When it was morning, Alaeddin went up to view the jewelers’ work and saw that they had not completed half the lacking lattice-work; whereupon he bade them incontinent undo all that they had wrought and restore the jewels to their owners.  Accordingly, they undid it all and sent to the Sultan that which was his and to the Viziers [and others] that which was theirs.  Then they went to the Sultan and told him that Alaeddin had commanded them of this; whereupon he asked them, “What said he to you and why would he not have the lattice-work finished and why undid he that which you had done?” And they said to him, “O my lord, we know nothing, save that he bade us undo all that we had done.”  Whereupon the Sultan immediately called for the horses and arising, mounted and rode to Alaeddin’s palace.

Meanwhile Alaeddin, after dismissing the goldsmiths and the jewellers, entered his closet and rubbed the lamp; whereupon the genie forthwith appeared and said to him, “Seek what thou wilt; thy slave is before thee.”  And Alaeddin said to him, “It is my will that thou complete the lacking lattice-work of the oriel.” [FN#525] “On my head and eyes [be it],” replied the slave and disappearing, returned after a little and said to him, “O my lord, that whereof thou commandedst me I have performed.”  So Alaeddin went up to the belvedere [FN#526] and found all its lattices [FN#527] perfect; and whilst he was viewing them, behold the [chief] eunuch [FN#528] came in to him and said to him, “O my lord, the Sultan cometh to visit thee and is at the palace-door.”  So he came down forthright and went to meet the Sultan, who [FN#529] said to him, when he saw him, “Wherefore, O my son, hast thou done thus, and why sufferedst thou not the jewellers complete the lattice-work of the oriel, [FN#530] so there might not remain a place in thy palace [FN#531] defective?” “O King of the Age,” answered Alaeddin, “I left it not imperfect but of my free will, nor did I lack of ableness to complete it.  However, I could not brook that Thy Grace should honour me [with thy presence] in a palace [FN#532] wherein there was somewhat lacking; wherefore, so thou mayst know that it was not for lack of ableness that I left it uncomplete, [FN#533] let Thy Grace go up and see the lattice-work of the kiosk, [FN#534] an there be aught lacking thereto.”

The Sultan accordingly went up to the pavilion [FN#535] and entering the kiosk, [FN#536] viewed it right and left and saw no manner defect in its lattices, but found them all perfect; whereat he was astounded and embracing Alaeddin, fell a-kissing him and saying, “O my son, what is this extraordinary thing?  In one night thou dost a work wherefrom the jewellers would fail in months!  By Allah, methinketh thou hast not thy fellow [FN#536] in the world!” Quoth Alaeddin, “God prolong thy life and perpetuate thy continuance!  Thy slave is not worthy of this praise.”  “By Allah, O my son,” rejoined the Sultan, “thou deservest all praise, in that thou hast done a thing wherefrom [all the] craftsmen of the world would fail.”  Then he went down and entering the pavilion of his daughter, the Lady Bedrulbudour, found her rejoicing exceedingly over this great magnificence wherein she was; and after he had rested with her awhile, he returned to his palace.