During the reign of the Abbasid Caliph al- Ma’mun, a merchant was waylaid by highwaymen and robbed of all his money. The merchant took refuge at the Caliph’s palace and waited at the gate for an ...
I WAS baffled by an awkward story about a Bedouin (nomad) who wanted to meet the seventh Abbasid Caliph Al-Ma’mun, but whose appeals to see the caliph were not granted throughout a year. The story is ...