Alaeddin was astonished at the Maugrabin's behaviour; so he asked him and said to him, "What is the cause of thy weeping, O my lord, and whence knewest thou my father?" The Maugrabin answered him, in a mournful, broken voice, saying, "How, O my son, canst thou ask me this question, after telling me that thy father, my brother, is dead, for thy father was (indeed) my brother and I am newly come from my country and was rejoicing exceedingly, after this my strangerhood.