Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-21
The Story Of the Treasure Tower Of Baodad

INC o'o'y VI tHe treasure lower OF BaQdad
Ever schoolboy knows that Bagdad
was the scat Of Arabic learning in All.
cient times, and that its name often an.
pears III that most delightful book
Arabian Nights Entertainments"
with that Of the caliph, the good Haroun.
al-Raschid. That famous parsonage died
long before Marco Polo visited Bagdad,
but the stories Of the Arabian Nights
were commonly believed by the people
of those parts. In Marco PoIo's day
Bagdad was known as Baudas. and one
of the chapters Of Marcos book Of tray
els, as given by st. Nicholas, runs thus ::
Baudas is great city, which used to
be the seat Of the caliph Of all the Sara
Gems III the world. just as Rome is the
seat Of the pope Of all the Christians
very great river flows through the
city, and by this you can descend to the
sea Of India There is great traffic of
merchants with their goods this way.
In Baudas they weave many different
kinds of silk stuffs and gold brocades
and many other beautiful tissues richly
wrought with figures of beasts and
| birds. 1t is the noblest and greatest CITY
il all those regions.
Now, it came to pass on day in the
year Of Christ 1865 that the lord of
the Tartars of the Leyant, whose name
was Alau, brother to the great khan
| now reigning, gathered mighty host
and came up against Baudas and took il
by storm. 1t was great enterprise. for
III Baudas there Were more than 100. 900
horse besides foot soldiers And when
Alau had taken the place he found there
in tower of the cali2h IS which was full
OF gold and silver and other treasure-in
fact, the greatest accumulation of treas
ure III one spot that was ever known.
When he beheld that great heap Of
treasure, he was astonished and sum
moning the caliph to his presence, be
said to him:
"Caliph. tell me now why thou hast
gathered such huge treasure? What
dldst thou mean to do Herewith?
knewest thou not that / was thine en-
envy, and that / was coming against
thee with so great host to cast thee
forth of thine heritage? Wherefore didst
thou not take of thy gear and employ it
in paying knights and soldiers to defend
thee and'thy city?''
The callph visit not what to answer
and said never word. So the prince
continued, Now then, caliph, since
see what love thou hast borne thy
treasure, will cen give it thee to eat!"
So he shut the caliph up in the treasure
tower and babe that neither meat nor
drink should be given him, saying,
Now, caliph, eat Of thy treasure as
much as thou wilt, since thou art SO
fond of it, for never shalt thou have
aught else to eat!'
So the caliph fingered in the tower
four days and then died like dog.
Truly his treasure would have been of
more service to him had he bestowed it
upon men who would have defended his
Kingdom and his people rather than let
himself be taken and deposed and put
to death as he was. Howbeit, since that
time there has been never another caliph
either at Baudas or anywhere else
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through the month
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