ed, and Aladdin saw what he desired executed in an instant.
The genie then returned, and carried him to his own home.

When the sultan's porters came to open the gates, they were amazed to
find what had been an unoccupied garden filled up with a magnificent
palace, and a splendid carpet extending to it all the way from the
sultan's palace. They told the strange tidings to the grand vizier,
who informed the sultan.

"It must be Aladdin's palace," the sultan exclaimed, "which I gave him
leave to build for my daughter. He has wished to surprise us, and let
us see what wonders can be done in only one night."

Aladdin, on his being conveyed by the genie to his own home, requested
his mother to go to the Princess Buddir al Buddoor, and tell her that
the palace would be ready for her reception in the evening. She went,
attended by her women slaves, in the same order as on the preceding
day. Shortly after her arrival at the princess's apartment the sultan
himself came in, and was surprised to find her, whom he knew only as
his suppliant at his divan in humble guise, more richly and
sumptuously attired than his own daughter. This gave him a higher
opinion of Aladdin, who took such care of his mother, and made her
share his wealth and honors.

Shortly after her departure, Aladdin, mounting his horse and attended
by his retinue of magnificent attendants, left his paternal home
forever, and went to the palace in the same pomp as on the day before.
Nor did he forget to take with him the wonderful lamp, to which he
owed all his good fortune, nor to wear the ring which was given him as
a talisman.

The sultan entertained Aladdin with the utmost magnificence, and at
night, on the conclusion of the marriage ceremonies, the princess took
leave of the sultan her father. Bands of music led the procession,
followed by a hundred state ushers, and the like number of black
mutes, in two files, with their officers at their head. Four hundred
of the sultan's young pages carried flambeaux on each side, which,
together with the illuminations of the sultan's and Aladdin's palaces,
made it as light as day. In this order the princess, conveyed in her
litter, and accompanied also by Aladdin's mother, carried in a superb
litter and attended by her women slaves, proceeded on the carpet which
was spread from the sultan's palace to that of Aladdin.

On her arrival Aladdin was ready to receive her at the entrance, and
led her into a large hall, illu