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{1088}{1147}I am Ahmedibn Fahdlan,
{1151}{1240}IbnAlAbbas, Ibn Rasid,|Ibn Hammad.
{1244}{1313}And things were|not always thus.
{1371}{1432}At one time,|I was a poet...
{1436}{1508}in the greatest city|in the world.
{1512}{1604}Life was easy,|And I lived without care...
{1636}{1691}until one fateful day...
{1695}{1761}I met a beautiful woman...
{1764}{1816}who belonged to another man.
{1864}{1959}Her jealous husband|Complained to the Caliph...
{1962}{2065}who