This story is told by Dandan the Vizier. King Sulayman Shah of the Green Land and the Mountains of Isfahan arranges to marry the daughter of King Zahr Shah of the White Land, he sends his vizier to the king and the marriage is arranged. Their son, Taj al-Muluk, is intelligent and well-read as a young man. At eighteen years of age, while hunting, he meets some merchants. One merchant, a young man, is reluctant to show his wares, but upon Taj al-Muluk's insistance shows him a piece of linen depicting gazelles. The young man, Aziz, tells the story of the linen. * Tale of Aziz and Azizah