The carpet which, to all appearances, is worthless, but which, if anyone sits thereon, will transport him instantaneously to the place he wishes to go, is one of the stock properties of Eastern wonder-tales and romance. It is sometimes termed Prince Housain's carpet, because of the popularity of the Story of Prince Ahmed in The Arabian nights, where it supplies one of the principal incidents, but the chief magic carpet is that of King Solomon, which, according to the Muslim belief related in the Koran, was of green silk.
His throne was placed on it when he traveled, and it was large enough for all his forces to stand upon, the men and women on his right hand, and the spirits on his left. When all were arranged in order, Solomon told the wind where he wished to go, and the carpet, with all its contents, rose in the air and alighted at the place indicated. In order to screen the party from the sun, the birds of the air with outspread wings formed a canopy over the whole party.
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