She said，'O my lord，I ask of thee that thou sell me not but to the man of my choice.'He answered，'So be it.I guarantee thee.
By Allah，O Miriam，I will not sell thee but to him of whom thou shalt approve，and I put thy sale in thine own hand.'And she rejoiced herein with joy exceeding.Now the Persian had expounded to her Al-Islam and she became a Moslemah and learnt of him the rules of worship.Furthermore during that period the Perisan had taught her the tenets of The Faith and the observances incumbent upon her： he had made her learn the Koran by heart and master somewhat of the theological sciences and the traditions of the Prophet；after which，he brought her to Alexandria-city and sold her to Nur al-Din，as we have before set out.Meanwhile，when her father，the King of France，heard what had befallen his daughter and her company，he saw Doomsday break and sent after her ships full of knights and champions，horsemen and footsmen；but they fell not in any trace of her whom they sought in the Islands[501] of the Moslems；so all returned to him，crying out and saying，'Well-away！'and'Ruin！'and'Well worth the day！'The King grieved for her with exceeding grief and sent after her that one-eyed lameter，blind of the left，[502] for that he was his chief Wazir，a stubborn tyrant and a froward devil，[503] full of craft and guile，bidding him make search for her in all the lands of the Moslems and buy her，though with a ship-load of gold.So the accursed sought her，in all the islands of the Arabs and all the cities of the Moslems，but found no sign of her till he came to Alexandria-city where he made quest for her and presently discovered that she was with Nur al-Din Ali the Cairene，being directed to the trace of her by the kerchief aforesaid，for that none could have wrought it in such goodly guise but she.Then he bribed the merchants to help him in getting her from Nur al-Din and beguiled her lord into selling her，as hath been already related.When he had her in his possession，she ceased not to weep and wail： so he said to her；'O my lady Miriam，put away from thee this mourning and grieving and return with me to the city of thy sire，the seat of thy kingship and the place of thy power and thy home，so thou mayst be among thy servants and attendants and be quit of this abasement and this strangerhood.Enough hath betided me of travail，of travel and of disbursing monies on thine account，for thy father bade me buy thee back，though with a shipload of gold；