Iskandar Comes on Foot to the Sacred House

From D5.16, Iskandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the Kaaba. It illustrates D5.16.33–36:

• D5.16.33
  On foot he came before that sacred shrine,And joy arose through all of Ismail’s line.
• D5.16.34
  His keeper of the treasure scattered gold,At every step, as ancient tales have told.
• D5.16.35
  Then, coming back, before the palace doorHe gave Nasr golden dinars from his store.
• D5.16.36
  The poor and all who earned their bread by toilWere freed from want upon the Meccan soil.

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