27 stood up in anger and said repeatedly “This cannot be; this cannot be,” then stormed out of the court. King Ferug Shah, his wazir and everyone in the majlis became very displeased at such indecorous behavior. As a result, the king decided that the marriage take place immediately. The Imam of the Grand Mosque was called in and the marriage ceremonies were conducted. Acting as Halima’s proxy, Rais Nuruddinmarried her off to Niamatullah. Halima then found herself forced into this marriage by the king, her step-father wazir Nuruddin, and her relatives. She resigned to their will, but in her marriage with Niamatullah, she never made it easy for him to live with her, and the marriage was never consummated. One day, Halima told Niamatullah that she wanted to visit her mother. She told her mother that she never wanted to live with or see Niamatullah ever again. As a result, she stayed at her mother’s, neither married, nor divorced. Then, she made contacts with someone who was the son of a Portuguese man. He had been born in Hormuz and taught her how to read in write in Portuguese. She told him that she could no longer stand to see Niamatullah or continue to live with him. She asked him to inform the Christian
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