As the Prince entered his palace, the King was in his council. All were very sad since the day the Prince had left the kingdom. Seeing him, the King rejoiced and embraced him very dearly. He asked him "What happened to that man's horse?" The Prince told them everything from flying till staying with the Princess of Bangaal. After promising her to marry her he had brought her to Persia. He had left her in the palace belonging to the King and the King will not refuse their marriage. After this the Prince prostrated before the King to get his consent. The King embraced him second time and said - "I not only consent you but I will go myself to meet her too and will thank her for her obligation. I will bring her here and celebrate your wedding with her."

The King then called the man, asked him to take his horse and never to show his face again. When the man heard that the Prince has come back, and has brought the Princes of Bangaal with him and will be married soon to her, he went to the palace where the Princess was staying. He said to the housekeeper - "I have come from the Sultaan to fetch the Princess and to carry her to the city of Shiraaz by air. The housekeeper knew that this man was first imprisoned and now was released, so he thought he was right and handed over the Princess to that man. The man took the Princess on the horse and flew in the sky.

At the same time, the King of Persia was on his way to meet the Princess of Bangaal. The King saw the man with Princess of Bangaal flying over his head. Now the King was more sad because he was helpless to do any thing in this situation. Although the King and his courtiers abused him a lot but they could not harm the man. The King came back to his palace helplessly. The Prince was also very sad at this as he could not live without the Princess. Thinking what to do he came to the palace where he left her.

By this time the housekeeper also understood that he was deceived, he fell on the feet of the Prince for his folly. The Prince convinced him that he is not to be blamed for this but he himself. But now he should arrange a Soofee's robe for him and warned him that nobody should know that that robe was for the Prince. The housekeeper went to the place of Soofee, which was near to the palace and arranged a robe for the Prince. The Prince wore the robe took a box of jewels which he brought for the Princess, and set for his journey in the evening not knowing which way to go. He had resolved that he wouldn't return to the kingdom until he had found the Princess. 

The man brought the Princess in the forests of Kashmeer by evening. He got down in an open part of the woods, and left the Princess by a rivulet of fresh clean water and went to look for something to eat. By now the Princess also understood that she was kidnapped by this man, so she planned to run away from there but she was weak because of hunger and tired of the whole day journey, so she had to abandon her plan. The man returned with something to eat so the Princess also ate to her satisfaction. But after that the man started using bad language and violence so she started crying.

By chance some horsemen with the Sultaan of Kashmeer were coming back from hunting. They heard her cries and came there. The Sultaan asked him what was the matter. He said - "She is my wife and you have nothing to do with our quarrel." But the Princess spoke - "Sir, This man is lying. He is a wicked magician who has brought me here from the Kingdom of Persia on this enchanted horse. I was going to be married to the prince of Persia." The Sultaan believed the Princess, he ordered this people to cut the head of the man immediately, which they did.

The Sultaan of Kashmeer took the Princess and that enchanted horse to his own palace and lodged her in his most beautiful palace. He told her to take some rest and that they would talk the next morning. The Princess was happy that now the Sultaan of Kashmeer will send her to Persia. But as she woke up the next morning, she heard the sound of trumpets, drums etc which was echoing throughout the city. The Sultaan ordered his servants to inform him when the Princess was ready to meet him; and when he came to see her, he told her that they would be married that day. Hearing this the Princess fainted. She recovered after a long care, and when she had recovered she pretended to be a mad woman.

She behaved in such unnatural ways, that the Sultaan repented at why did he put such proposal to her. At last he left her in her palace with her maids, but in the night her condition got worse. The Sultaan called several great physicians to see if they could cure her. They told him that they could not tell anything unless they saw her physically. The Sultaan sent them to the Princess, but because of the fear that she would be recognized as perfectly healthy, she behaved in such a way that they could not dare to go near her. Some pretended that they could treat her just by seeing her, those prescribed some medicines for her. She didn't object for them. A great many physicians were called but none of them could succeed to cure her.

During this period, the Prince Firoz Shaah wandering in many countries arrived in the city where he heard that the Princess of Bangaal had gone mad. He arrived in Kashmeer and lodged at a Khaan's place. He heard the story of the Princess and the fate of the man who kidnapped the Princess. The Prince of Persia assumed a guise of a physician and went to the Sultaan's palace. He offered to cure the Princess. Since it was a long time that anybody had come to cure the Princess, the Prince was welcomed warmly. The Sultaan told him that the Princess was very violent so he was shown the Princess from a window.

The Princess was singing a song, sitting carelessly. The Prince immediately recognized that she was just pretending to be a mad woman. He told the Sultaan that he could cure the Princess. The Sultaan let him enter the room. Seeing a physician in her room, she sprang up from her seat and abused him badly. As the Prince came near to her that he could speak to her in private, he said to her - "I am not a physician but your Prince of Persia." Hearing this the Princess got calm. The Prince then told her his own story and that he had to take proper measure to take her out of this palace. Then he asked her if she knew where the flying horse was, she told that she did not know anything about it.

Now according to the plan of the Prince, the Princess was to receive the Sultaan with civility, but without speaking anything. The Sultaan told her that he was very happy to see her recovering and went away without waiting for a reply. Now the Prince of Persia asked the Sultaan, "How did this Princess came here alone?" The Sultaan did not understand the motive of the Prince in asking this question so he told him the truth. He had kept the horse in his treasury just for curiosity sake, though he did not know how to use it.

The Prince said - "You have given me good information, now the Princess will be cured very soon. As she was brought on the horse, and the horse is magical, some of its magic has caught her. It can be dissipated only by some incense, which only I know of, while she sits on that horse. If you want to entertain yourself with this, then  bring the horse in front of the palace, and leave the rest on me. Bring the Princess adorned with magnificent clothes and jewels.

Next day many people gathered to see this magic. The Sultaan also came there with his nobles. The Princess of Bangaal was taken onto the horse back and when she had sat there comfortably, the Prince placed many vessels full of fire around the horse and threw a strong and pleasant perfume into those pots, ran three times around the horse pretending to pronounce some words. During this time the black smoke started arising from the fire. As that smoke got dense the horse was not seen by others. The Prince took this opportunity, sat on the horse behind the Princess, turned the peg, and flew away.

The Prince brought the Princess to Persia on the same day. The King of Bangaal was informed about his daughter and her marriage to the Prince of Persia. The Prince of Persia was married to the Princess of Bangaal.

End of Story No 45