When her vessel drew near, the Sultan's son rowed out to meet her. He climbed on board, and there he saw a handsome Arab youth sitting on the deck.
Binti Ali arose, and they greeted one another after the fashion of men: "Peace be with you," "And with you peace."
She went ashore with that son of the Sultan, and they came to the palace.
When they came to the palace he said to his father, the Sultan, "How shall we see that this is a man and not a woman? Let us give him very hot gruel, and if it is a woman she will not be able to drink it, and then we will kill her."
So they ordered food to be brought, and slaves were told: "Take matting and platters, and very big trays and cups of gold, and place them ready for the feast."
When the food was ready they brought gruel for that foreign youth to drink, and it was very hot.
Binti Ali took it and threw it away, saying, "Am I a woman, that you bring me cold gruel like that?"
So they prepared fresh gruel, steaming hot, and gave it to her, and she said, "Ah, that is more fit for a Sultan's son to drink."
So she put it beside her, and her dog Atakalo blew on it, so that it quickly cooled, and she drank it.
Very good food was then brought, and they fed, and she returned to her ship.