Gifts to him included a silver and gold dagger with a belt and case, all the way from Saudi Arabia.

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It includes a gold rapier and a parrying dagger, both encrusted with diamonds and rubies, and a lavish belt embroidered in gold and set with gems.

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Around him stood an entourage of fierce-looking, dark-skinned barefoot men in similar attire, each with a sword or dagger bound to his waist by a gold-encrusted belt.

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