THE THOUSAND AND ONE DAYS
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Introduction
HE kingdom of Cashmere was formerly governed by a king named Togrul Bey. He had a son and a daughter who were the admiration of their epoch. The prince, named Farrukhrouz, or Happy Day, was a young hero of a thousand virtues; and Farrukhnaz, or Happy Pride, his sister, was a miracle of beauty.
This princess was indeed so beautiful, and at the same time so attractive, that she inspired all men who dared look upon her with love, but this love became fatal to them, for the majority lost their reason or fell into a languor which insensibly consumed them.
