Shiboob

O Nazih, cried he, our hopes are frustrated — our pains are baffled — our object has failed — we have forfeited the aid of heaven, and we have encountered here the slave of the tribe of Abs, and not one of us will effect his escape; but as to your expressions, of how this party was directed to this place, I know that Antar has a brother called Shiboob, by his mother Zebeeba, and he is the calamity of calamities; the misfortune of misfortunes; for when he departed with his brother from the land of Irak at the beginning of the night, he did not halt with him in the morning but in the land of Syria.

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Shiboob fell upon her, and fastened down her shoulders, and bound tight her arms and her ribs.

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I immediately turned, continued Shiboob, towards the slave near whom I was lying; Son of my aunt, said I, why is this damsel grieving? does she not sleep? does she pass her nights generally thus?

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Shiboob having heard this, returned to Antar, and related to him all that Ibla had told him.

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Page view page image: style of destroying his opponents with his blows and thrusts; and there he continued till Shiboob joined him with the horse, and said, Rejoice in your safety, my lord, your enemies are destroyed.

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Shiboob was despatched to Ibla to comfort her heart, and remove her grief.

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Bind him fast, cried he to Shiboob, whilst we mark what may happen between these fellows now moving towards us.

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It is my first intention, replied Shiboob, to seize the property and all the camels thy master possesses: return, therefore, to him, and order him to deliver up every thing before the vicissitudes of fortune environ him.

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Being thus convinced of his sincerity, Shiboob also felt aware he could not travel with Ibla over the desert unless his brother Antar were with him.

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Antar took leave of them; and giving them all the horses and spoil he had captured, he separated from them, and, in company with Shiboob, traversed the plains and the wastes till he arrived at Mecca.

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