This fictional ruler attempts to have a merchant named the Giaour imprisoned, and he possesses the ability to use an evil eye against scholars who disagree with him.
A collection of stories titled after the "Episodes of" this character was discovered by Lewis Melville and describes Prince Barkiarokh having sex with the corpse of his wife Gazahide. This man hires an expert to translate the foreign text on the French swords he has just purchased, but one day, the text on those weapons changes into a menacing message, so he tries to imprison the expert. Later, this character sacrifices fifty youths in a chamber of ebony to receive a golden key and constructs a palace devoted to touch, hearing, taste, sight, and smell in his kingdom. This fictional ruler attempts to have a merchant named the Giaour imprisoned, and he possesses the ability to use an evil eye against scholars who disagree with him. This character, who is enchanted with his mother Carathis, ends up staying in the infernal palace of Iblis as punishment for pursuing arcane knowledge. For 10 points, name this Abbasid caliph who titles a novel by William Beckford.
A collection of stories titled after the "Episodes of" this character was discovered by Lewis Melville and describes Prince Barkiarokh having sex with the corpse of his wife Gazahide.
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