Ma'adin town，the same on both sides and stuffed with the raw silk of Irak；and under his head was a pillow filled with ostrichdown And when ready for sleep，he doffed his outer clothes and drew off his bagtrousers and lay down in a shirt of delicate stuff smooth as wax；and he donned a headkerchief of azure Marazi[239] cloth；and at such time and on this guise Kamar alZaman was like the fullorbed moon，when it riseth on its fourteenth night. Then，drawing over his head a coverlet of silk，he fell asleep with the lanthorn burning at his feet and the waxcandle over his head，and he ceased not sleeping through the first third of the night，not knowing what lurked for him in the womb of the Future，and what the Omniscient had decreed for him. Now，as Fate and Fortune would have it，both tower and saloon were old and had been many years deserted；and there was therein a Roman well inhabited by a Jinniyah of the seed of Iblis[240] the Accursed，by name Maymunah，daughter of Al Dimiryat，a renowned King of the Jann.And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When it was the One Hundred and Seventyseventh Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that the name of the Jinniyah in question was Maymunah，daughter of AlDimiryat；a renowned King of the Jann. And as Kamar alZaman continued sleeping till the first third of the night，Maymunah came up out of the Roman well and made for the firmament，thinking to listen by stealth to the converse of the angels；but when she reached the mouth of the well，she saw a light shining in the tower，contrary to custom；and having dwelt there many years without seeing the like，she said to herself，'Never have I witnessed aught like this'；and，marvelling much at the matter，determined that there must be some cause therefor. So she made for the light and found the eunuch sleeping within the door；and inside she saw a couch spread，whereon was a human form with the waxcandle burning at his head and the lanthorn at his feet，and she wondered to see the light and stole towards it little by little.