Although weary with that awful battle, I was still the younger and stronger man, though at first he well-nigh mastered me by his skill and quickness.

At least we parted friends.

Look, he gave me this," and he showed her the great emerald badge which the dying prince had given him.
Masouda, who all this while had sat very quiet, came forward and looked at it.
"Do you know," she asked, "that this jewel is very famous, not only for its value, but because it is said to have belonged to one of the children of the prophet, and to bring good fortune to its owner ?" Wulf smiled.
"It brought little to poor Hassan but now, when my grandsire's sword shore the Damascus steel as though it were wet clay." "And sent him swift to Paradise, where he would be, at the hands of a gallant foe," answered Masouda.

"Nay, all his life this emir was happy and beloved, by his sovereign, his wives, his fellows and his servants, nor do I think that he would have desired another end whose wish was to die in battle with the Franks.

At least there is scarce a soldier in the Sultan's army who would not give all he has for yonder trinket, which is known throughout the land as the Star of Hassan.