 alawiyya told me about him. he said when he was surrounded and the stones of the catapult reached his carpet we were with him. a slave girl of his sang him a song in which she left out something that she could not recite. he shouted you whore! you are singing me the wrong thing! take her!
ولقد حدثني علويه عنه، قال لما أحيط به، وبلغت حجارة المنجنيق بساطه، كنا عنده، فغنته جارية له بغناء تركت فيه شيئا لم تجد حكايته. فصاح يا زانية! تغنينني الخطأ! خذوها!.