92 “So soon?” she said. “The Judge is with the king in themajlis and both are waiting for your answer,” her uncle said. “I accept to marry king Muhammad Shah,” she responded. * The marriage was conducted and the banquets were held the same evening. The city of Hormuz spent the night dancing and singing. King Muhammad Shah got ready for the evening ceremonies and as he walked into his wife’s room, he saw her putting her mother’s crown on her head. She had brought it with her from Goa. He himself had his father’s crown on his head, too. Pointing at her crown, Bibi Fatima said: “It is the same crown.” “Mine, too. The same one,” the king answered. Muhammad Shah sat on the throne of Hormuz and was called the king of the Hormuz kingdoms. He was loved by all the island residents and also outside
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