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""Contents""; ""Translator�s Note""; ""The Ayyubid Dynasty""; ""The Garden Isle""; ""Rukn al-Din Baybars""; ""An Amorous Interlude""; ""�Izz al-Din Aybak""; ""Good Tidings""; ""Sallafa and Sahban""; ""The Coronation""; ""The Engagement""; ""An Important Visitor""; ""The Caliph�s Messenger""; ""The Caliph�s Decree""; ""An Unexpected Demand""; ""Rukn al-Din and Tree of Pearls""; ""A Secret Conversation""; ""Shwaykar""; ""Revenge""; ""Another Messenger""; ""Rukn al-Din and Sallafa""; ""The Departure""; ""Baghdad""; ""The Palaces of Baghdad""; ""Mu�ayyid al-Din Ibn al-Alqami""
""Uproar""""Al-Musta�sim""; ""Ahmad, Son of Al-Musta�sim""; ""The Dervish""; ""A New Guest""; ""The Message""; ""Arrogance""; ""The Accusation""; ""A Father�s Love""; ""Shwaykar in the Women�s Quarters""; ""The Subterfuge""; ""A Newcomer""; ""The Tatars""; ""�Abid""; ""Rukn al-Din and Sahban""; ""An Important Message""; ""The Meeting""; ""At the Palace of the Crown""; ""The Truth""; ""Tree of Pearls and �Izz al-Din""; ""The Imam Ahmad�s Palace""; ""Discovery""; ""Pandemonium""; ""Epilogue""; ""Tree of Pearls""