THE STORY OF

ES-SINDIBAD OF THE SEA

AND

ES-SINDIBAD OF THE LAND

“ay HERE was, in the time of the
Khaleefeh; the Prince of the Faith-
ful, Hdroon Er-Rasheed, in the
gy) city of Baghdad, a man called Es-
Sindibéd the Porter. He was a
man in poor circumstances, who bore burdens
for hire upon his head. And it happened to
him that he bore one day a heavy burden,
and that day was excessively hot; so he was
wearied by the load, and perspired profasely, the
heat violently oppressing him. In this state he
passed by the door of a merchant, the ground

before which was swept and sprinkled, and there
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