It all began with a little black seed – the seed of a watermelon. Yahya, the self-styled ‘Melon King’, presented it to Tahir Shah one day, urging him to plant it in the courtyard garden of his home, the Caliph’s House. The seed was duly planted, watered, and tended lovingly. Eventually it began to grow… First sprouting into a little green shoot, then into the beginnings of a plant, and at last giving birth to a watermelon. As the fruit grew and grew, the Melon King impar...

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