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The Tale of the Three Apples


THEY relate, O King of the Age and Lord of the Time and of these days, that the Caliph Harun al-Rashid summoned his Wazir Ja’afar one night and said to him: "I desire to go down into the city and question the common folk concerning the conduct of those charged with its governance, and those of whom they complain we will depose from office and those whom they commend we will promote." Quoth Ja’afar, "Hearkening and obedience!" So the Caliph went down with Ja’afar and the eunuch Masrur to the (...)


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