Patricia Taylor
Stories
11
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"Who will change old lamps for new ones? New lamps for old?" - One Thousand and One Nights, Abdullah explored around the Sultan's court yard along until he finally caught sight of an eunuch walking the Sultan's alaunt hunting dogs for tomorrow, and it is under his guidance that did Abdullah finally managed to find Hussein's living place, a small but elegant independent estate right next to the Sultan's palace. Hussein even has a tiny garden and a corridor connecting the estate to the Sultan's palace…-
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It is the night of the twenty first of August, already near two weeks after Abdullah landed his foot on Eygptus. The night in Eygptus has more stars in the sky than in the cities of Rumelia, shining as white diamonds embedded on to the dark silk, joining together to form an astonishing night view that the Egyptians call it 'the milky way' or 'the pool of a cow's milk' blessed by the goddess of cow called Bat symbolizing fertility. It is indeed a welcoming sight for outsiders like Abdullah memorizing the…
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In the middle of the changing of toasts and laughter in the Sultan's court Abdullah is seated at the highest place on top of all the other Mamluk lords and nobles, just right under the Mamluk Sultan in a distance where the two of them are able to clearly hear one another with out needing the need of a servant acting as messenger running around in this grand hall. The Sultan has displayed an unusual sense of fondness towards this ambassador from the Rumelian are observed by the other lords, allowing him…
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"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela "How opportunite and coincidental is that!" "…" The Sultan felt like his verbal offensive is met with completely no resistance and instead it seems like this ambassador has lured him in to a trap forcing them to be on the same grounds. With this plan failing too making the Sultan even more agitated, he moved on to the third…
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After Abdullah finished settling these patrolling guards, he re-approached the gates to the citadel of Cairo again , and is greeted by another two Sultan's personal slave Mamluk guards standing by the guard post. Looking at them by instinct Abdullah reached for his purse once more taking out more Egyptian Dinars to feed their stomach first, but just as Abdullah approached the two guards with a grinning face and a handful of tickling coins, the Mamluk guard stopped him pressing his hand and said in a rather…
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In the middle of the Fayum Desert, a place between New Borg El Arab and Cairo, a cluster of people is travelling difficultly across the sand along the Delta and Oasis trudging through the sand. It is like a land scape caught in the middle of the life and the death, with on one side the flourishing lives in the delta nourished by River Nile spread with agriculture and wild lives, while on the other side it is a flat piece of sand with occasional bumps filled with lifeless cactus, tumble weeds, sand…
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"An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country." - Henry Wotton, After the praying ceremony has ended, people dispersed through the doors cleaning up this place once more, and Abdullah with his followers is ushered upon to a waiting room inside saying that the mentor wants to meet them in person after he has finished his business. "My old friend! Abdullah Miralai! marhabaan bieawdatik! ma aldhy jaealak taqarar aleawda?" "Ah! My old buddy Fahim! How long has it been,…
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"O followers! When the call to prayer is made on Friday, then proceed diligently to the commemoration of Allah and excuse off ˹your˺ stuff. That is best for you, if only you knew. when the prayer is done, disperse through the land and seek God's grace, and remember God greatly so that you may succeed." - Qur'an, Surah Al-Jumu'ah (62), Ayahs 9-10 On the Ninth of August 1454 AD, Abdullah with several other delegates protected by a war galley arrived outside the port city of al-ʾIskandariyya, or better…
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It is a charming after noon, and Antonius is in this lavishly designed bathing hall, enjoying the hot spring water with a not so adorable kid and his grand father. This three people occupied the entire hall that is initially designed to be able to host a hundred visitors, and usually it is fully occupied most of the times with the rich city folks trying to improve their lives to the next standard enjoying the fortune and privilege they have that Thessaloniki has a well built water irrigation system and a…
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"Yes." Abdullah answered loud and clear. "My admiral." Antonius gave Antonius a pat on the shoulder. "I am sorry my brother, but I need you to depart soon, and there will be no departure ceremony for you. Only me, holding a cup of Cyprus grape wine, I hope you don't mind." "That is more than enough." Abdullah replied with his hands trembling. "That is more than enough." Antonius gave him a hug and continued. "Anjelo, I need you to start giving speeches, propaganda, awards or what ever ways you have to…
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