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179 Then came forward the fifth and embraced him and recited these verses:

Then came forward the sixth and embraced him and recited these verses:

Then came forward the seventh and embraced him and recited these verses:

Hassan also wept for parting from them, till he swooned, and repeated the following verses:

Then he bade them farewell and fared on diligently night and day, till he came to Baghdad, the Abode of Peace and Sanctuary of the Abbaside Khalifs, unknowing what had