In the excess of her fright she gave birth to thee at once，and at that moment there arose，in the direction of our country，a dustcloud which towered and flew till it walled the view.
Thereupon the slave feared for his life； so he smote Queen Abrizah with his sword and slew her in his fury； then mounting his horse he went his way.Soon after his going，the dust lifted and discovered thy grandfather，King Hardub，Lord of Graecia
land，who，seeing thy mother （and his daughter） lying slain on the plain，was sorely troubled with a distress that redoubled，and questioned me of the manner of her death and the cause of her secretly quitting her father's realm.So I told him all that had passed，first and last； and this is the cause of the feud between the people of the land of the Greeks and the people of the city of Baghdad.Then we bore off thy murthered mother and buried her； and I took thee and reared thee，and hung about thy neck the jewel which was with Queen Abrizah.But，when being grown up thou camest to man's estate，I dared not acquaint thee with the truth of the matter，lest such information stir up a war of blood revenge between you.More over，thy grandfather had enjoined me to secrecy，and I could not gainsay the commandment of thy mother's father，Hardub，King of the Greeks.This，then，is the cause of my concealment and the reason why I forbore to inform thee that thy father was King Omar bin alNu'uman； but when thou camest to the throne，I told thee what thou knowest； and I durst not reveal to thee the rest till this moment，O King of the Age！