like was not, and saying to him, “Thou hast seen the end of thine ills, O Judar.”  Then he drew out for him a geomantic figure, which showed what had befallen Salim and Salim and said to Judar, “Such and such things have befallen thy brothers and they are now in the King of Egypt’s prison; but thou art right welcome to abide with me and accomplish thine ordinances of pilgrimage and all shall be well.”  Replied Judar, “O my lord, let me go and take leave of the merchant with whom I am and after I will come back to thee.”  “Dost thou owe money?” asked the Moor, and he answered, “No.”  Said Abd al-Samad, “Go thou and take leave of him and come back forth right, for bread hath claims of its own from the ingenuous.”  So Judar returned to the merchant and farewelled him, saying, “I have fallen in with my brother."[FN#295] “Go bring him here,” said the merchant, “and we will make him an entertainment.”  But Judar answered, saying, “He hath no need of that; for he is a man of wealth and hath many servants.”  Then the merchant gave Judar twenty dinars, saying, “Acquit me of responsibility";[FN#296] and he bade him adieu and went forth from him.  Presently, he saw a poor man, so he gave him the twenty ducats and returned to the Moor, with whom he abode till they had accomplished the pilgrimage rites when Abd al-Samad gave him the seal ring, that he had taken from the treasure of Al-Shamardal, saying, “This ring will win thee thy wish, for it enchanteth and hath a servant, by name Al-Ra’ad al-Kasif; so whatever thou hast a mind to of the wants of this world, rub this ring and its servant will appear and do all thou biddest him.”  Then he rubbed the ring before him, whereupon the Jinni appeared, saying, “Adsum, O my lord!  Ask what thou wilt and it shall be given thee.  Hast thou a mind to people a ruined city or ruin a populous one? to slay a king or to rout a host?” “O Ra’ad,” said Abd al-Samad, “this is become thy lord; do thou serve him faithfully.”  Then he dismissed him and said to Judar, “Rub the ring and the servant will appear and do thou command him to do whatever thou desirest, for he will not gainsay thee.  Now go to thine own country and take care of the ring, for by means of it thou wilt baffle thine enemies; and be not ignorant of its puissance.”  “O my lord,” quoth Judar, “with thy leave, I will set out homewards.”  Quoth the Maghribi, “Summon the Jinni and mount upon his back; and if thou say to him, ’Bring me to my native city this very day,’ he will not disobey thy commandment.”  So he took leave of Moor Abd al-Samad and rubbed the ring, whereupon Al-Ra’ad presented himself, saying, “Adsum; ask and it shall be given to thee.”  Said Judar, “Carry me to Cairo this day;” and he replied, “Thy will be done;” and, taking him on his back, flew with him from noon till midnight, when he set him down in the courtyard of his mother’s house and disappeared.  Judar went in to his mother, who rose weeping, and greeted him fondly, and told him how the King had