was in the number of men,[FN#204] and an enemy came out against me with eight hundred head, whilst I had eight hundred thousand.  I trusted in the tale of my troops, whilst my foe trusted in Allah, so he defeated me and routed me and I was put to a shameful flight and hid myself in one of the mountains, where I met with a Religious who had withdrawn himself from the world.  So I joined myself to him and complained to him of my case and acquainted him with all that had befallen me.  Quoth the Recluse, ‘Wottest thou why this befel thee and thou wast defeated?’ Quoth I, ‘I know not;’ and he said.  ’Because thou didst put thy trust in the multitude of thy warmen and reliedst not upon Allah the Most High.  Hadst thou put thy trust in the Almighty and believed of Him that it is He alone who advantageth and endamageth thee, never had thy foe availed to cope with thee.  Return unto Allah.’  So I returned to my right senses, and repented at the hands of that Religious, who said to me, ’Turn back with what remaineth to thee of troops and confront thy foes, for, if their intents be changed and turned away from Allah, thou wilt overcome them, e’en wert thou alone.’  When I heard the Solitary’s words, I put my trust in Allah of All-Might; and, gathering together those who remained with me, fell upon mine enemies at unawares in the night.  They deemed us many and fled with the shamefullest flight, whereupon I entered my city and repossessed myself of my place by the might of Almighty Allah, and now I fight not but trusting in His aid.  When Bakhtzaman heard these words he awoke from his heedlessness and cried, “Extolled be the perfection of God the Great!  O king, this is my case and my story, nothing added and naught subtracted, for I am King Bakhtzaman and all this happened to me:  wherefore I will seek the gate of Allah’s mercy and repent unto Him.”  So he went forth to one of the mountains and worshipped Allah there awhile, till one night, as he slept, a personage appeared to him in a dream and said to him, “O Bakhtzaman, Allah accepteth thy repentance and openeth on thee the door of succour and will aid thee against thy foe.”  When he was assured of this in the dream, he arose and turned back, intending for his own city; and when he drew near thereunto, he saw a company of the king’s retainers, who said to him, “Whence art thou?  We see that thou art a foreigner and fear for thee from this king, for that every stranger who entereth this city, he destroyeth him, of his dread of King Bakhtzaman.”  Said Bakhtzaman, “None shall prejudice him nor profit him save Allah the Most High.”  And they replied.  “Indeed, he hath a vast army and his heart is fortified in the multitude of his many.”  When King Bakhtzaman heard this, his mind was comforted and he said to himself, “I place my trust in Allah.  An He will, I shall overcome mine enemy by the might of the Lord of Omnipotence.”  So he said to the folk, “Wot ye not who I am?” and they said, “No, by Allah.”  Cried