Haml, Hadifah's brother, had also heard the news, and in the distress which he felt remarked to Hadifah, "I fear lest Antar should fall upon me, or some one of the family of Beder, and kill us, and thus render us disgraced.

"Here," cried the Absian to the Fazarean groom, "send a messenger from me to the family of Beder, and you yourself drink the bitter cup of patience behind me."

Beder was a young man of handsome person, quick parts, agreeable manners, and amiable disposition.

After various adventures, Beder resumed his human form and married Giauharê.

Arabian Nights ("Beder and Giauharê").