The boys reach the stable, while Ibn Battuta remains in the city finding his way around with the uncle that he is attempting to distract. The boys find and retrieve the horse and thank Ibn Battuta for helping them learn how to work together. They treat him to salted watermelon but warn him that it might make him sleepy.
Ibn Battuta falls asleep after consuming the watermelon and sees something similar to a vision, and it indicates to him the next steps of his journey, finding the People of the Pearls. The uncle (Al Aziz) gives Ibn Battuta directions and he heads off to the Bashiq port.
At Bashiq port, Ibn Battuta learns that the commander had been ordered by the Sultan to arrest all the pearl gatherers and fisherman. Ibn Battuta and the head pearl gatherer want to save the town but have very different approaches. Ibn Battuta wants a peaceful solution; the headman seeks a violen...
Ibn Battuta still tries to discourage using violence, but the headman contacts a weapon merchant and arranges a deal. The Sultan discovers that the headman is trying to stir things up and orders the commander to get rid of him and those with him. The commander agrees but secretly plans to elimina...