Queen Kemeriyeh embraced her, as also did Queen Zelzeleh and Queen Wekhimeh and Queen Sherareh, and the former said to her, ’Rejoice in assured deliverance, for there abideth no harm for thee; but this is no time for talk.’  Then they cried out, whereupon up came the Afrits ambushed in the island, with swords and maces in their hands, and taking up Tuhfeh, flew with her to the palace and made themselves masters thereof, whilst the Afrit aforesaid, who was dear to Meimoun and whose name was Dukhan, fled like an arrow and stayed not in his flight till he carne to Meimoun and found him engaged in sore battle with the Jinn.  When his lord saw him, he cried out at him, saying, ’Out on thee!  Whom hast thou left in the palace?’ And Dukhan answered, saying, ’And who abideth in the palace?  Thy beloved Tuhfeh they have taken and Jemreh is slain and they have gotten possession of the palace, all of it.’  With this Meimoun buffeted his face and head and said, ‘Out on it for a calamity!’ And he cried aloud.  Now Kemeriyeh had sent to her father and acquainted him with the news, whereat the raven of parting croaked for them.  So, when Meimoun saw that which had betided him, (and indeed the Jinn smote upon him and the wings of death overspread his host,) he planted the butt of his spear in the earth and turning the point thereof to his heart, urged his charger upon it and pressed upon it with his breast, till the point came forth, gleaming, from his back.

Meanwhile the messenger had reached the opposite camp with the news of Tuhfeh’s deliverance, whereat the Sheikh Aboultawaif rejoiced and bestowed on the bringer of good tidings a sumptuous dress of honour and made him commander over a company of the Jinn.  Then they fell upon Meimoun’s troops and destroyed them to the last man; and when they came to Meimoun, they found that he had slain himself and was even as we have said.  Presently Kemeriyeh and her sister [Wekhimeh] came up to their grandfather and told him what they had done; whereupon he came to Tuhfeh and saluted her and gave her joy of her deliverance.  Then he delivered Meimoun’s palace to Selheb and took all the former’s riches and gave them to Tuhfeh, whilst the troops encamped upon the Crescent Mountain.  Moreover, the Sheikh Aboultawaif said to Tuhfeh, ‘Blame me not,’ and she kissed his hands.  As they were thus engaged, there appeared to them the tribes of the Jinn, as they were clouds, and Queen Es Shuhba flying in their van, with a drawn sword in her hand.

When she came in sight of the folk, they kissed the earth before her and she said to them, ’Tell me what hath betided Queen Tuhfeh from yonder dog Meimoun and why did ye not send to me and tell me?’ Quoth they, ’And who was this dog that we should send to thee, on his account?  Indeed, he was the least and meanest [of the Jinn].’  Then they told her what Kemeriyeh and her sisters had done and how they had practised upon Meimoun and delivered Tuhfeh from his hand, fearing lest he should slay her, whenas he found himself discomfited; and she said, ’By Allah, the accursed one was wont to prolong his looking upon her!’ And Tuhfeh fell to kissing Queen Es Shuhba’s hand, whilst the latter strained her to her bosom and kissed her, saying, ’Trouble is past; so rejoice in assurance of relief.’