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  • As he made an end of his recitation, he found himself walking adown in Zayn al-Mawasif’s street and smelt the sweet savour of the pastiles wherewithal she had incensed the house; wherefore his vitals fluttered and his heart was like to leave his breast and desire flamed up in him and distraction redoubled upon him; when lo, and behold!

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Abu Zubaida -- a nom de guerre for the man born Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Hussein -- was never charged in a military commission in Guantanamo Bay, but some U.S. officials are pushing to have him charged now with conspiracy.

    Sunday Reading 2009

  • Amelia tracks Zayn to Siberia and learns more about his mysterious absence than she bargained for.

    DC Entertainment Comics for December 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Di Tsukunft (September 1932): 556 – 560; Feinberg, L. “Dos Lid fun Zayn.”

    Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein. 2009

  • Now it happened, by exceeding good fortune, that her husband was abroad at a bride-feast in the house of one of the merchants; so Zayn al-Mawasif, the Adornment of Qualities, adorned herself with the fairest ornaments and repaired to the

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when Zayn al-Mawasif entered her house she was met by her sister Nasim who brought her the furniture and stuffs wherewith she furnished the place; and then she donned her finest dress.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Masrur saw the vision of Zayn al-Mawasif and felt her embrace, he joyed with passing joy.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when Zayn al-Mawasif heard these lines she knew that it was Masrur and wept, she and her handmaids, and said to him, “O Masrur, I conjure thee by Allah, turn back, lest my husband see us twain together!”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • When Zayn al-Mawasif heard his verses, she answered him with these two couplets,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • But, as soon as the darkness was darkest Zayn al-Mawasif arose and said to her handmaids, “Come, let us away, for we cannot avail against forty men, monks, each of whom requireth me for himself.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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