Schahriar inherited the throne while Schahzenan was excluded from any share by the laws of the empire.

The new king, by an excess of friendship with his brother, then gave him the kingdom of Great Tartary *.

Schahzenan went to take possession and settled in Samarkand, the capital.

Ten years passed and Shahryar, wishing his brother coming, determined to send him his first vizier to invite him to his court.

When it was near Samarkand, Schahzenan, informed of his arrival, went to meet him.

* part of Central Asia to the Middle Ages.