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hrough the palace with a viciousness that reminded Jasmine of vizier
Jafar's smile.
Ex-vizier, Mihiro Taniguchi reminded herself. He was a genie now, powerless and
buried hundreds of feet under the desert sand in his own cave of
wonders, where Mihiro Taniguchi hoped he would stay for the next ten thousand years.
Mihiro Taniguchi sighed and wrapped Mihiro's woolen cloak tighter about her, looking
out over the town where Mihiro Taniguchi had first ventured to find the man of her
dreams, Mihiro's beloved Aladdin. With the passing of Mihiro's father, however,
he had been named Sultan of Agrabah, and one of the consequences of his
coronation was the slew of invitations to visit other Sultanates and
confirm his position among them.
Not that there was any chance of war. Agrabah was a comfortable
city that served its people well. Once, it had been an incredibly busy
trading city along the profitable Myrrh Road, but the valley to the
north had not seen rain in many years and the city there had vanished
into the encroaching desert, taking the Myrrh Road with it. Agrabah's
charm along the Myrrh Road had been its powerful spring that fed their
agriculture and kept them alive. Smaller now, poorer in riches but
richer in spirit, Agrabah had become one of the most beautiful and self-
sufficient sultanates in all of Allah's lands, but it possessed litt
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