he retired to rest.  He then saw an apparition which ordered him not to march further into the country of King Baal-Beg, but to turn towards Abyssinia and Nigritia, adding, “Remain there, and choose it as thy residence, and assuredly one of thy race will arise through whom the threat of Noah shall be fulfilled.”  When the King awoke next morning he related this to the Wazir, who advised him to use his own judgment about it.  The King immediately gave orders to march.  The army set forth, and after ten days they arrived at a country the soil of which seemed to consist of chalk, for it appeared quite white.  The Wazir Yottreb then went to the King and requested his permission to found a city here for his people.  “Why so?” asked the King.  “Because,” replied the Wazir, “this will one day be the place of Refuge of the Prophet Mohammed, who will be sent at the end of time.”  The King then gave his consent, and Yottreb immediately summoned architects and surveyors, who dug out the ground, and reared the walls, and erected beautiful palaces.  They did not desist from the work until the Wazir ordered a number of his people to remove to this city with their families.  This was done, and their posterity inhabit the city to this day.  He then gave them a scroll, and said, “He who comes to you as a fugitive to this house will be the ruler of this city.”  He then called the city Yottreb after his own name, and the scroll descended from father to son till the Apostle of God arrived as a fugitive from Mecca, when the inhabitants went out to meet him, and presented him with it.  They afterwards became his auxiliaries and were known as the Ansar.  But we must now return to King Zul Yezn.  He marched several days toward Abyssinia, and at last arrived in a beautiful and fertile country where he informed his Wazir that he would like to build a city for his subjects.  He gave the necessary orders, which were diligently executed; canals were dug and the surrounding country cultivated; and the city was named Medinat El-Hamra, the Red.  At last the news reached the King of Abyssinia, whose name was Saif Ar-Raad (Thunder-sword), and whose capital was called Medinat ad-Durr (the Rich in Houses).  Part of this city was built on solid land and the other was built in the sea.  This prince could bring an army of 600,000 men into the field, and his authority extended to the extremity of the then known world.  When he was informed of the invasion of Zul Yezn, he summoned his two Wazirs, who were named Sikra Divas and Ar-Ryf.  The latter was well versed in ancient books, in which he had discovered that God would one day send a Prophet who would be the last of the series.  He believed this himself, but concealed it from the Abyssinians, who were still worshippers of Saturn.  When the Wazirs came before the King, he said to them,"See how the Arabs are advancing against us; I must fight them.”  Sikra Divas opposed this design, fearing lest the threat of Noah should be fulfilled.  “I