To take his son with him the memory of the first born of Dhjer is here entombed.
First born. Fond of the hunt and the map of battle. He rode chariots with his father since he was able to block the sun with his hand. Fleet of foot and presence of mind, to him there is nothing finer than tales of war and a day of bronzed skin in the sun.
To take his son with him the memory of the second born of Dhjer is here entombed.
Second Born. Enterprising and endlessly curious, devoted to knowledge and learning. He designed his father's ship at 9 years and his private library is reputed above all others. For sport he flew falcons with his father. He has revitalized funding for the celestial spheres and their portents.
- Tales of Ankrahmun -
...The she-djinn said to the djinn, The Pharaoh, angry at the answer of his vizier, Intef, said to him, "Damn you, Someone like me asks the likes of you for his daughter in marriage, yet you put me off with a lame excuse" and he swore to marry her to none but the meanest of his servants. It happened that the Pharaoh had a hunchbacked groom with two humps, one behind and one in front, and he sent for the hunchback and, summoning witnesses, ordered the vizier to draw the marriage contract between his daughter and the hunchback that very day, swearing that he would have the hunchback led in procession and that he would have him go in to his bride that very night.
Pharaoh's guards waiting for the hunchback at the door of the bath, with lighted candles in their hands, in order to lead him in procession when he comes out. As for the vizier's daughter, she has been dressed and decked out with jewelry by her attendants, while her father is placed under guard until the hunchback goes in to her. The she-djinn started "O djinn, I have never seen anyone as beautiful or delightful as that girl". The djinn replied, "You are lying; this young man is more beautiful than she." The she-djinn said, "By the Lord of this world, none is worthy of her but this young man. It would be a pity to waste her on that hunchback." The djinn replied, "Let us take him up, carry him in his sleep to the girl, and leave them alone together." She said, "Very well," and the djinn carried the man and flew with him up in the air, while the she-djinn flew by his side. Then he came down at the gate of Ankrahmun and, setting the man on a bench, awakened him...
...Ajib grew, and when he was seven, his grandfather sent him to school, bidding the tutor educate him and teach him good manners. Ajib remained at the school about four years. Then he began to bully, beat, and abuse the other children. At last they got together and complained to the monitor about their maltreatment at the hands of Ajib. The monitor said, "I will tell you what you should do tomorrow, so that he will stop coming to school and you will never see him again..."
...She then folded the letter in a piece of precious silk, heavily perfumed with musk and ambergris, and, putting her priceless hair ribbons with the letter, wrapped them up in a handkerchief and gave it to a eunuch, bidding him take it to Prince Amjad...
To take Dhjer's wife with him her memory is here entombed.
Queen Khafra, wife of Pharaoh. Whose chin never drops below her throat, tall as a statue, and never excited lips. She is a model for all Ankrahmun, she is as the river, calm and constant. An aspirer of improvement and wise refinement. Her beauty is as the robe to Pharaoh's reign.