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١٧ 17 The Sheikh’s Return to Aleppo The Sheikh mentioned that he arrived in Aleppo—may God protect it! If it possessed reason it would have rejoiced at his arrival just as a bereaved crone who has lost her wits rejoices, a woman who has neglected the good management and care of her camels. Her only son has gone far away. He has not denied her what is due to her, and then returns after many years, and then she quenches, through him, her burning thirst. She was to him like a flatnosed oryx cow grazing with her calf in the late afternoon. The calf was not yet doomed to die. When she saw that the place was safe and did not fear the lurking of limping wolves, she went out into the wide pasture ground and left her calf behind, giving it the difficult task of finding fresh herbage(?), and so that she could save for the calf the milk in her udders(?).45 But there is no remedy after perdition. The poor thing returned and did not find him. “Do not cause him any pain,” she said to the Everlasting, “if he has fallen into the claws of a wolf and suffering has been his lot! You are able to replace lost children; You know the outcome of all augury and prognostication!” While she was wavering between being benumbed and distraught, her lost young lowed softly to her from a curved sand dune where it had lain down, not having seen any hunter drawing his bow. It felt at ease, having eaten its fill. Fate had not done any evil to it and it had not become a predator’s prey. Joy flooded her heart after the course of events had become clear to her. If the acacia gatherer would return to his tribe of ʿAnazah,46 the joy that would be evident in the tribe at his return and the providential end of their grief would be less than the delight that I harbor and hide in my breast at the Sheikh’s approaching these parts and casting down his walking stick. God be praised! He returns the lightning to the clouds in spring!47 A bright flash has come to adorn the skies. Aleppo (may God give it victory!) really is in need of someone who has a little knowledge, in days of war and peace. So what does the Sheikh think? May God establish literary scholarship by adding to his lifetime! Because he is the right equipment for the marvels of literature(?).48 23.1 Ibn al-Qāriḥ’s arrival in Aleppo ١٨ 18 ‰        C` C  Ɇ C0 ۜ + , - . / GHI ،‡ˆ z¦’ + , - . / GHI  T CŽ˜ C Ì 9ª^  _F T˜É† –V *  & ' (¢7‡ˆ ،‡ˆ U³ Ü® C * GHSš½¾  TUV E `  Ì 9 Cˆ *+ , - . / & '  () * GHI + , - . / GHI ¹Æ *+ , - . /  „† ‡ˆ  TUV ، W X24=  ñ¦’ A pa [ P Þ w 9ª^ *  E qbrC [¿ !t 24R Q I ،  Tû=¸F GHI *  í C» C©« {   R Q IGH 0 øŽ˜É†  R Q I ،” Tû=¸F :67 ó  Õ D9̄ª^   T‘’ p  \] ž¥7›§ Q IGHI .  _F *  _F & ' (¢7 A } 9 C ~Š‹ Å67 A›Ç { E *  €   GHI ،  ›  9̄ª^  & ' (¢7‡ˆ & ' ØÙGHI24R Q I E `Ba *  š½  ÀÁ s t uvGHI ، W X24 C›] TÍÎ š½¾ ‰ *  cC [¿ !t GHI ،Ž˜ A B C Eˆ ›] } 9ª^  b3† & '  ( Q I A P Þ 0¦’ E €   GHI ،Ž˜  B¸F ž¥7›§ Q I &  8Ì j ¹ C  ¦’µ67F _F!" #  R Q I ‰ *  * z¦’ “ j *  :c›£ÆV + , - . / GHl Q I W Ï â× s t u9̄ª^  žŸ=¤ Q I ،GHI E –Ž‚1 žŸ  ›ÚV & ' (^ *  567= E  \] C `Ì j * GHI ،GHI E 0–Ž‚1 í *)b4 _F &  8Ì j ، ‰UV [  Ò Q IGHI–« { & ' (¢7‡ˆ „†›Ç { !" #=a ،ž¥ C  7› C Ç >  P Þ C w 9 E ~ C  UV *+ , - . / GHI GHI ،ž¥  7©B    E   q0Ž‚1 ¨67  Y  d ef U³( s t u¯¡ + , - . / GHSGHI ! W X C 24 C =a `Ɇ ۜ C ž¢Ó Ô Õ Öv^GHI ، W X C 24=¸F C W X!" #‡ˆ E  0 Ǝ‚ƒ + , - . / _F *   R Q I ‫؟‬ ‰UV C  C 24 C =¸  GH ݼ½¾  TUV Ež¢Ó þ !ÿ ` °ˆ C [ ،qGH C ï¸GHI  A67 C =   TUV  Ò Q IGH  w 9ª^  _F ،qGHÄ     Tîˆ Cž¥  7¡ C  [     9 9 j _F * GHI ،_F24 E R Q I ` C ÷67¡ €   =   d efGHI ،TÍÎGHI * GHS¿ !t qGHÄ     TUV | C„ A† E _F ‰ *  ، E  C©« { A pC ÆV  ›]œ –« {  Tîˆ Cž¢ C Ó þ !ÿ GHI ، E  C©« {  ˆ W X24›j̄ .TÍÎGHI* GHS š½¾ ،ž¥ E  7z¦’ ä]œGHIžŸ  •ˆ `Ì j›Ç {  p Q I ،  &  24 A =C ÆV  qGH0¦’“ 9ª^   TUV C 0–Ž˜ C  Ɇ E  &   * GHI ، E  &  24 *+ , - . /  ‰ C !¦’ C p¸GH S *   C UV * GHI ،c–³îˆ & '  ( Q I cY_F [ _F  qY *+ , - . /  C Tû‡ˆ  d ef  á Q I *  ،Š‹Œ 0 yŽ‚1 ‰ *  E ¨670 *  UVGHI ،ž¥ E...

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