Chapter 27
February 1061 (year 453 from the Hegira, month of Muḥarram), in view of the walls of Qasr Yanna
As if working on ending his lord's rule was not enough, Bashir intended to add more to the list of his misdeeds. While also convinced that Umar's feat was impossible, he wanted to make sure that not even the good God and his miracles could help that man in his mission.
Umar, a solitary traveller, went on with the sole purpose of embracing his mother, his wife and children. On his belt, he held a bag containing colored glass marbles that he had bought from a master glassmaker from Catania, wanting to give it to Rashid, his eldest son. He had not thought of anything else in the hurry of that imposed departure, but he brought home all the love he had always given to his family and the
