Now Kut al-Kulub knew that the Caliph was come back from his hunting excursion；so she turned to Khalif and said to him；'Arise；hie thee to the bath and come back.'So he rose and went to the Hammam-bath，and when he returned，she clad him in a dress worth a thousand dinars and taught him manners and respectful bearing to superiors.Then said she to him，'Go hence to the Caliph and say to him，'O Commander of the Faithful，'tis my desire that this night thou deign be my guest.''So Khalif arose and mounting his she-mule，rode，with pages and black slaves before him，till he came to the Palace of the Caliphate.Quoth the wise，'Dress up a stick and'twill look chique.'[296] And indeed his comeliness was manifest and his goodliness and the folk marvelled at this.Presently，the Chief Eunuch saw him，the same who had given him the hundred dinars that had been the cause of his good fortune；so he went in to the Caliph and said to him；'O Commander of the Faithful，Khalif the Fisherman is become a King，and on him is a robe of honour worth a thousand dinars.'
The Prince of True Believers bade admit him；so he entered and said，'Peace be with thee，O Commander of the Faithful and Vice-regent of the Lord of the three Worlds and Defender of the folk of the Faith！ Allah Almighty prolong thy days and honour thy dominion and exalt thy degree to the highmost height！'The Caliph looked at him and marvelled at him and how fortune had come to him at unawares；then he said to him，'O Khalif，whence hadst thou that robe which is upon thee？'He replied，'O Commander of the Faithful，it cometh from my house.'Quoth the Caliph，'Hast thou then a house？'；and quoth Khalif，'Yea，verily！ and thou，O Commander of the Faithful，art my guest this day.'Al-Rashid said，'I alone，O Khalif，or I and those who are with me？'；and he replied，'Thou and whom thou wilt.'So Ja'afar turned to him and said，'We will be thy guests this night；'whereupon he kissed ground again and withdrawing，mounted his mule and rode off；attended by his servants and suite of Mamelukes leaving the Caliph marvelling at this and saying to Ja'afar，'Sawest thou Khalif，with his mule and dress，his white slaves and his dignity？ But yesterday I knew him for a buffoon and a jester.'