Charles Morris
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 18 Aug
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Al Walid the Caliph was sick unto death, suffering from a mortal disease.
Soliman, his brother and heir, wrote to Musa when at Tiberius, on the Sea of Galilee, asking him to halt there, as his brother could live but a few days.
He, as the new caliph, would receive him.
Al Walid, in turn, ordered him to hasten his march.
Musa was in a quandary.
If Al Walid should live, delay might be fatal.
If he should die, haste might be fatal.
He took what seemed to him the safest course, hastened to Damascus, and met with a brilliant reception.
But a change soon came.
In forty days Al Walid died, and
Soliman, whom he had disobeyed, was caliph of the Empire.
Musa's sun was near its setting.
It was not long before the conqueror found himself treated as a criminal.
He was charged with rapacity, injustice to Tariq, and the purpose of throwing all power into the hands of his sons.
He was even accused of disobedience for making a triumphal entry into Damascus before the death of Al Walid.
These and other charges were brought, Soliman being bent on the ruin of the man who had added Africa to the Arabian Empire.
When Musa was brought before the caliph for a final hearing, Tariq and many other soldiers from Spain were present, and there stood before the monarch's throne the splendid table of Solomon.
One of the presents which Musa had made to Al Walid, declaring it to be the most magnificent of all the prizes of his valour.
Tell me, said the caliph to Tariq.
If you know whence this table came.
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