He left his wife, a seamstress, with nothing save her indolent and rather lost son and her own skills, to provide the little money that the two lived upon.Ī magician from Africa came across ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn as he mingled in the bazaar, and he pretended to be the long-lost brother of the boy’s father.
Due to these aggravated circumstances, ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn father found life difficult, and feeling unsupported, his spirit waned and he died. He had failed in his attempts to encourage his son to accompany him in his business. His father, a businessman, had come across difficult economic times. In a city called Baghdad in a faraway land lived a young ne’er-do-well named ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn.
