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pulled  apart  the  dead  shah’s  books;  and  rearranging  the  pages;  began  to

assemble  new  volumes。  His  calligraphers  replaced  the  epithet  of  “Always

Victorious  Selahattin  Khan”  with  that  of  “Victorious  Fahir  Shah”  and  his

miniaturists   set   about   replacing   the   late   Selahattin   Khan—masterfully

portrayed  on  the  most  beautiful  of  manuscript  pages—who  was;  as  of  that

moment;  starting  to  fade  from  people’s  memories;  with  the  portrait  of  the

younger Fahir Shah。 Upon entering the harem; Fahir Shah had no difficulty in

locating the most beautiful woman there; yet instead of forcing himself upon

her; because he was a refined man versed in books and artistry; and resolving

to  win  her  heart;  he  engaged  her  in  conversation。  Consequently;  Neriman

Sultan; the late Selahattin Khan’s belle of beauties; his teary…eyed wife; made

but one request of Fahir Shah: that the illustration of her husband in a version

of  the  romance  Leyla  and  Mejnun;  wherein  Leyla  was  depicted  as  Neriman

Sultan and Mejnun as Selahattin Khan; not be altered。 In at least this one page;

she maintained; the immortality that her husband had tried to attain over the

years through books should not be denied。 The victorious Fahir Shah bravely

granted this simple request and his masters of the book left that one picture

alone。 Thereby; Neriman and Fahir immediately made love and within a short

period; forgetting the horrors of the past; came to truly love each other。 Still;

Fahir  Shah  could  not  forget  that  picture  in  Leyla  and  Mejnun。  Nay;  it  wasn’t

jealousy  that  made  him  uneasy  or  that  his  wife  was  portrayed  with  her  old

husband。  What  gnawed  at  him  was  this:  Since  he  wasn’t  painted  in  the  old

legend  in  that  splendid  book;  he  wouldn’t  be  able  to  join  the  ranks  of  the

immortals with his wife。 This worm of doubt ate at Fahir Shah for five years;

and  at  the  end  of  a  blissful  night  of  copious  lovemaking  with  Neriman;

candlestick  in  hand;  he  entered  the  library  like  a  mon  thief;  opened  the

volume  of  Leyla  and  Mejnun;  and  in  place  of  the  face  of  Neriman’s  late

husband; drew his own。 Like many khans who had a love for illustrating and

painting; however; he was an amateur artist and couldn’t portray himself very

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well。  In  the  morning;  when  his  librarian  opened  the  book  on  a  suspicion  of

tampering and beheld another figure in place of the late Selahattin Khan; next

to Neriman…faced Leyla; rather than identifying it as Fahir Shah; he announced

that it was Fahir Shah’s archenemy; the young and handsome Abdullah Shah。

This gossip provoked Fahir Shah’s soldiers and emboldened Abdullah Shah; the

young   and   aggressive   new   ruler   of   the   neighboring   country;   who;

subsequently; in his first campaign; defeated; captured and killed Fahir Shah;

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