text:  To such utter helplessness was the khalif reduced [22] that he was unable even to oppose the removal of the royal treasure fiom Cordova to a fortified palace which Al-mansur had built for his residence not far from Az-zahra and had named as if in mockery Az-zahirah;--and the Hajib was at one time obliged to quiet the murmurs of the populace who doubted whether their sovereign was still in existence by leading him in procession through the streets of the capital; "and the eyes of the people feasted on what had been so long concealed from them