Thousand & One Nights: 130th Night: The Baghdad Young Man & Zubaida's Maid

One hundred and thirtieth night.
Shahrazad was the frame story teller. The story of the young Baghdad man was told by him to those present at the occasion of recitation of Quran. The steward in the story of the hunchback was also present as a guest at the recitation of Quran. This was later told to the king of China by the steward.

The steward continued the story:
When the young man's wounds healed and he recovered the maid of Zubaida slept with him. He spent the rest of the month with her in the palace. He felt depressed with the sluggish life in the palace. One day his wife said to him, "Listen! The Caliph's palace is no place for us to live permanently. Lady Zubaida has given me fifty thousand dinars. Take some money with you and go and buy us good and beautiful house." Then she gave him ten thousand dinars. He went out with the money and bought a beautiful house. She moved in with him to the new house. They lived for many years, after which she died. 

After the recitation of Quran, the steward returned to his apartment and his adventure with the hunchback. The king of China said, "This is not amazing than the story of rogue hunchback."

The Jewish physician stood and said to the king of China, "O my lord, I have a story to tell which is more amazing than this one." The king said, "Let us hear it."

The night ended. Shahrazad lapsed into silence.



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