asking me, is not in my power, you must ask this to the slave
of the lamp." "Then can you take me there where my palace is
right now?" Genie took him right under the window of the princess
instantly.
It was
night, and he did not sleep for several days, so he sat down under a tree,
and slept soon. He could make out that this happened because he put his
lamp out of his sight. But he did not know who did this. He came near the
window and was peeping inside, that a maid saw him and reported it to the
Princess. The Princess came and was very happy to see her husband. She
asked him to use the private door to come inside. Alaaddeen went in and
asked her - "O Princess, For your own, your father's and my sake,
just tell me what happened to that old lamp which I kept on the shelf of
the hall with 24 windows." "I am sorry, It is all this because
of that lamp and I am responsible for it." "No, It was my
mistake, but tell me to whom you have given it?" Then she told him
the story of exchanging the old lamp with new lamp, and coming to this
place just next morning. She had heard that he was from Africa.
Alaaddeen
had got the information so he asked her - "Princess, Tell me one thing
more, do you know where he has put that lamp." Princess told him that
he always kept it with him, because he showed it to her once. She also
told him that he used to visit her once a day just to changer her mind
from her husband to himself. Alaaddeen had thought of some plan so he said
to her - "I go to town, I will come back by noon. But keep in mind
that you leave the private door open."
He
went to the town, bought half a dram (approximately .88 Grams) powder and came back immediately to
his palace. He said to the Princess - "Now listen to my plan. When
that magician comes, you should receive him in one of your finest clothes
very warmly. Invite him for dinner and some best quality wine. When goes
to fetch wine for you, you put this powder in one cup and keep it near
you. Drink as much as you wish then ask your maid to bring that special
cup for you. Then replace his cup with this one. As soon he will drink wine
from this cup he will be unconscious. I will take care of the rest." After instructing her this
way, he went away from there and stayed nearby by the palace till late
night.
After
Alaaddeen left, she dressed herself in her best attire and waited for the
magician. When he came, she showed her best manners to him she had never
showed before. The magician got very surprised to see the Princess'
changed behavior. He was more surprised when she said to him - "I
think you are right, I should leave hope for my husband and accept you as
my husband. I request you to come tonight for dinner and as I have no
African wine, I would like to taste some." Magician said - "Oh,
Africa has one of the best wines, let me bring some for you myself."
And he immediately left to bring wine. The Princess asked him to come back
soon. In the meantime the Princess put the powder into a special cup.
Soon
magician returned with the wine, and both sat to eat the best dinner.
After the food they started drinking wine. She said - "Oh, I have
never tasted such a good wine before. I drink it for your health."
then she asked her maid to bring that special cup for her. She filled that
cup with the wine and exchanged it with the magician's. Both drank their
cup to the last drop. As the magician finished his wine, he fell down on the
couch unconscious. Alaaddeen immediately came from the same private door.
The Princess was
very happy to see him that she wanted to embrace him, but he said -
"Wait a little more. First we have to go back to China. Leave me
alone for a few moments." All left the room. Alaaddeen locked the
room, took out the lamp from the magician's pocket, rubbed it and asked
Genie to transport the palace back to the same place where it stood before.
Genie did it almost immediately. Then they ate food and drank African
wine.
The
Sultaan was very worried about her daughter, he could not sleep even
properly. But one day he was surprised to see the same palace on its own
place. The Sultaan could not resist himself to see his daughter so he rode
his horse and came to the palace immediately. Alaaddeen knew what would
happen so he got up early that morning, got ready in his one of the finest
robes. He came to welcome his father-in-law, but the Sultaan wished to see
his daughter first. Alaaddeen took him to his daughter. Sultaan asked her
to tell him everything truly. The Princess told him everything from
exchanging the lamp till coming here. Alaaddeen said - "If you don't
believe us, you may go down and see the magician lying there dead."
The Sultaan saw down and he really found the magician dead. Alaaddeen said
- "When you will have time I will tell you another incident of his
evil action.
The
Sultaan was very happy to receive his daughter and son-in-law back.
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