Afshan--from previous--

zaris a fifteen year old sees her mother dressing up for some secret private meeting, wearing a full cloak - hijab ,was something zaris was not accustomed to, for harun alrashid had given complete freedom during his reign to his people, zaris herself had never worn a face mask , or even a half transparent veil, she asked afshan her mother where was she going so late at night, from the back door, if secrecy was important to maintain, it must be dangerous , but rafiqui - the old care taker tells zaris not to worry for afshan going out alone , for hijab covered her expensive jewellery from the gang of ayyars who were identifiable among the loafers for the ayyars appearance made them different , with their naked oiled bodies covered in just a waist cloth attached with a rope catapult and tiny shiny smoothened pebbles they carried to hit their victims while running away after robbing them of their jewellery, but zaris was not satisfied with their explainations because afshan and she always had body guards surrounding them,