He also related that a certain Bedouin had a cousin of striking beauty. When poverty overtook him he left his homeland, taking her with him. On the road they encountered a Sanhaja prince who, out of pity for her, gave her a mount—then quickly rode off with her.
When the Bedouin finally reached the prince’s residence, he presented himself at the door, but they drove him away. He therefore went to the king, who said to the prince, “Hand the man his wife.”
The prince denied having her. The king said to the Bedouin, “Have you any witness—-even a dog that recognizes her?”
“Yes,” the Bedouin answered.
He brought his dog into the palace; the women of the household were brought out, and when the dog saw her it recognized her and wagged its tail. The king thereupon ordered that she be returned to the Bedouin and commanded the prince’s execution—his head was struck off.
The Bedouin then declared, “She is divorced, for she remained silent and was content with what happened.”
The king replied, “You have spoken the truth. Had you not divorced her, I would have made you join him.”
He then ordered the woman put to death, and she was killed.
The chronicler of Ḥamāh (1) reports: The father of this Bādīs died in the year 429 AH. His son Bādīs ibn Ḥabūs succeeded him and ruled for a long time. Granada was later taken over by his nephew ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bulukkīn ibn Ḥabūs, who remained in power until Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn captured it from him in the early 480s AH (2).
313 – al-Muʿtaṣim ibn Ṣumādhih al-Tujībī, Muḥammad ibn Maʿn, the sultan, Abū Yaḥyā al-Tujībī al-Andalusī, Muḥammad ibn Maʿn—-and it was also said: