you have not answered my riddle . ' ' O most amazingly impudent person , ' cried he , ` do you not yet repent ? ' Then he turned to the people , and told them the whole story of the rose and the cypress , of King Sinaubar and Queen Gul . When he came to the killing of the negroes , he said to the one who stood before them : ` You , too , were present . ' ` That is so ; all happened as you have told it ! ' There was great rejoicing in the court and all through the country over the solving of the riddle , and because now no more kings and princes would be killed . King Quimus made over his daughter to Prince Almas , but the latter refused to marry her , and took her as his captive . He then asked that the heads should be removed from the battlements and given decent burial . This was done . He received from the king everything that belonged to Mihr-afruz ; her treasure of gold and silver ; her costly stuffs and carpets ; her household plenishing ; her horses and camels ; her servants and slaves . Then he returned to his camp and sent for Dil-aram , who came bringing her goods and chattels , her gold and her jewels . When all was ready , Prince Almas set out for home , taking with him Jamila , and Dil-aram and Gul , daughter of Taram-taq , and the wicked Mihr-afruz , and all the belongings of the four , packed on horses and camels , and in carts without number . As he approached the borders of his father 's country word of his coming went before him , and all the city came forth to give him welcome . King Saman-lal-posh -- Jessamine , wearer of rubies -- had so bewept the loss of his sons that he was now blind . When the prince had kissed his feet and received his blessing , he took from a casket a little collyrium of Solomon , which the Simurgh had given him , and which reveals the hidden things of earth , and rubbed it on his father 's eyes . Light came , and the king saw his son . Mihr-afruz was brought before the king , and the prince said : ` This is the murderer of your sons ; do with her as you will . ' The king fancied that the prince might care for the girl 's beauty , and replied : ` You have humbled her ; do with her as you will . ' Upon this the prince sent for four swift and strong horses , and had the negro bound to each one of them ; then each was driven to one of the four quarters , and he tore in pieces like muslin . This frightened Mihr-afruz horribly , for she thought the same thing might be done to herself .
She cried out to the prince : ' O Prince XXXXX !
Almas Gul Jamila Mihr-afruz Saman-lal-posh Sinaubar Taram-taq muslin quarters stuffs