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LI TERATURE
ARABIAN GEOGRAPHY:
- Between the Persian Gulf and Red Sea
- Has 13 provinces
- Composed primarily of desert
- Has a governor each region appointed by
the King
- Land square area of 1.96 million square
kilometers (756,981 square miles)
- One fourth the size of US
- The capital is Riyadh
Largest City:
Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Al-Ahsa,
Ta'if, Dammam, Khamis, Mushait,
Brief history of Saudi Arabia
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A lady's lover is put into jail. To get him out she invites all the
important people of state to her house. The kazi, Wali, Wazir and the King
are tricked into her home as they all desire her. She gets the Wali write a
release note for her lover. They are put into a cabinet because each time
they fear the next one to be lady's husband. The carpenter is locked up
because he has a dispute with the lady over the size of the cabinet. The
lady leaves the city with her lover. The five suitors are released by the
neighbours after urinating on each other.
The daughter of a merchant loves a man when her husband is away. One
day this man is cast into prison because of a quarrel he had. The woman
clads herself in the most beautiful clothes and goes to magistrate. She
brings a paper to testify against the imprisonment of her brother. The
magistrate immediately falls in love with her.
He will let him go if she comes to his house, but she invites the Wali
to hers, and he accepts. Then she goes to the Kazi telling of a Wali
who as imprisoned her brother. The Kazi falls inl ove with her and
promises her to let her brother go. She also invites him to her house.
Then she goes to the Wazir, asking for the release of her brother.
The Wazir wants to have his will on her and he is also invited to her
home. Finally she goes to the King of the city. After telling her story,
he is pierces with the arrows of love. He invites her to his palace, but
she says he would do much more honour entering her home. The
lady goes to a carpenter to ask him to make a cabinet with a five
compartments, each with s door for locking up. Next, she lets four
gowns be dyed and prepares some food and drinks for her suitors.
The Kazi comes first to her house and he put on one of the gowns.
After a while there is a tapping on the door and the lady says it is her
husband and takes the Kazi to the lowest compartment to hide him.
When she opens the door there is the Wali.
She asks him to write a letter to free her brother. He is asked to put
him on the second gown. Then there is another tapping on the door
and again she says it is her husband. The Wali is put into the second
compartment. When she opens the door it is the Wazir, they play a
little bit with each other and he is given the third gown. Then there is
another knock on the door. She puts the Wazir in the third
compartment and opens the door. The King has arrived and after
some talk desires her. His rich robes are exchanged for the fourth
gown. But another knocking is at the door. She again says it is her
husband and locks the King up in the fourth compartment. The
carpenter enters the house. She tells him the top compartment is too
small. The carpenter disagrees and to prove himself, he goes into the
fifth compartment, upon which she closes it. Then the lady goes to
the treasurer with the letter that the Wali wrote to release her lover.
Then, they both leave the city.
Meanwhile, the five men in the cabinet stayed for three days
without food and drink. They cannot hold their water so they
urinate over each other. When they complain they know who
the others are in the cabinet, except for the King, because he
remains silent. Then the neighbours break into the house to
see what is going on in the house. When they see the cabinet
with the voices coming out they fear there is a Jinni inside it
and want to set the thing on fire. But the Kazi screams not to.
They were released and shown in the attires the lady prepared
for them.