[After giving the direction to Joodar] The Moor threw the incense on the chaffing dish and the water disappeared, the riverbed was open and showed up the door of the treasure. Joodar went down to the door and knocked. He heard the voice - "Who knocks at the door of the treasure, unknowing how to solve the secrets?" He said - "I am Joodar, the son of Umar." At this the door opened and came a figure with a drawn sword. He said to him - "Stretch your neck." So he stretched his neck, the figure hit him with the sword and fell down dead.

Then he went to the second door and did the like; and did this until he had undone the enchantment of the sixth door; and came to the seventh door. There came his mother saying - "I salute you, O my son." He asked - "Who are you?" She replied - "I am your mother who bore you for nine months and suckled you and reared you." He said - "Take off your clothes." She said - "You are my son, how would you strip me naked?" He said - "Strip or I will strike your head with this sword." He stretched out his hand and drew his sword upon her, saying - "If you do not strip, I will slay you." She started taking off her all clothes except her petticoat trousers. Then she said - "Is your heart made of stone?" He said - "You are right. Do not take off your trousers." As he uttered these words, she cried - "He has made default, beat him." At this blows started falling on him like rain drops and the servants of the treasure threw him outside the treasure. The hoard doors closed of themselves and water of the river returned to its place.

On the 615th Night

Abd al-Samad took Joodar up and then repeated his invocations over him till he came into senses. He then asked him - "What did you do?" Joodar replied - "I did all the enchantments, till I came to my mother. I did made her to take off her clothes but the trousers, and she said to me - "Do you dishonor me? Because to show one's shame is forbidden." So I left her trousers out of pity and she cried out, "He has made default, beat him." Then they threw me out and I do not know what happened after." The Moor asked - "Didn't I tell you that you should not forget my directions? So now you must live with me till this day next year."

Then he asked his servants to load the tents etc. and we came back to the city of Faiz. Joodar lived there with him for one year more eating, drinking and wearing a new dress everyday. Next year they again went to the same place. The Moor got everything ready and said to Joodar - "I wish to revise my charge to you." The Moor said - "I remember them." The Moor said - "Keep your mind awake, and don't think that she was your mother. She is only an enchantment in the resemblance of your mother whose purpose is to find fault in you. Previously you came back alive, but this time, if you did the same, you will not be able to come back alive. So do as I have said to you." Joodar said - "If I slip this time, I deserve to die there."

The Moor started his invocations till the river dried up. He went and knocked the door and entered the hall of treasure. When he came to the seventh door, his mother appeared before him saying - "Welcome, O my son." But he said - "How am I your son? O cursed one, strip." And he did not stop threatening her till she took off her all the clothes and as soon as she did that, she was dead.

Then he entered the hall of treasure where he saw gold lying in heaps, but he did not pay any attention to it. Then he saw the enchanter lying on the couch. He loosened the sword, took the ring, the Kohl-phial and the planisphere and went forth, that a band of music sounded for him and the servants of the treasure cried - "May you flourish with what you have gained." And the music did not fade until he came to the Moor who stopped his incantations, embraced him and saluted him. Joodar handed over all the Talismaan to the Moor. 

They all came back the city of Faiz. There the Moor took out many dishes from the saddle bags and asked Joodar to eat. He ate to his full and then Moor ate to his full and he returned the empty dishes to the saddle bags. Then he asked Joodar to ask for any reward without any hesitation. Joodar said - "First I ask from Allaah, then I ask from you. You give me your saddle bags." The Moor gave them to him saying - "Take them for you deserve them; but if you had asked anything else also I would have given it to you. Eat from them, you and your family, my poor fellow, these will not profit you. You have come up to here and we have promised to send you back rejoicing, so I give you these other saddle bags full of gold and gems and forward back to your native land. Use this gift like this - put your hand there in, and say "O servant of these saddle bags I invoke you by the virtue of the Mighty Names which have power over you, bring me such a dish." And he will bring you whatever you have asked for. You may call upon a 1,000 different dishes everyday."

He then filled the second pair of saddle bags half with gold and half with gems and precious stones. He then sent him off with a slave and a mule. He said to him - "You mount the mule, the slave will go in front of you showing the way till you reach the door of your house. You take off these saddle bags and give this mule back to the slave and he will bring it back to me. Do not tell this secret to anyone."

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