He mustered his strength and climbed to the top , and there he found a giant tree whose foot kept firm the wrinkled earth , and whose crest touched the very heaven . Its branches had put forth a glory of leaves , and there were grass and a spring underneath it , and flowers of many colours . Gladdened by this sight , he dragged himself to the water 's edge , drank his fill , and returned thanks for his deliverance from thirst . He looked about him and , to his amazement , saw close by a royal seat . While he was pondering what could have brought this into the merciless desert , a man drew near who was dressed like a faqir , and had bare head and feet , but walked with the free carriage of a person of rank . His face was kind , and wise and thoughtful , and he came on and spoke to the prince . ' O good youth ! how did you come here ? Who are you ? Where do you come from ? ' The prince told everything just as it had happened to him , and then respectfully added : ' I have made known my own circumstances to you , and now I venture to beg you to tell me your own . Who are you ? How did you come to make your dwelling in this wilderness ? ' To this the faqir replied : ' O youth ! it would be best for you to have nothing to do with me and to know nothing of my fortunes , for my story is fit neither for telling nor for hearing . ' The prince , however , pleaded so hard to be told , that at last there was nothing to be done but to let him hear . ` Learn and know , O young man ! that I am King Janangir -LSB- 4 -RSB- of Babylon , and that once I had army and servants , family and treasure ; untold wealth and belongings . The Most High God gave me seven sons who grew up well versed in all princely arts . My eldest son heard from travellers that in Turkistan , on the Chinese frontier , there is a king named Quimus , the son of Timus , and that he has an only child , a daughter named Mihr-afruz , -LSB- 5 -RSB- who , under all the azure heaven , is unrivalled for beauty .
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