An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
1But Talib said to the emeer: May God amend thy state!
2So the emeer said to him: "What hast thou seen, O Sheikh?"
3And the emeer said: "This is what occurred to my mind, and excellent is the advice."
4The emeer answered; "Advance and read."
5Then the king of the blacks said to the emeer: "Are ye of mankind, or of the genies?"
6But the emeer replied: Heardest thou not that which the damsel hath given as a charge, in the inscription upon this tablet?
7And the Emeer Moosa went on into the interior of the palace.
8So the Emeer Moosà said, This is the action of the rational.
9The Emeer said to him, How long a period doth it require?
10The sheykh 'Abd-Es-Samad replied, May God amend the state of the Emeer!
11So the Emeer Moosà wondered at it, and said, God bless you!
12So the Emeer Moosa said: May God not regard with mercy thy resting-place!
13So the Emeer Moosa said: "O Sheikh Abd-Es-Samad, what are these people?"
14The Emeer Moosa then said to the Sheikh Abd-Es-Samad: "Enter these chambers with us."
15And the Emeer Moosa wrote down all this.
16And one of them answered, I will ascend it, O Emeer, and descend and open the gate.