The next day, a messenger from the king came to Khajeh Na'man’s house and told him that the king had summoned him and Arsalan to his palace.
Khajeh Na’man and Arsalan went to the court of the king. The king ordered Khajeh Na’man and Arsalan to sit down. At this point, several people entered the court "Almas Khan the Farangian and a hundred other people have a message for the king from King Petrus the Farangian," they said.
The king sent his chancellor to greet Almas Khan. Khajeh Na'man took Arsalan's hand to leave the palace. But the king commanded them to stay, "Does anybody know the Farangian language to translate their message into our language?” the king said.
Khajeh Na’man sent Arsalan forward. At this moment, Almas Khan entered, kissed the ground before the King as a matter of courtesy, and sat on the other side of the court in front of Arsalan. Arsalan found Almas Khan a strong young man. When facing Arsalan, Almas Khan too saw a very handsome, strong, eighteen-year-old young man in front of himself.
Arsalan greeted Almas Khan on behalf of the king and asked him why he had come to Egypt. Almas Khan presented a letter to the king. In the letter, King Petrus had asked the Egyptian king to chain Arsalan son of Malekshah the Roman along with Khajeh Na'man and his wife, and to hand them over to Almas Khan to take them to Farang. He had also mentioned that if the Egyptian king did not do what he wanted, he would attack Egypt. King Petrus had also sent a picture of Arsalan, so that they could not deny his words.
Arsalan, who had found out his parentage, became upset. “I’m Arsalan and you can't look at me in a bad way.” He said to Almas Khan, "Who allowed you to mention my mother's name? And with whose permission do you intend to take her with you?”
"I don't talk to children," Almas Khan said, “I will not be a man if I don't take you, Khajeh Na’man, and your mother handcuffed to Farang.”
Arsalan was getting very angry “Don't talk too much!” he said, “If it weren’t for my respect to the king, I would have torn you into pieces with my sword.” At this point, Almas Khan suddenly pulled out his sword and attacked Arsalan. As soon as Almas Khan reached Arsalan, Arsalan took his hand and put so much pressure on it that the sound of breaking his wrist bones was heard and the sword fell down from his hand. Arsalan took his sword and hit him so hard on the head that his body was split in two.
At this point, the Egyptian riff-raff, who had come to watch the Farangians, attacked Almas Khan's entourage and killed them all. Only one person survived the attack.
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