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On this wise Nur al-Din ceased not to counsel his son Badr al-Din

Hasan till his hour came and, sighing one sobbing sigh, his life

went forth. Then the voice of mourning and keening rose high in

his house and the Sultan and all the grandees grieved for him and

buried him; but his son ceased not lamenting his loss for two

months, during which he never mounted horse, nor attended the

Divan nor presented himself before the Sultan. At last the King,

being wroth with him, stablished in his stead one of his

Chamberlains and made him Wazir, giving orders to seize and set

seals on all Nur al-Din's houses and goods and domains. So the

new Wazir went forth with a mighty posse of Chamberlains and

people of the Divan, and watchmen and a host of idlers to do this

and to seize Badr al-Din Hasan and carry him before the King, who

would deal with him as he deemed fit.