Chapter 3 :: Mysterious Tales of Modern Dubai :: Treasure of Savannah

Chapter 3

Treasure of Savannah

"What do you mean by waiting for me since 3900 years. Who are you?" she asked surprisingly.

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"Yes Lily you heard it right" Dijinn explained. "I belong to the civilization that existed on this land, you call Dubai, 3900 years ago. We used to call it Balad-Al-Savannah in those days. It used to be a green place with most beautiful flowers and sweetest fruit bearing trees. Due to its closeness to the Hind, Savannah became one of the major fruit and flower supplier to the people in Indus Valley. Savannah was famous for its monsoon, which used to invite all the beautiful kinds of bird species. This made Savannah one of the biggest supplier of beautiful birds as well. Trade brought Savannah lots of priced possessions - beautiful artifacts, jewels, metals, rare animals, spices, clothes and gold"

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"Savannah was one of the most prosperous place in those times and was ruled by the king named Sultah, a 35 year old young king. His aspiration was to bring all the priced possessions of the world to Savannah. He used to award his countrymen on bringing valuables.

"So then what happened to him? Are you Sultah" asked curious Lily.

He smiled at her innocent question and then continued his story.

Dijinn continued "Savannah was flourishing. The news spread like fire across the world. And this attracted negative energies and people to Savannah who wanted to loot the treasures of the land. Sultah was aware of this desire of people, and he had his own ways to safeguard the treasure.

An evil magician named Sharr living at a distant land in a poor village heard about the growing treasures of Savannah. He planned to visit Savannah to earn his living. When he reached Savannah he got amazed. In his entire life he had not seen such a lush green land. City all over had unique artifacts on display. All the residents wore beautiful clothing with priced jewels.

Disguised as a snake-priest he visited the palace of Sultah. He noticed the sacred believes of the people of Savannah in snakes. Sharr offered to perform a sacred ceremony on the treasure of Savannah to protect it from the evil eyes of enemies.

Sultah, who was aware of the increasing risk of loot accepted the offering and agreed to take Sharr in the part of the city where treasure was kept. Sultah had no idea that Sharr, who was expert in black magic, had come prepared to hijack all the valuables.

As soon as they reached at the security gate at the entrance of the treasure, Sultah took out and wore a sacred ring from his pocket. The ring was made of gold and had 20 tiny heads of the previous kings of the family, made on the inside as well as the outside of it. This ring was being passed on from generations to generations and was given to Sultah by his father. It possessed powers to protect the treasure of Savannah. Only Sultah knew how it worked.

After all the security checks when they reached a dark room, Sultah took out a bottle of liquid from his pocket and poured it in the bowl kept in the center of the room. The liquid fired up the bowl, giving light to the otherwise dark room. He then took out cube of a solid rock which had five headed snake embedded on it. It was the key to the treasure hall, which fitted into the wall in front having five headed snake engraved on it.

He fitted the block in the wall and turned it clockwise four times. The door got unlocked and the wall separated to give a pathway inside. Pathway had liquid acid spread all the way. A rope hanged 4 feet above the ground level connecting the entrance and exit of the pathway.  Sultah started to pull the rope towards himself. As he did this, the ground underneath opened up a drain and all the liquid acid escaped into the drain, giving away the stoned pathway for them to walk.

At the end the pathway was again the door which opened using the five faced camel cube, which again was with Sultah. As soon as this gate opened, Sharr was taken aback by the immense wealth that was behind those doors."


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