As soon as the first sultan had departed with presents and words of good cheer there was a flock of other sultans that hurried in to receive presents and to assist in _shauris_.

They came from far and near, and they all carried chairs, thus proving that they were not impostors; and the worst of it was that we couldn't find out exactly which was the real, most exalted sultan of the bunch.

Hence we had to give presents to many who perhaps were only amateur or 'prentice sultans, sultans whose domains were only a little village of half a dozen families.
[Drawing: _The Camp Was Clogged with Sultans_] For two days our camp was clogged with _shauris_ and sultans sitting around.

We couldn't step out of our tents without stumbling over a sultan or two.

When we would take our baths in our tents there would be sultans and warriors peeping in modestly from all sides.